Coughing for two weeks
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I have been fighting what the DR are calling a viral infection for two weeks with only minor relief. This all started with me feeling dizzy on a Sunday morning, then Monday I felt the some exact way. Well Tuesday I woke with a very, very sore throat that I put off as just dry air. Then Wednesday I woke up feeling no better and went to the nurse practitioner who ran a strep test which came back negative.
Question 1: Is it true that if you have a lot of of acid reflux and/or indigestion, it's likely that your baby will have a head full of hair?
Question 2: Has anyone else been experiencing coughing and/or sinus problems? Ever since I've been preggo I've had terrible coughing & sinus problems, I'm 23w today & it seems to be getting worse. My nose is almost always stuffy & stuff is always gathering in my throat...
I'm coughing and choking on whatever is in my throat sometimes I an move it by coughing and blowing my nose even though it comes back seconds after I'm also wrenching in between coughing, I've start choking and passing out I'm so scared I Carnot eat anything are drink anything without coughing and choking I have to sleep sat up on settee and that's after been awake for days with coughing Ian no quality of life at all I hate being alive its that bad!
m sick and coughing I hate it I know this might sound dumb but can this harm my baby I mean can I go in early labor due to coughing alot. Except for peeing every time I cough lol.
I have been sick off and on, more like on and on, for three and a half weeks. Many things going on so Ill start from the beginning.
I orginally went to the Dr for dry cough and laryngitis. Was told I had bronchitis and was given antibiotics (bactrim). A week and a half later, I felt somewhat better. Suddenly two days later, I didnt go to the dr this time, I had sinus drainage hard core.
I have been coughing for 7 weeks now - been to the dr 4xs - went on vacation cruise - in 87 degree weather hoping to break this nothing, been on a z-pak, steriods, cough syrup, cough pills, puffer, nasal thing, vicks rub on chest/neck wrapped with a scarf, over the counter things, zzz-quil, night quil, motrin for side rib pain from coughing my head off. Sometimes the cough is so bad I loose control of my bladder now. I blow my nose couple times a day.
So, for 3 months now, I've been coughing. Sometimes a lot, and sometimes, like right now, I just get random tickles in my troat with results in coughing.
I've had chest pain before within these 3 months, but it went away. Now it's back, and it's a bid odd. Sometimes it's a burning sensation with over the counter meds for acid reflux can take care of, and sometimes it's random tightness/sharp stings both medial and lateral on my chest. Especially when bending over.
I had it two weeks ago in full force...coughing, congestion, nausea...I ended up in the hospital on an IV for a night, which cured the nausea. As far as the coughing and congestion go, I doubled my daily vitamin C (Emergen-C works best for me); and steamed mint leaves (boil them, then sit over the pot with a sheet or something over your head for about 30 minutes). I also made my own vitamin water using mint leaves and lemon and lime slices.
As you have had the persistent cough now for 3 weeks or so, I suggest you make an appointment to see your doctor to examine your throat and lungs and do a lung function test. If the doctor feels your cough is as a result of a bacterial infection, he will prescribe an antibiotic for you.
Having a cough is the body's natural way of trying to get rid of an irritant, whether this is a virus or a bacterial, dust particles, irritation by smoke and fumes etc.
Go to a doctor! You should have gone when it persisted for more than a few days. Coughing up blood could be a lot of things. The one that immediately comes to mind is tuberculosis. If it is, you'll need a year, I believe it is, of antibiotics (do take the ENTIRE course even when you feel better, if you do end up with this or we can end up with another drug-resistant strain). Even if it wasn't one of those two, coughing up blood is not a good thing.
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