Have you found anything more about your cough? I have three members of my family and several friends that have a very bad, very persistent cough. One has had it since a brief bout of flu-like symptoms in nov., one since december, and two since january. The runny nose and other symptoms disappeared within two weeks, but they've been left with a persistent cough that they say is like no other cough they've ever experienced. At onset, my husband actually passed out once or twice from it.

They are still coughing up mucus and it's been months and no one seems to know what it is. Are you getting any help with yours and does it sound like the same thing? Anyone else?

Hi I also have had a persistent cough for about 7 week's. I have had a course of amoxycillan to no avail and had a chest x-ray that came back clear.

The cough gets so bad at times it makes me vomit and I get a pain in my right side. My doctor has refered me to a chest specialist as he has no idea what is wrong with me.

I was hoping somebody might be able to tell me what can help me boost my immune system so I can fight it as I can't shake it off?

Hello! I'm sorry to hear about your cough. If everything is ruled out until the doctor's tell you that it is "just a virus" then I don't have good news for you. My otherwise perfectly healthy 18-year-old took four months to get over this evil, vicious cough with the same symptoms you describe. My healthy 3-year-old took five months, but not before finally developing pneumonia which immediately made the cough worse, to the point where I insisted on a chest xray (since the doctor had already determined this was only viral he wasn't concerned when the cough worsened) and we gave her one more dose of antibiotics for the pneumonia which finally cleared up everything! My husband, the smoker, took all of six months before his cough cleared up. I have not been back in touch with the people outside of my family who had this same coughing virus, so I don't know when theirs cleared up, but they had been in that four-month range the last time I spoke with them. Good luck and I hope yours is something treatable. The only good thing I can offer about the virus is that it (as all viruses do) eventually clears up and goes away.

Hi and thanks for your reply elvalena.

I am a non smoker and this thing is doing my head in. I can't help but feel it is more than a virus. I can't walk 20 yards without shortness of breath and I am not asthmatic.
It is affecting my sleep my appettite and just getting me down. I suppose I will just have to wait to see the specialist for them not to be able to find anything :(

thanks again for your response ;)

my wife, myself & our 13 month old son have all had it - plus a few friends, none of us has completely shaken it off after about 10 weeks. The little one had pertussis - like whooping, but we had no joy with the doctors, & went to a homeopath who managed to dramatically reduce his coughing fits in 6 days. . . We live just outside london in herts, I'm wondering if this is an international thing, or mainly UK wide?

I get a persistent cough virtually every time I get the flu. My doctor gives me Tylenol 3. He has me take half a tablet and crush it into a fine powder, mix it with water, and then gargle with it. I usually do this for several days to a week and the cough clears up completely. This procedure seems to keep your throat 'quiet' long enough for it to heal. I actually went to the dentist during a bout with the cough, and the Tylenol 3 kept my throat calm through the whole procedure!

I have had this awful cough for 6 weeks now and there seems no end to it!
I have been taking PAVACOL-D, an over the counter linctus which helps stop the cough considerably.

I have had a persistent cough that has gone on for more than 12 months, I get shortness of breath and just recently now I get a few pains in my chest. I have been to doctors had lung x-ray, and Electric Cardio thingy to check my heart is ok. I still have not found anyone that can help. Sometimes now I even get a bit of anxiety to go with it.

I can offer some advise to all of you with this persistent cough that can turn to pneumonia
It will not respond to antibiotics because it is a virus, research shows it is a mycoplasma, and maybe man made in a Lab!
Much research work done by Dr Len Horowitz, look him up. The cough is horrible and can make you feel like you may vomit. It can also infect the sinuses and make life a misery for months. I started to see it appear on September 07 among clients, friends, and myself.

What do work to kill it off is Olive leaf extract capsules. 2 (1000 mg) taken 3 times a day until all symptoms are gone (10 days approx) safe, effective, No harm to the body.
It has also been effecting people in the states for a long time, Many think it is in the Chemtrails, just look up you tube, chemtrails-coughing.
Hope you find this useful