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i had a dry cough for half a year (no mucus or anything like that), i used to get chest pains which have gone,now i have neck pains and shoulder pains and keep getting bad headaches and now upper back pains. Im 17 years old and a non smoker. ive been to doctors and they give me an inhaler but it doesnt work. Please Help
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Zuri22513 rehan96399
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HI,
I'm 18 and my chronic cough started when I was 18 as well. If the inhaler doesn't work you probably don't have asthma. By the way you are describing it, I'm thinking you should try to see a chiropractor. My dad was having unexplained symptoms once and it ended up being something in his back. I hope this works for you .
Zuri22513
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When i was 17*. Had mine a year and four months.
rehan96399 Zuri22513
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thx but the majority of the symptoms have gone and cough which used to be around 80-90 times a day is now 15. Also i did keep pigeons but i have been keeping away from the lately and everything is slowly going i think i'll wait till the cough drops to around 5 times a day then take ibruprofen and sell my pigeons. BTW Zuri how old r u now and how long has your cough gone on for
Zuri22513 rehan96399
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Ugh about a year and four months now. I'm 18 years old. I'm not by any means saying yours will last this long. But the birds could be a problem. I just got rid of my bird because I got a test done that shows that "could" be the problem. If you want to know any more of the tests I've done just let me know. I could give you a list of things to try.
rehan96399 Zuri22513
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yea sure mate tell me it'd be very helpful
Zuri22513 rehan96399
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Ok!!
well the three main things doc will want to test you for are post nasal drip asthma and reflux. After that you could test for allergies. Especially food allergies I've seen a lot of people struggle with celiac's and not know they have it. Vocal cord dysfunction can also cause cough. My doc at first thought I had a "functional" cough since it started after I got pneumonia and ... it's a way of saying habit. They sent me to speech therapy for it but it didn't really help. I doubt you have a disease but I've gotten blood work just in case. I've had CT scans of my throat and lungs I guess just to see if anything would show up. You could also check for parasites ( I'm doing that right now). I've even gone to a psychiatrist but I bailed knowing i wasn't crazy. Walking pneumonia you might want to check... I had a chronic cough when I was 12 and it ended up being that. I think that's most of it.