Cough Problem when Laying Down- two months w/o change Posted: 11-02-07 05:06am
hi im 23, male. now its 5am, i woke up
because i cough so terrible when i lay
down. so i looked for help on internet and
found here.
i started coughing about 5-6 weeks ago,
cough not so bad during the day time but
at night especially when i sleeping, i
cough so bad and cant stop (sometimes cant
even breath).
i went to see doctor many times, took med
for both cough and allergy, but still no
help. when the first time i took the
allegra D (every 12 hours), i felt better
for 10 hours, then 8 hours and after few
days, it doesnt work on me anymore. i dont
know if i got allergy or what, i have no
other problems just coughing and cant stop
once i get started, especially after i lay
on my bed. pain on my chest and throat,
sometimes i cough terrible and taste
blood.
i came to US about 5 years ago, i never
been like this except this year after
summer.
i got my blood checked, all look fine
except the numbers are a little bit higher
on my liver and iron in my body. i don't
drink but smoke (for 3 years), and i quit
about 3 weeks ago.
at night, every time when i take a deep
breath i cough, right now i can only be
able to fall asleep when i get REALLY
tired (like late at night or take cold
med) then i can take a rest for 5-6 hours.
im going to graduate dont know how i can
go to school like this...
i feel terrible and really hope some1 here
can help and tell me what i can do. thank
you so much
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~*Ginger*~
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 9 Location: ,
Re: Cough Problem, Last Two Months Already. Posted: 11-02-07 17:12pm
Hello Jackfrog,
It sounds like what was happening to
me before I had my first asthma attack. I
was 27 at the time and never had the
problem all of my life and I am not a
smoker. At first I would cough if i tried
to breathe deeply, then if I would laugh i
would cough, then if i talked i would
cough...and violent coughing that lasted
for a while...it was making me crazy!!
Worst of all the doctors could not hear
any chest congestion...even when i had my
first attack there was nothing on the
x-ray. I told a longer story about it on
another thread called "can't take a deep
breath" I have allergies too and at first
the allergy meds did help me...I was
taking tylenol severe allergy (some
serious stuff that will put you in a daze
) but then nothing
helped and I had the attack. I saw a
pulmonary specialist (lung
specialist)later and was diagnosed with
allergy induced asthma. Maybe you should
talk about the possibilities of asthma
with your doctor as soon as possible and
see what he says; with the pain in your
chest and violent coughing, he'll probably
refer you to a pulmonary specialist (which
was the best thing for me) I hope you
feel better...I truly know how bad it
feels...for me it only got worse until I
got the inhalers. Again I really hope
that you feel better soon.
) but then nothing
helped and I had the attack. I saw a
pulmonary specialist (lung
specialist)later and was diagnosed with
allergy induced asthma. Maybe you should
talk about the possibilities of asthma
with your doctor as soon as possible and
see what he says; with the pain in your
chest and violent coughing, he'll probably
refer you to a pulmonary specialist (which
was the best thing for me) I hope you
feel better...I truly know how bad it
feels...for me it only got worse until I
got the inhalers. Again I really hope
that you feel better soon.