Chesty feelings

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have been on preds for 2 years, the side effects have not been too bad, currently had to up my pred from 7 mg to 10mg. The most unpleasant is a feeling of chestyness, I have to cough to try to clear it.  I am not sure  if I am chesty or if I am imagining it. My husband Sayes he thinks this occurs when I am stressed, in the past the feeling has gone but recently come back, this  could be due to looking after 7 year old grandson, who is no trouble, but I do find it tiring.  Have mentioned to Dr. Several times, also the rheumatologist, who did not echo.  Had a blood test recently that did not cause concern. Any thoughts please? 

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  • Posted

    I get that feeling when I do too much or am stressed. My solution is to rest and it goes away. 
  • Posted

    Hi tisser.

    Like me you seem to be up and down with your preds. I seem to have problems getting below 7 and usually have a flare if I try. I am comfortable on 10 but doctors seem to have this compulsion to reduce. I know this is how they are trained but I feel guilty if I ask to increase my dose.

    Yes, I am chesty too. It's as if everything has calmed down except my lung fibres. I have a kind of soreness/tightness in my chest which comes and goes. The higher the dose,the less I feel sore/chesty.I wonder if there is any evidence to suggest that the lungs are the last organ to be assisted by Pred.

    Regards Bob

  • Posted

    Not sure what "chesty" is, but I had a complaint for the time I had PMR symptoms:

    Old man phlem.  I was clearing my throat, with some minor expectorate. I mentioned it to the the GP and rheumy. They gave me that "huh?" look.

    I'm down to 1.5 mg pred, and had siginificant remission of PMR symptoms 8 months ago. When the PMR symptoms lifted, so did the Old Man Phlem.

    Me thinks that PMR is a vascular, ortho, membrane and "Lots of areas of the body" inflammation, and in my case, included my upper respiratory tract. Ergo, the total body fatigue.

    It's easier for me to see  the brigade of symptoms and effects of the inflammation in my rear view mirror. When I was in the cloud of PMR I was IFR. ( Instrument Flight Rules: couldn't see outside, flying on instruments).

    Hope this helps, good luck TI.

     

    • Posted

      yeah, it's much easier to 'see' what was going on after it's over. When in the middle of something you are so bound up in the immediate you can't see the full picture.... something about can't see the forest for the trees? :-)

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