Chest congestion from allergies
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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.
Then it turned consistent cough and sinus pressure. Thankfully it was fall break from school so I had two days off. The first day I slept till 6 o'clock at night from falling asleep at 8 o'clock the night before. I woke up with a painful headache and sinus pressure in my face. I was congested with a mild fever, so I went on the attack.
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.
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 went to the doctor and he said I had allergies. This was strange because I have never had allergies before. I attributed to all of the debris that I inhaled during the roofing process. Well, the cough went away, but I am still experiencing other symptoms. One of them being I have a stuffy nose and red eyes all day. I guess I still have allergies. That isn't the worst symptoms though. I have visual snow, and cognitive problems. I have memory loss and fell disoriented at times.
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?
Pseudoephedrine is used to treat nasal and sinus congestion, or congestion of the Eustachian tubes that drain fluid from the inner ears.
Prednisone is a corticosteroid. It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation and also suppresses the immune system.
It should not be stopped suddenly, the doctor would give advice on how to reduce or stop taking the medication gradually.
OK, so the difficulty breathing turns out isn't just from a swollen throat.
Went to bed after walking on the treadmill & lifting some weights. I've been trying to eat better & walk on the treadmill. The weight lifting was only a one time thing that was the night before. I'm a single dad of a 5yr old & it scared me when I couldn't catch my breath and my chest felt pressure and just an odd feeling, so I called my mom to come over at 4am. She checked all my vital signs & they seem fine.
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..
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 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.
For about a year now I have had a cough and chest congestion, my doctor has switched my asthma medications several times thinking that might be the reason for my cough and congestion, she's tried many different types of allery medications, I have been to the pulmonologist, had a chest x-ray and nothing was found, but the cough and congestion I still have.
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.
The child behavior site might be a better site to post - unless she is on ADHD medication.
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.
I started having cold like symptoms which I thought would go away, until I started having a persistent cough with mild congestion. It was difficult to breathe and there was tightness in my chest. I went to the doctor and was put on a nebulizer and diagnosed with allergies and acute bronchospasm. I was prescribed Flonase, Claritin, and an Albuterol inhaler to use when needed.
The symptoms went away for a few days (it seemed like after the first roach treatment) but now they are back.
What it feels like is the chronic post nasal drip I have has caused congestion in my upper chest. However, the weird part is, I really have no cough, and the occasional cough has never brought anything up. In the past, if my chest begins to feel this way, it is followed by the painful cough and coughing stuff up. I would not call what I have sometimes as pain, it feels more like irritation. When I am active, as well as when I drink a lot of water, it seems to be much better.
I have no fever that I know of but I have no nasal congestion or chest congestion. Unless mucus from my nose is draining and making me feel this way. Do you think I am getting the flu?
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