... Hi me again I can't cough up plem from my throat my upper abdomin is sunken in. ... (1 replies)

... I can't cough up mucas in my throat, and i have short rapid breathingike something is pushing on my diaphram ,my cough is like a dry hard cough, no feeling like I have to just can't clear this mucus. Is this a sign of copd? ... (0 replies)

... Chronic cough can be difficult to pin down and get accurate diagnosis. Do you have any symptoms of wheezing or shortness of breath along with the cough? ... (4 replies)

... I'm also trying to wit smoking and when I do smoke I can't exhale the smoke ,and I'm very cold. Is this normal with copd? And I can't seem to be able to blow my nose it's like the same when smoking. I can't complete a sentanse not enough breath. (1 replies)

... Also, antibiotics alone doesn't get rid of the pneumonia. You've got to cough that stuff up or it can sit down there in your lungs and you can get sick again. Practice deep breathing. Long, slow, steady, deep inhalations. ... (2 replies)

... Hi I have this shortness of breath, my throat seems to tighten up,difficulty swallowing, and now I can't cough up phlem, seems like I can't exhale from my abdomin. Im a smoker and can't exhale the smoke no more. ... (0 replies)

... Hi, I was 30 when my left lung collasped and had the surgery. The past 2 years I have been exercising using those resistent bands but have been very careful not to do exercises that put too much pressure on the the left side. I am left handed but use my right hand a bit more for things. My right side is much stronger than the left too. When my surgery was done I... (7 replies)

... neumonia in the first week of December and was given two rounds of antibiotics for the bacteria. It's now been about 6 weeks, and I can't seem to get rid of this cough and chest pain, even though the pneumonia appears to have been taken care of. ... (1 replies)

... Hi; I developed a cough around 6 months ago and on visit to doctor was told it was likely due to particulate matter/dirty air on subway which I had started traveling on during the previous six months. The cough was mainly on waking, didn't last long and produced small quantities of greeny/grey phlegm and then usually subsided for the day until the next morning. Seemed... (0 replies)

... A couple years ago I suffered from a chronic deep dry cough. It lasted for about 9 month. I went to my doctor repeatedly and, besides continuing to ask me if I smoke (never have, never will), ruled out that it was anything contagious and put me on Delsym to suppress the cough. That was before. Now, it appears to be back. It started two or three days ago. I came home and my... (0 replies)

... you should do a xray. (1 replies)

... I've had a cough for about 4 weeks, and I'm sick of it. ... (1 replies)

... last week I developed an odd swollen place under my left ribs in the front. I have been on 2 antibiotics, had breathing treatments, on 2 different inhalers and 2 cough meds. Nothing is helping. I'm hurting. Any ideas as to what this could be? ... (0 replies)

... Sometimes when you've had an upper respiratory infection, you can end up with some sensitivity that makes the cough linger. I have had that many times. It can really wear you out. ... (4 replies)

... I'm also pretty sure it's not whooping cough since it doesn't sound like that. ... (4 replies)

... If you've had the cough for this long, it is probably a good idea to get it evaluated. ... (4 replies)

... I've had a cough for the last couple of weeks (3 or so) and I'm getting tired of it! It's always been a dry, non-productive cough, and recently, it turned into more of a hacking/barking cough. (Not always, but often). When I go out in cold weather, it gets worse. The same goes for being around cigarette smoke. It's also worse at night. What's up? I'm planning on going... (4 replies)

... Dry coughs are usually caused by: acid reflux, allergies, asthma or post nasal drip. If it is the acid reflux, it is often "silent" with no "traditional" reflux symptoms of burning. Were you tested for pertussis (whooping cough) last time you had the cough? The nickname for it is the 100 day cough. I found when I had it that it lasted about 4 months. The "bug" symptoms... (1 replies)

... Just under 3 years ago I got hit by some crazy bug and was sick for a few days. I had this cough that ended up lasting almost 4 months. ... (1 replies)

... I've had a cough for over a week now and it doesn't seem to be going away. It's a dry cough, sometimes hacking, and it makes my chest hurt, and I feel tight. What's going on? ... (0 replies)