About 3 weeks ago I got a cold or flu of some sort, there was lots of drainage and I think I may have had nodules on the back of my throat. It took about a week for my throat to stop hurting, but a phlegm-y cough has continued this entire time and my nose has stopped being runny just this past week. For over a month my hands have been shaking almost constantly, so about a week before the cough started, but that could possibly be due to anxiety. This last week Ive been feeling dizzy and weak, and Ive had very low energy ever since the shaking started. Ill also get random, fleeting, but INTENSE pains, in my chest. Related: about a year ago I broke a rib coughing when I had an illness similar to this one, that lasted about a month, but never went to a doctor for neither sickness nor injury until the sickness was gone and the rib was healed months later. Every once in a while I swear I can feel the two pieces popping against each other. Currently, just started about half an hour ago Im experiencing steady, but not too intense pain where that rib is, and it began after a coughing bout.
Thanks for asking your query completely understand your problem surely cough can cause fractures in ribs, and pneumothorax also but if you are having pain in chest now also you should get a chest X-ray done and consult a pulmonologist who can see the chest X-ray and guide you best. As root of all this castle is cough so u need to take some medications for controlling your cough, and for that cause needs to be sorted out, and for this you should get a sputum myogenic culture and other blood investigations done .if cough is severe along with yellow phlegm a course or antibiotics such as lifetime should be taken for a week thanks /regards feel free to ask more questions may goes bless you with good health