I was diagnosed with pneumonia on Saturday in my left lung. The urgent care physician took a chest x-ray and made the diagnosis. He prescribed Levofloxacin, 500 mg, 1 time per day for 10 days. I have taken 3 doses of the medicine and I still can t breathe well. In addition to my cough, the symptoms I had were fever (4 days) with the highest fever at 102.8 and lower back pain radiating across my back left to right. I first thought I had the flu because these symptoms came on suddenly and my body hurt all over, especially my hips and my back. My daughter had pneumonia prior so the pneumonia diagnosis made sense. What doesn t make sense is the back pain is still there. I have no previous health issues with my back in any way. I have not done anything to pull muscles etc. The Urgent Care did take a urine test to see if I had a kidney infection but it came back negative. I am concerned that I am not getting well and the medicine does not seem to be working. I am still having shortness of breath but sometimes it is worse than others. I can t make the lower back pain go away no matter how much I sit, stand, lay down, put heat on it etc. Any help would be appreciated. I am a single mother and my girls need me to be well. Sincerely, Alisha
DEAR ALISHA, SEE NO NEED TO WORRY, AS YOU ARE SUSPECTING PNEUMONIA RIGHT? BUT LEVOFLOXACINE MAY NOT WORK ALONE, YOU NEED TO TAKE NEWER GENERATION ANTIBIOTICS WHICH CAN FIGHT WITH RESISTANT BACTERIA... SEE YOUR LOWER BACK PAIN MAY BE DUE TO MUSCLE WEAKNESS, CATCH OR SPASMODIC CONTRACTION. OR SOME TIMES WITH VIRAL INFECTIONS ALSO THIS MAY SPREAD TO LOWER LIMB SO I ADVICE YOU TO CONSULT GOOD PHYSICIAN AND TAKE PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT LIKE IT THERAPY AND ICE OVER YOUR PAINFUL PART. USE CONCLAVE OR CEFUROXIME Chat Doctor. . I HOPE YOU SATISFIED WITH THIS ANSWER....