Started with a cough 4 weeks ago. Developed into a chest infection. Have coughed so badly I also have laryngitis and have been 3 weeks now with total voice loss. To complicate things my normally mild asthma has flared up so I now have to use a nebuliser. Also complicating things are the laryngeal spasms I get from coughing which literally closes my windpipe.
I am currently coughing up white frothy sputum. The pain in my chest from the middle to right round the back on one side is severe when I breathe or cough or move about. I have had 2 lots of steroids and am on 2nd lot of antibiotics but 4 weeks in I am no better. The violent coughing fits are distressing and to be honest it is getting me down. I have been to the doctor seven times and he seems only concerned about the asthma which in itself is under control. A chest X-ray last week has excluded pneumonia and sputum test has not shown up anything. I have not been able to work or sleep or even lie down. I am back to the doctor tomorrow for another sick note but my employer is wondering why this is taking so long, as am I. I have never been so unwell and each day shows no improvement. I have been using steam inhalation so but make no difference. I am at my wits end with this. The throat can't heal till the cough stops and being unable to speak at all is getting me down. Not sure what I am after here but is anyone else going thru this?
Soy muy similar, yo era como tú a principios de abril. Me tomó 6 semanas antes de comenzar a mejorar. No estoy mejor en absoluto todavía, ya que hace 6 semanas mis tobillos comenzaron a hincharse. Ahora estoy en la etapa en la que todo mi cuerpo se hincha, me falta mucho el aliento y me han derivado para un escáner del corazón. Estoy haciendo entre 37 y 41 respiraciones por minuto y, para ser honesto, estoy destrozado.
Lo siento por tu sufrimiento también. El asma es otro problema con el que lidiar para ti también.
Hi Helen. I at week 4 and really sympathise with you. I went back to the doc this morning to find my chest xray clear but they think I may have heart failure!!! The doc has referred me for blood test and ecg and says he is not worried - at the moment. He has given me 3rd antoibiotic to try and some water tabs to pee out excess fluid. Are you still coughing? The cough is the BIG issue for me - and the doc cannot say why I'm still coughing. He has ruled out pleurisy even though I have the pain for it - says the pain is the strain of coughing. It may be worth asking you doc about asthma? I have mild asthma which has also been affected and was given a nebuliser and a 2 drugs to inhale. They do loosen the chest and you only need to have them when needed.
Tomé 3 lotes de antibióticos, 2 semanas de esteroides, analgésicos, etc. Todavía tosía hasta la semana 6, luego se calmó por una semana. Es una tos diferente, no persistente, más como si tuviera algo atascado en la garganta, que está tensa, al igual que el pecho. Mi nivel de oxígeno el jueves fue de 97, la presión arterial alta y me falta el aire, respirando entre 37 y 41 veces por minuto solo sentado. Siento que voy a estallar, no he tomado ninguna pastilla de agua en absoluto.
Had another really bad night last night with coughing. Just coughing up white froth and choking where my throat ges into spasm. Chest xray has shown signs of heart failure! Doc says he is not worried at the moment but will be having ECG later this week. Truly an utter nightmare. Hope you are feeling a bit better Helen. If you are in the UK dont forget to use the practice nurses who I find are good. I had blood taken this morning and asked them about compression socks asmy feet are swollen. She has booked me in for something called a Doppler? and to be measured for stockings. Mght we worth you asking for this too?
no estoy segura Fizzi, porque mis muslos y mi estómago también están hinchados, no solo mis pies y piernas inferiores. Una vez que haya tenido las pruebas, etc., estoy segura de que me sentiré mejor. Me siento fatal en este momento, pero probablemente un poco de ansiedad x