One month later...

[gategrrl]

One month ago exactly, I got sick, came down with a fever of 102.2ish, and got better. But I still have a damned cough I can't shake. I have been taking Triaminic cough suppresent  and expectorant and it STILL hasn't stopped. Probably going to call my RN soon. But then she'll most likely tell me she can't *do* anything for it. I think it is clearing up a little. Just so tired of coughing all the time.

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[jomadge.livejournal.com]

I've had that happen a number of times. My bronchi are sensitive buggers at the best of times, and infections set up major irritation, which turns into a vicious circle, even after the original bug is gone. Irritation makes me cough, causes more irritation. Sometimes a round of anti-inflammatories can help with that.

However, you could also have developed a secondary infection. Bacteria invade where virus first made things warm and cozy.

Either way, good enough reasons to see your doc.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I tend to catch upper respiratory infections when I either a) overwork myself or b) get overly stressed, which can happen with overwork, like working two jobs like I did one summer when I was in my 20s, or work in another country with crappy air quality and tons of stress. So yeah.

Would you suggest taking some aspirin as well as the suppressant? Hmm. I'll see if that helps.

[superbadgirl]

*hugs*

One of my coworkers always manages to get prescription cough medicine with Vicodin (!) when she gets sick with a chest cold.

[burbler.livejournal.com]

Steam showers are great for this kind of thing. Or, the old fashioned way, a bowl of boiled water, a towel and inhale deeply a couple of times a day. Don't burn yourself!

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

That happened to me a few times when we lived in AK, and I think it was common there. I remember when we were flying to Hawaii, in the Anchorage airport, it was cough.cough.hack.cough.deepcough... And that's all you could hear anywhere in the airport. I remember it being such a huge change when we got off the plane in Hawaii...quiet, regular airport noises. *g*

From far away, I really hope you feel better soon. That must really suck. :-(

IRL, I don't get freaked out so much by *me* coughing, but I cannot stand to be around a coughing person. I think I lack compassion IRL, because I am so freaked out about the perceived germs they are spreading around. (This is not a swine flu thing, but a real life, all the time, every single day thing. I do not like sick people. I wish it were not so, but I seriously get so anxious if I hear someone coughing that I want to jump out of my skin and run away screaming. I don't, but it takes a *lot* of energy not to do so.)

ETA: Others were offering suggestiong... It helped me and my kids when we ran a cool mist humidifier at night in the house or even had one in whatever room we/they were in the most during the day.