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Q: Back pain caused by cough ?

asked by: sadhoser on March 25th, 2009

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Good Morning everyone!

I am experiencing extreme pain and stiffness in my upper, left shoulder/back area - I'm working on week 3 with this pain.

I had a very bad cough for just over 3 weeks, and when the pain first started I assumed it was muscle related and would clear up once my cough had gone. Well, the cough has been gone for 2 weeks but the pain remains and seems to have gotten worse.

It hurts to breath, it hurts to move, it REALLY hurts if I sneeze.

I am having trouble sleeping as I tend to switch positions a lot and each time I do - you guessed it, it hurts which keeps me up Wink

I am a 22 year old female in good health. No other issues - so I'm wondering why it is taking so long for this pain to clear up. Could it be more than just muscle pain from coughing?

Thanks in advance Smile

Replies(2)

sadhoser

replied on March 26th, 2009

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Bump

Wowiep

replied on August 4th, 2009

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I was researching coughing for my husband and came across your post. I had very bad coughing this past May. It was sooooo bad, I pinched a nerve in my back and had extreme pain in my back and left arm. It finally went away. Now my husband has had a bad cough for a few weeks and we (MD agrees)think it resulted in minute traces of blood in his urine and also broken vessels on top of his head.
Forget a cure for the common cold...how about a cure for coughing!

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