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[|Human|] I was sick with bronchitis for about 12 days then around the 15th day I started to have pain in my ribs on the right side below my breast. The pain has only gotten worse in the last 6 days. It hurts when I breath, cough or even move. I am coughing up thick white mucus. What can I do for this
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion you should consult pulmonologist and get done chest x-ray and clinical examination of respiratory system. Your complaints like pain on deep breathing and coughing suggest pleurisy (inflammation of pleura). And thick whitish expectoration suggest lower respiratory tract infection (LETI). Pneumonia can cause both pleurisy and LETI. So possibility of pneumonia is more in your case. So get done chest x-ray first to rule out this. You may need antibiotics and bronchodilators too.