What to Take for a Chesty Cough
Has anyone else got this awful chesty cough?
(35 Posts)
Littlebrownhare Sun 10-Oct-21 21:39:22
I've had a fair few negative LFTs and a negative PCR. So I know it's not covid.
But this chesty cough is horrific 
Coffeey Sun 10-Oct-21 21:43:23
Yes there is a horrendous one doing the rounds
Littlemiss74 Sun 10-Oct-21 21:50:32
My DH is the same, sounds horrid
namechangerrrrssss Sun 10-Oct-21 21:51:35
Coffeey Sun 10-Oct-21 22:34:12
Cold hear our neighbours had it too.
Coffeey Sun 10-Oct-21 22:34:52
I get public transport to work. I'm going to get glared at
Hamtonn Sun 10-Oct-21 22:37:49
I've been coughing till I vomit for the past three days. It's one of the worst coughs I've ever had. I was convinced it must be Covid because my lungs are fucked, but PCR and 4x LFT say it isn't.
whatswithtodaytoday Sun 10-Oct-21 23:13:56
Yes, my son and I had it. He vomited from coughing, I nearly did. It was so bad I was convinced it was Covid, but no. Antibiotics cleared it up, but not quickly.
Littlebrownhare Sun 10-Oct-21 23:23:28
I'm thinking I might need antibiotics, how do you know if you do for a cough or whether it's viral ?
Thewiseoneincognito Sun 10-Oct-21 23:31:48
It seems to be hitting a lot of people. Everywhere I go I seem to hear someone with a hacking cough.
Hamtonn Sun 10-Oct-21 23:36:10
Antibiotics don't help if it's viral, which it usually is when you have a cold or flu.
MarcelineMissouri Sun 10-Oct-21 23:40:20
I'm quite sure this is in part because we were largely bog standard illness free last winter - I work in a primary school and from sept 2020 - July 2021 I had one very mild cold back in September 2020. Unheard of!! My 2 primary age dc didn't have a single cough or cold over the entire period - also unheard of. So 1. We've forgotten a bit what this time of year can be like with coughs/colds etc and 2. We're all going to take a bit of a hit because of probably having a bit less immunity than usual.
expatmigrant Sun 10-Oct-21 23:41:20
My DS and all his student house mates have it. None of them have tested positive.
HairyFloppins Sun 10-Oct-21 23:54:20
Yes me and dd have had it here. Cough only starting to ease almost four weeks on. Vile bug. I felt worse than what I did with Covid.
earsup Sun 10-Oct-21 23:58:25
I have it...day 3....knocked out....negative covid tests....most of my neighbours have it also.
UseHerName Sun 10-Oct-21 23:58:43
Yes we all had it - assume 2-3 full weeks to clear completely
Scbchl Mon 11-Oct-21 01:49:54
I do not left bed since Friday. Had a high temp, pounding head, pains all over my body but my chest is rattling when I breathe so thinking its maybe at antibiotics stage. Now wide awake and can't sleep from coughing.
Gothichouse40 Mon 11-Oct-21 01:59:56
I know a couple of people who have had what they describe as a 'supercold'. It sounds horrendous and they have been quite ill. It took them a while to get rid off it. I do hope you feel better soon.
whatswithtodaytoday Mon 11-Oct-21 02:38:17
Littlebrownhare
I'm thinking I might need antibiotics, how do you know if you do for a cough or whether it's viral ?
I was wheezing and my chest was crackling, and I felt very breathless after coughing, like I couldn't draw a deep breath. My GP said it was a chest infection.
Coffeey Mon 11-Oct-21 06:09:29
HairyFloppins
Yes me and dd have had it here. Cough only starting to ease almost four weeks on. Vile bug. I felt worse than what I did with Covid.
4 weeks! I'm on week 2 of the cough and thought that was bad enough.
Bubsoneandtwo Mon 11-Oct-21 09:29:38
I've got it and it's awful
Sounds terrible and making me heave as so much phlegm!
Bubsoneandtwo Mon 11-Oct-21 09:30:03
Ouchyhurt Mon 11-Oct-21 10:09:55
Yep I have it at the moment and have done for 3 weeks. Now on a second course of antibiotics. I had covid earlier in the year and I'm far more ill now than then.
Littlebrownhare Mon 11-Oct-21 10:24:17
@Ouchyhurt when do you know you need antibiotics? I'm assuming what I've got is viral as it started with a snotty nose etc.
Ouchyhurt Mon 11-Oct-21 10:25:31
I went to the GP after 2 weeks, she concluded that it was likely bacterial at that point, it still hasn't cleared and she has given me more antibiotics and ordered a chest x-ray.
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What to Take for a Chesty Cough
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