Cough cough effing cough!

evedawn | 21:12 Sun 26th Dec 2010 | Body & Soul

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As some of u know (from my previous "feel sorry for myself" posts) I've had a chest infectio . Two lots of antibiotics, an inhaler and more than three weeks since it started and I am still averaging about two hrs sleep a night. Sitting up in the chair. I have tried nearly every cough
mixture available but so exhausting. It's mainly at night with only a few coughing fits during the day. As a person who doesn't normally get a chest cold pls can someone unlucky enough to get this sorta thing pls tell me when I can expect to stop coughing?!! I do feel better generally but just cough and fatigue

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boxtops

It's not much comfort to say "there's a lot of it about" but my SIL had hers for about three weeks before she started to feel better.

evedawn

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Oh poor her:-( did she also have this cough part of it? I'm glad she's on the mend

Purple_Popple

Hi evedawn, its not much comfort but i had an awful cough about 4 months ago which left me with a chest infection, a course of antibiotics later and i felt better....although still had a chronic cough .....day in day out, worse at night, it was waking me up...worse in cold weather too...so back to do who has diagnosed adult asthma...i am on 2 inhalers now...cant believe i have asthma...some days are good, some not so good, had a bad attack today which im still getting over, feeling very shaky,...but at least im sleeping better thanks to the inhaler...hope it clears up for you soon...

boxtops

Yes she did eve, she is finishing her antibiotics today!

evedawn

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Purple was it the infection that triggered the asthma? Or Did u have it before and was undiagnosed?

ruthann58

am well into my second week of this awful cough am living on benylin change of air seems to affect it ,am now rubbing olbas oil on my chest every night and sleeping with a tissue with olbas oil on my pillow , also find it helps to keep my head down the bed and breath warm air rather then the cold air in the bedroom , have found that chocolate sends me into coughing fits not good at xmas at all

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