Recurring chest infection- not asthmatic

[Gillmace]

I do not suffer from asthma, but I’ve had recurring chest infections, once with fluid on the lungs, I have pains in my chest and back and feel totally exhausted.

I’m on Clarithromycin atm, but previously had Amoxycillin

I’m not sure whether I actually have pneumonia??

Any ideas or help ... I would be grateful

Going back again to the docs tomorrow

[Spikedog66]

Have you had any investigations? I really think you need to ask your GP to refer you to a chest specialist. If you have had fluid in your lungs were you hospitalized? Amoxil is usually given at first followed by other antibiotics such as clarithromycin and so on. A sputum specimen might help to see what bacteria could be causing this problem. Good luck sorry you feeling so unwell let me know how you get on.😊

[Gillmace in reply to Spikedog66]

Thank you

Not hospitalised at all just 2x 500 amoxicillin and then I’m now 4 weeks on and it’s back with a vengeance

I have seen a nurse practitioner today (no doc available) who is sending me to have an chest X-ray today - so I’ll see in a week or so what that says

[Superzob in reply to Gillmace]

Agree with Spikedog that you need this investigating. You say you're not asthmatic, but have you had that tested? A lot of people (including doctors) think that all asthmatics wheeze, but I don't and was diagnosed with late-onset asthma after a string of persistent winter colds. I also have fixed small airways obstruction, but both are treatable (and asthma is, of course, reversible), so it's definitely worth investigating further. Best of luck tomorrow.

[Gillmace in reply to Superzob]

Thank you I will speak to them again on Tuesday

[Spikedog66]

It's a start. Please see your GP though, chest xray should be back in seven days book an appointment now. Doxycycline is taken once a day and hammers most chest infections seems as if what you have taken no help. Hope you get sorted soon and back to your normal self.😊

[sagittar]

I agree....a sputum test to wean out possibility of some type of bacteria causing the infection is a good thing to do. Dr. Hahn mentioned that people that have asthma tested positive for chlamydia pneumonia bacteria in lungs.