I ve recently gotten over bronchitis. I haven t coughed much the last 2 weeks, but for the 2 weeks I had bronchitis, the coughing was violent. My diaphragm still feels like someone is sticking an ice pick into it when I sneeze or cough. It s better than it was, but it hasn t gone away. Did I rip it or displace it? How exactly does violent coughing injure it and how long will it take to heal completely? Obviously it s going to take more than 2 weeks, but how long would you estimate? Thank you,
Thanks for asking your query can completely understand your problem first of all if u smoke u have to quit smoking to completely overcome that bronchitis, secondly severe coughing cannot injure diaphragm but yes it can cause in fractures and a pneumothorax. No need to panic u can just take some pain killers like paracetamol 500 SOS for pain .best you can do is to get a chest X-ray done that will rule out all the possible causes .but as to me, it seems like a general ache which will surely go in a week or two more. Thanks still in doubt u can ask more