chest congestion due to allergies

I have severe chest congestion. This has been going on for about 3 months. It's strange because I will have constant congestion and cough one day and the next day I will be almost clear. I know that if I have congestion one day the next day I will not. I plan my days accordingly. My dr. has put me on antiboitics and presidone twice in the last 3 months, I've had a chest x-ray last week, shows nothing. I have had allergies all my life.

s good to hear. Acute coughs usually begin suddenly and are often due to a cold, flu, or sinus infection. Coughs from a lung infection such as bronchitis can start out suddenly and then linger on. Other common causes of chronic or ongoing coughs include asthma, allergies chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sinusitis leading to postnasal drip, smoking cigarettes or exposure to secondhand smoke or pollutants. Take care and regards.

It is day three, the congestion has turned into off in on congestion with a runny nose when not congested, a consistent cough with me trying to get the mucus out of my chest, to a dry cough.

People with GERD also tend to have a frequent cough, chest tightness, chest pain, neck pain, etc, because stomach acid is actually getting into your lungs. I notice that I often get pvcs when taking a deep breath and this is usually when my GERD symptoms are acting up. I really don't understand the correlation myself. lol.

I use Benadryl (non drowsy) almost every day but when my allergies are out of control I use Zyrtec. If I have congestion, I use Sudaffed.

I'm not sure if this is the right forum or not, but I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I replaced my Mom's roof over the summer after I graduated from college. I just wanted to help her before I found a job. Well, I noticed that there was this white mold/fungus on the shingles. The manufacturer didn't store the product correctly, so mold was growing on it. After installing the roof, I developed a cough that would not go away. It produced yellow phlegm.

If this is a fairly recent thing it sounds like it could be due to sinus congestion. Can she breathe through her nose with her mouth closed? If she can't, then the sinuses are stopped up.Maybe allergies from spring time pollen? You might try a short acting nasal spray to open them up. They also have those nasal strips that go across the nose to help breathing. Tlhey make them for kids now. Hope this helps, but do try posting in another site.

Hi, welcome to the forum, there are many reasons for congestion in chest. If you are having difficulty in breathing and congestion then may be a asthma. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airway and mainly arises from allergies. Hence you have allergy in past few days; there is release of endogenous histamine which causes bronchospasm and breathlessness.

for allergies. also when i got my chest xray no signs of emphysema.

Sometimes asthma blocks the airways such that oxygen fails to enter the lungs at the time patient may require urgent hospitalization. Asthma can start at an any age. It cause mainly due to infections of chest, smoking and dust, allergies to animals, genetics. Suffering with asthma is difficult to maintaining the life healthy. Homeocare international provides natural remedies to avoid asthma problems.

My concern at this point lies with whether irreversible symptoms from my asthma could become an issue the longer I remain with two dogs and endure lung/chest congestion from the pollutants. For several years I have experienced very slight lung congestion perhaps due to a very small scar (~2.5 mm) on my lung. After a total of 3 MRI's every 6 month period it was determined that it wasn't a tumor but indeed a scar, perhaps from childhood asthma ( I was sick often and coughed very hard).

The constant runny nose, sneezing, and nasal congestion could be due to vasomotor rhinitis, in which the symptoms occur in response to a trigger, like eating spicy food or going outside in the cold. The primary treatment is simply avoiding the things that trigger your symptoms. It is often treated with a drying nasal spray (like Atrovent) and antihistamines like chlopheneramine and lovatidine are effective. Nasal decongestant drops too relieve congestion.

You also might be able to find a cough suppressant OTC that is aimed directly at coughing due to post nasal drip. The allergies are so bad this year, I would bet that is what is causing your problems. I was told that doctors have seen more cases of seasonal allergies and sinus infections this year alone than they have in the last 5 years. that should tell you something.

Or is it just a sinus infection which I tend to get pretty often. I also have bad allergies and my roommate has complained about them this week as well, but he is no where as sick or congested as me, and I haven't had bad allergies yet this spring. So would you say allergies caused this? STD? Or did I possibly catch a sinus infection from her? Its just too much of a coincidence I got all this a day after the sex, even though it seems like just a sinus infection.

I have had allergy problems all my life and have tried almost every medication out there (OTC and prescription) until I was prescribed Singulair which worked. But, I lost my health coverage and stopped taking it for almost a year. I was recently put back on it (about a month ago) because I have been quiet sick for over 2 months now. The doctors said it was allergies, but I'm starting to wonder because the Singulair should be working in full by now, and I'm still sick.

I tested negative after 6 weeks, but came down with bronchitis/sinus infection (bacterial since antibiotics cleared it) about 1 month after exposure and I still have residual sinus/ chest congestion problems 5 months later. I also had a small skin rash that appeared 2 months after exposure and lasted for 6 weeks but cleared after treatment with prescription cortisone. I have allergies and had a history of bronchitis as a teenager, but these allergies have been especially rougher than usual.

I got really bad chest pain on my left side. It lasted most of the day… but my doctor said it would be due to my pregnant or alleges.

Congestion/stuffiness- Actifed or sudafed, tylenol cold, dristan. Chest congestion and coughing- robitussin DM, Trind-dm, vicks cough syrup. Sore throat - cepastat lozenges, cepacol. Allergies- benadryl, claritin. My ob gives out this list of over the counter. Hope this helps.

After I eat, no matter what it is, I have to clear my chest of congestion and blow my nose for about 10 minutes. Why?

It could even be that there is something else that the doctor is not catching. Take a hot shower with steam to clear your nose and chest before you go to sleep. Maybe it could be your tonsiles? You could go to a ears, nose and throat specialist and ask about that. That same proplem happened when I had an infection on my tonsiles.

have had at the beginning of october alot congestion nose and throat and ear congestion cough and mucus that would not come out the doctor said it was allergies so he told me to take zyrtec and flonose nasal spray and prescribed me amoxicillin 250mg 3 x a day for 15 days and took allegraD and it help a lil only till it wore off so im still not feeling better and am desperate to be better i have a two yr old. .i even tried the nasal irrigation and not better..

Chest congestion due to allergies

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