... when I had a nasty chest cold or flu. The flu lasted about a week, and I was left with a lingering cough and the shortness of breath which the doctors treated with mucinex. ... (12 replies)
... day course of prednisone and it generally clears up. ... (0 replies)
... It is probably his sinuses draining. My son had it for 2 months. His chest was "clear" as they said. He takes flovent 2xday as well. He was on prednisone for the cough and sinus issue and it went away. But, the pred. only reduces the inflammation. ... (4 replies)
... I have cough variant asthma. ... (7 replies)
... Another possibility is GERD. Prednisone increases GERD symptoms which may lead to a cough. ... (5 replies)
... everytime we put the huge crash mats up 4 me 2 use, I would cough cough cough to no end. I had so many problems during gymnastics season, constant terrible cough, pneumonia once, bronchitis twice in one season, several asthma flares.. ... (7 replies)
... cough for several months. I am a 40 year old male. Have had sinus and chest CT scans which were okay. ... (7 replies)
... The prednisone should kick in soon. I was on it for a few months one time due to pneoumonia and it took a while. ... (5 replies)
... I'm 40 yrs old and just have been diagnosed with asthma. I went to the doctor because I had a cough that wouldn't go away after a cold. I'm been coughing for 3 months now and don't get any relief from meds. I'm on Advir, maxair, claritin, and sigulair. I sleep fine at night and don't cough, which I think is weird. ... (20 replies)
... That is not usually a problem for me. It really depends on how bad the flare is though. ... (13 replies)
... I'm tapering off the prednisone now. I didn't have a trace of asthma on 40 or 30mg, but now I've dropped back to 20mg... and I'm noticing that the early morning wheeze is starting to reappear. ... (13 replies)
... hma meds. I still follow my asthma action plan though to try to keep the flares at bay. Unfortunately, some extremely nasty air triggered my asthma and chronic cough a few weeks ago. The air eventually cleared, but my cough didn't. ... (15 replies)
... The dry, hacking cough started. And continued, and continued. ... (7 replies)
... Hello, I have been reading this board off and on for a couple years now I guess. Pretty much only when I am having a flare up and I am looking for info. I have a long history with asthma. I was very sick as a child in and out of the hospital with "pneumonia" and various other respiratory illness. ... (8 replies)
... My daughter has had a dry cough since December 12th. ... (2 replies)
... Three weeks ago I was diagnosed with a sinus infection, ear infections and tonsillitis and put on amoxicillan and after a week I began to cough and become more hoarse and my sore throat would not go away. I went back to the Dr. who diagnosed me with bronchitis and switched my antibiotic to Augmentin. ... (0 replies)
... ry to hear you are suffering so much. Definitely sounds like you need that Pulmonologist visit again. It is sooo frustrating when you have things under control for so long just to have something trigger a new severe flare. ... (15 replies)
... I really feel for you, living in a place where those beautiful icy days are going to wreak havoc on your lungs! ... (13 replies)
... Hello board, I have been living with a violent cough for 3 months now since and upper respiratory tract infection. ... (3 replies)
... Salbutamol is a reliever which will relieve your breathing discomfort for a short time. If you are coughing you need a Steroid one as well. ... (6 replies)
