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#1 Mar 11 2011 at 6:05 PM Rating: Good
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Few weeks ago I got the flu (or cold, I don't really know). Fever lasted a day, then a dry cough lasted about two weeks. Last weekend I was feeling better, hardly no cough, then suddenly I wake up last Saturday and my throat feels rough. And now my cough is back, but is a wet cough. No other symptoms, but the cough that was going away turns into an annoying wet cough.

Never had a cough last this long.

Edited, Mar 11th 2011 7:06pm by TirithRR
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#2 Mar 11 2011 at 6:07 PM Rating: Decent
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It's either AIDs or cancer. It's most likely not lupus though, so there's that.
#3 Mar 11 2011 at 6:15 PM Rating: Good
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Turin wrote:
It's AIDs.


I second that prognosis.
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#4 Mar 11 2011 at 6:34 PM Rating: Good
By wet, I assume you mean productive (produces sputum). What color is it?
#5 Mar 11 2011 at 6:37 PM Rating: Good
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Daimakaicho, Eater of Souls wrote:
By wet, I assume you mean productive (produces sputum). What color is it?


Yes, and it's clear.
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#6 Mar 11 2011 at 7:52 PM Rating: Good
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Daimakaicho, Eater of Souls wrote:
By wet, I assume you mean productive (produces sputum). What color is it?


Yes, and it's clear.
Well, it's not another infection then probably. Likely just your lungs producing extra stuff as an after-effect, it should go away in a few days. Still sucks though, that happens to me about twice a year. :(
#7 Mar 11 2011 at 8:44 PM Rating: Excellent
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The DR at the ER told us that the flu that is going around right now, the cough can last up to several months. Sorry you have that! Get some nice medicated cough meds like we did!
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Mistress Darqflame wrote:
The DR at the ER told us that the flu that is going around right now, the cough can last up to several months. Sorry you have that! Get some nice medicated cough meds like we did!


It hit here pretty bad 2-3 weeks ago. One day about 14 people on first shift took the day off due to illness. The few that went to the doctors got diagnosed with bronchitis.
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#9 Mar 11 2011 at 9:59 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yup I had bronchitis, it sucked.
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#10 Mar 12 2011 at 8:00 AM Rating: Decent
Sometimes a cough is more than just a cold. It can be caused by allergies. I have a dry hack that never goes away. The doctor told me it's because of acid reflux. It's not going to go away ever. I love getting old.
#11 Mar 12 2011 at 11:45 AM Rating: Good
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Sometimes a cough is more than just a cold. It can be caused by allergies. I have a dry hack that never goes away. The doctor told me it's because of acid reflux. It's not going to go away ever. I love getting old.
Did he prescribe you something for the acid reflux? Because if you keep the acid down, the cough should go away too.
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I'd say since the flu was going around, and I got the flu, and now have a persistent cough, that the two are most likely related.

I saw my Grandmother today (she's an RN) at my brother's birthday party, and she heard me cough. She started getting all worried. I told her I wasn't worried since I wasn't running a fever or having trouble breathing, etc. But the anniversary of my uncle's death just passed, and he died at 29 years old from a respiratory infection he left unchecked. Eventually his airways swelled up, and he couldn't breath. Then he went into cardiac arrest, and died from it.

I'm not worried though, if it gets bad I will get it checked, but right now I feel fine besides the cough.

Edited, Mar 12th 2011 6:58pm by TirithRR
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