Hello evertyone. I suffer with health anxiety so may be going overboard here. I had Covid a few weeks ago, lasted 10 days, had one really bad day and that was it. The day after i tested negative, 2 weeks ago now, that night i deveolped a cough and wheezing in the night. This was intermittent in the first week but seems to have gotten worse in the past week, when i have been waking up in nght with very wheezy and noisy breathing and a lot of coughing. I have been coughing up a hell of a lot of phlegm the past 2 weeks and the last week especially. I walk a lot, and haven't felt out of breath, until today. . Started worrying about everything and rang 111, and managed to get an appointment at an out of hours clinic at the local hospital. Have come away feeling more worried than when i went in.
Doc said my heart is fine but when he listened to breathing he said it was inflamed on right side? Just what he said worried me a bit. He askefd if i had asthma or ever had it, i said as a teen i suffered with a bit but not since.
He has prescribes me a weeks course of steroids(5mg) 6 tablets a day, which looking at side effects seems a lot, i am very concerned about the side effects. He also prescribed me anti biotics although he said they are unlikely to help just a precaution. On top of this he gave me an asthma spray.
The most worrying thing, for me, was as i was about to leave.i asked him if this was anything to worry about. He gave a strange look, and said it is probably Covid related. Now i am worried sick.He said make an appointment with GP if symptoms don't go in a week.
Can anyone else put my mind at rest and tell me a similar story?? Because suddenly i sm seeing lung cancer. all my symptoms fit.
Thank you.
