Chesty cough after cold
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I have had a cold or flu over the holiday Christmas period for the last six or seven years. This one lasted 10 days and is now on the wane. However . . .
I've got a chesty cough. Any small amount of activity and I start to cough. I can 'feel' the phlegm coming up my trachea and throat. The spasm can last a while.
My question is: is there a residue of the phlegm in my lungs that's got to come out before or, as some of it is coughed up, is more 'made'? Is there a finite amount of the stuff that I have to eliminate or is it time?
Anything sets it off: sudden temperature drop; walking upstairs; lying down; standing up quickly.
I was coughing 'from the stomach' and it was hurting. Now it seems to have gone up to my chest and my ribs ache.
I've got a chesty cough. Any small amount of activity and I start to cough. I can 'feel' the phlegm coming up my trachea and throat. The spasm can last a while.
My question is: is there a residue of the phlegm in my lungs that's got to come out before or, as some of it is coughed up, is more 'made'? Is there a finite amount of the stuff that I have to eliminate or is it time?
Anything sets it off: sudden temperature drop; walking upstairs; lying down; standing up quickly.
I was coughing 'from the stomach' and it was hurting. Now it seems to have gone up to my chest and my ribs ache.
I’ve had the same thing since Boxing Day but mines just about gone now, still a little chesty but getting better day by day. If yours isn’t clearing I’d get a docs appointment as it could be Brochitis as mentioned above, or worse Pneumonia which you really dont want to mess about with, if your doc suspects this you’ll be sent straight to a&e.
Happens to me every time I get a cold. Sometimes the cold itself only lasts 3 days, but I often get a couple of days of felling better before the cough starts which oftern lasts for 4 weeks+.
My doctor told me that following a cold the nasal passage is easily irritated causing "nasal drip" even though the virus is more or less gone. This is the cause of the coughing and to me feels very similar to brochitus/asthma.
My doctor told me that following a cold the nasal passage is easily irritated causing "nasal drip" even though the virus is more or less gone. This is the cause of the coughing and to me feels very similar to brochitus/asthma.
Derek Smith said:
I have had a cold or flu over the holiday Christmas period for the last six or seven years. This one lasted 10 days and is now on the wane. However . . .
I've got a chesty cough. Any small amount of activity and I start to cough. I can 'feel' the phlegm coming up my trachea and throat. The spasm can last a while.
My question is: is there a residue of the phlegm in my lungs that's got to come out before or, as some of it is coughed up, is more 'made'? Is there a finite amount of the stuff that I have to eliminate or is it time?
Anything sets it off: sudden temperature drop; walking upstairs; lying down; standing up quickly.
I was coughing 'from the stomach' and it was hurting. Now it seems to have gone up to my chest and my ribs ache.
ribs hurt due to intercostal muscles contracting hard, diaphragm breathing not good and is a sign of respiratory distress. I've got a chesty cough. Any small amount of activity and I start to cough. I can 'feel' the phlegm coming up my trachea and throat. The spasm can last a while.
My question is: is there a residue of the phlegm in my lungs that's got to come out before or, as some of it is coughed up, is more 'made'? Is there a finite amount of the stuff that I have to eliminate or is it time?
Anything sets it off: sudden temperature drop; walking upstairs; lying down; standing up quickly.
I was coughing 'from the stomach' and it was hurting. Now it seems to have gone up to my chest and my ribs ache.
measure your resp rate. over 20? thats outside normal range. that would imply lung tidal capacity isn't delivering the 02 your body needs.
what to do: yup doctors. they need to auscultate and identify if your have crackles (fluid/gunk) or wheeze - needing salbutamol - plus other possible meds to calm things down. if you cant get your doctor, see practice nurse, she can prescribe meds.
mean time, id alternate an NSAID and paracetamol every 4 hours if things are bearable.
be curious to know your temp though - tympanic only, other ways of measuring are hit and miss.
nb: resp rate really high, over 25, into your car and go to A&E .
Be careful I had what sounds very similar after a bad cold in October. I went to doctors, was refused any antibiotics as don't like giving them out, I struggled going to work for rest of week. Went to walk in centre for another try for antibiotics Friday eve as was getting worse not better. After a blood test I got put on a ward and kept in with bad bronchitis and early Pneumonia, I had to have antibiotics on drip and took a few weeks to get better. So make sure you explain the condition very clearly to doctor.
Cheers, guys.
I feel as if I'm over the cold.
Resp normal, pulse a little high, blood pressure a bit up, temp variable by a few degrees.
Went for a walk this afternoon. Only a mile in total. Coughed a lot when getting out of the car but little coughing when actually walking.
I broke some ribs years ago and they often 'pop' with coughing. So far so good.
I feel as if I'm over the cold.
Resp normal, pulse a little high, blood pressure a bit up, temp variable by a few degrees.
Went for a walk this afternoon. Only a mile in total. Coughed a lot when getting out of the car but little coughing when actually walking.
I broke some ribs years ago and they often 'pop' with coughing. So far so good.
ive had my last prednosilone this morning,
still not right breathing is very laboured and anything is making me feel bloated
i honestly cant decide if im subconsciously miking it abit after being called a puff for being ill in work
or im genuinely not well.
i was aching so much over xmas i got an emergency chiroporactor appointment,
probably shouldn't have drove i felt so ill
still not right breathing is very laboured and anything is making me feel bloated
i honestly cant decide if im subconsciously miking it abit after being called a puff for being ill in work
or im genuinely not well.
i was aching so much over xmas i got an emergency chiroporactor appointment,
probably shouldn't have drove i felt so ill
dirky dirk said:
ive had my last prednosilone this morning,
still not right breathing is very laboured and anything is making me feel bloated
i honestly cant decide if im subconsciously miking it abit after being called a puff for being ill in work
or im genuinely not well.
i was aching so much over xmas i got an emergency chiroporactor appointment,
probably shouldn't have drove i felt so ill
Same here - started xmas eve and still feel a bit achey even after the steroids and antibiotics which i finished a few days ago.still not right breathing is very laboured and anything is making me feel bloated
i honestly cant decide if im subconsciously miking it abit after being called a puff for being ill in work
or im genuinely not well.
i was aching so much over xmas i got an emergency chiroporactor appointment,
probably shouldn't have drove i felt so ill
Have now downgraded the meds to just paracetamol which seems to be helping a bit. Also on the metatone to help with motivation!!
Well i managed to go to the doctors again earlier today
my chest was clear and my tubes,
but at night its sounds like someones rustling a paper bag in my head,
its keeping me and the wife awake, which is the reaason why i went.
anyway, called in and explained that it has also given me a rash on my elbows and forearms
feels abit like ive been scratched with a needle and then it gos to a red patch about a cm wide, then briuses, then fades slowly
The doctor sent me to hospital for an xray on my chest which appears to be clear,
and im back at the doctors to get my bloods done etc etc
no complaints, she was helpful, not had a blood test for 12 years.
that should be fun as a tubby bloke
.
my chest was clear and my tubes,
but at night its sounds like someones rustling a paper bag in my head,
its keeping me and the wife awake, which is the reaason why i went.
anyway, called in and explained that it has also given me a rash on my elbows and forearms
feels abit like ive been scratched with a needle and then it gos to a red patch about a cm wide, then briuses, then fades slowly
The doctor sent me to hospital for an xray on my chest which appears to be clear,
and im back at the doctors to get my bloods done etc etc
no complaints, she was helpful, not had a blood test for 12 years.
that should be fun as a tubby bloke
.
Derek, get yourself to the doctors.
So far so good this year *touch wood*, but like you I can pretty much book in my annual chest infection. Normally around February time, have had it for the last four years.
Last year was the usual routine, heavy cold, cold cleared, left with a chesty cough. This went on for weeks, and weeks, and weeks. I eventually got myself to the doctor who said it was the remnants of the cold, and prescribed some oral codeine to calm the cough and help me sleep. To be fair this worked a treat, but the cough didn’t actually get any better over time.
Being a bloke I put off a further trip to the doctor on the basis it would clear in time.
I slowly developed a sharp stabbing pain in my ribs when I coughed - as someone above has said, I thought it was my intercostal muscles playing up under the strain of constant coughing.
Only when the pain became unbearable (and I mean, dropping me to my knees, holding onto furniture unbearable) did I get carted off to the out of hours GP at the local hospital.
Because I’d been a t
t and left it so long I’d developed pleurisy. I can honestly say it was the most painful, horrific, debilitating few weeks of my life shaking that off.
And it could have all been avoided if I’d gone to the doctors a bit quicker....
So far so good this year *touch wood*, but like you I can pretty much book in my annual chest infection. Normally around February time, have had it for the last four years.
Last year was the usual routine, heavy cold, cold cleared, left with a chesty cough. This went on for weeks, and weeks, and weeks. I eventually got myself to the doctor who said it was the remnants of the cold, and prescribed some oral codeine to calm the cough and help me sleep. To be fair this worked a treat, but the cough didn’t actually get any better over time.
Being a bloke I put off a further trip to the doctor on the basis it would clear in time.
I slowly developed a sharp stabbing pain in my ribs when I coughed - as someone above has said, I thought it was my intercostal muscles playing up under the strain of constant coughing.
Only when the pain became unbearable (and I mean, dropping me to my knees, holding onto furniture unbearable) did I get carted off to the out of hours GP at the local hospital.
Because I’d been a t
t and left it so long I’d developed pleurisy. I can honestly say it was the most painful, horrific, debilitating few weeks of my life shaking that off. And it could have all been avoided if I’d gone to the doctors a bit quicker....
Have also come down with this st. Slightly sore throat on Friday, followed by runny nose and a tickly phlegmy throat and muscles are all achy. Trying desperately not to pass it to my misses and my 7 month old daughter. Constant coughing and phlegm that just won't budge. Think I managed an hours sleep last night and just feel like utter crap. Please go away ffs.
t. Slightly sore throat on Friday, followed by runny nose and a tickly phlegmy throat and muscles are all achy. Trying desperately not to pass it to my misses and my 7 month old daughter. Constant coughing and phlegm that just won't budge. Think I managed an hours sleep last night and just feel like utter crap. Please go away ffs.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff