Coughing for Weeks

HouseGalway · 05-07-2021 11:04am #1

Negative Covid Test but Coughing for around three weeks. Been to the GP several times and had antibiotics, nasal spray, inhaler and steroids AND am still coughing constantly. Is there something viral going around and can anyone give me hope that this might end soon?

Dempo1 · 06-07-2021 6:37pm

HouseGalway wrote: »

Negative Covid Test but Coughing for around three weeks. Been to the GP several times and had antibiotics, nasal spray, inhaler and steroids AND am still coughing constantly. Is there something viral going around and can anyone give me hope that this might end soon?

Personally, I'd be considering requesting a chest xray given it's a persistent cough and a number of remedies to date don't seem to be working, has your GP discussed this option? You could request a referral for x-ray , just might be worth considering.

Senature · 06-07-2021 6:41pm

Think I'd get another Covid test, then prob an xray, especially if the Dr is not giving a diagnosis

Dempo1 · 06-07-2021 7:31pm

Senature wrote: »

Think I'd get another Covid test, then prob an xray, especially if the Dr is not giving a diagnosis

Good luck regardless but any persistent cough if Covid-19 has been discounted any remedies you mentioned not clearing it really needs to be checked thoroughly, take care

markmoto · 15-07-2021 7:18pm

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From nutritional point of view could be lack of certain vitamins or minerals.

y0ssar1an22 · 15-07-2021 7:25pm

i tested positive on 03/07/2021 and have had a bad cough since. it varies between a loose phlegmy one and a dry painful one.

I would recommend another covid test and then go from there (should be free).

It could be something in your house? for example, is there a new pet, new furniture?

cee_jay · 15-07-2021 7:28pm

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Ask for a referral to consultant. I was coughing for much longer and consultant was so thorough in getting to the bottom of it. No longer coughing!

I had chest xray, lung function test, allergy tests, sinus CT... The list goes on, but I now know what the issue was and sorted.

o1s1n · 15-07-2021 7:29pm

Here's something you may not have have considered, acid reflux.

I had a persistent cough through December and January, was extremely worried it was covid. Had two tests but both came up negative.

My doctor suggested it might be GERD and gave me meds for it. Took a couple of months but it eventually cleared up. I didn't know acid reflux could give you that type of cough.

markmoto · 18-07-2021 6:22pm

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Dilute two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water would fix in a day. But do you know the root cause ?

markmoto · 18-07-2021 6:25pm

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would you share what was the issue?

Victor · 18-07-2021 6:43pm

Years ago, I had a chest infection. The infection cleared in a week, but the cough lasted 3 weeks. One night, I woke at about 2am in a violent coughing fit. I was breathing into my stomach instead of my lungs for about 1-2 minutes. I went A&E and they gave me a cough suppressant. Cleared up in a few days. Essentially, the epiglottis was traumatised, although I think that was as much symptom as cause.

o1s1n · 19-07-2021 11:35am

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We think the problem was actually antibiotics.

I was really ill mid December and couldn't shake it at all, was freaked out it was covid - went for a test and it was negative.

Doctor prescribed antibiotics that got rid of most of the issues, but the cough persisted.

This went on for a month so I had another covid test - which was negative - followed by another, different course of antibiotics.

That didn't solve it either and at that point the doctor twigged that the cough wasn't an infection at all, but acid reflux instead.

We reckon what happened was the first course of antibiotics got rid of the infection causing the illness but actually gave me acid reflux! so I was then trying to shake off what I thought was the end of the illness but there was a completely different cause (which I kept exacerbating with more antibiotics)

All solved now thankfully!

cee_jay · 25-07-2021 5:18pm

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I have an infection in my turbinates, something I had never heard of before this. But they are really enlarged and inflammed. I am on nasal steroids now and see an improvement already. I have to take them for 5 months in total. But it took a lot of tests with respiratory consultant and then ENT to get diagnosed.

It all started with an upper respiratory infection for me, and that was just a lingering symptom of it that never cleared I think.

tom1ie · 25-07-2021 5:22pm

I had a persistent cough over a couple of months.

wife nagged me into getting it checked out.

VHI fast clinic got me an X-ray and it (eventually) turned out to be sarcoidosis.

in my case it seems to be quite manageable and all I take is a steroid inhaler.

moral of the story is get it checked out and don’t be fobbed off by your doc.

noplacehere · 25-07-2021 5:40pm

Asthma? I got bronchitis in my twenties and developed severe allergic asthma after it which continues to today. Anything that makes my nose run including colds/pollen set me off badly

markmoto · 27-07-2021 10:02pm

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Do you aware adjusting food diet will greatly reduce asthma?

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