Impossible to get rid of my cough

I would suggest that, if you haven't already had one, you should insist on a CT Scan of your chest. I have had a Cough since 2008/9, and had various tests etc. and finally my GP, sent me to see a Respiratory Consultant who sent me for a CTScan and found I had Asbestosis. They tried everything but my cough just became worse as time went on. My Consultant prescribed Diamorphine / Saline mix through a Nebuliser, which helped for a couple of hours. He Retired and his replacement just gave up and discharged me. By 2014 my cough was so bad and getting little or no relief from my, by now increased dosage of Diamorphine, that I cracked/broke my ribs through coughing. My GP decided something had to be done, and ?I was referred to a Cough Clinic in Manchester @ Wythenshawe Hospital, run by Professor Jackie Smith. They gave me a CT Scan (the first I'd had since being diagnosed in 2010) and discovered I also have Bronchiestasis. They are trying all sorts of treatments and  I am also being assessed shortly by Speech and Language Therapists as this is a comparatively new field of treatment for people with chroinic cough.

As a point of interest, ?i was also told, quite rudely by an ENT Specialist, that my cough was a habit. which it most certainly is not. I am completely debilitated by it as mine is 24/7 apart from a couple of hours relief with the diamorphine which really only calms it , not stopping it. The only reassurance ?I can give you, if it helps, is that it is more common than you may think.

Hope you get somewhere soon.

Hi DePassage

I started like that; then my wife at that time kept on and on about me going to see a GP - so to stop all the nagging (as they do) I went and was referred for a CT Scan - that was in 2011 and it showed I had an IPF (Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) I was referred to a Chest Specialist and had to do various breathing tests through a machine which measures the amount of breath I could get into my lungs. Also they diagnosed a sliding Hiatus Hernia.

So maybe this is what you have - so I would investigate further?

Kind regards

Jazztrain

Hi DePassage

No; all the time!

I am now under Papworth Hospital - I have had to reduce my drinking to just 13 units per week and keep away from secondhand cigarette smoke. I have also had to reduce my weight down from 16st. 1lb and in 12 months lost 10kg.

The upside is I have been put on medication called 'Pirfenidone' which costs the NHS over £500 per week. It cannot be prescibed by a GP only a specialist centre and delivered to me which I have to sign for.

I now have blood tests done every three months but for the first 9 months it was every month.

IPF is not curable but it can be kept at bay PROVIDED you do as you're told and I have to wear Sun Protection when the UV index goes over 4. Also I have oxygen prescribed at 2 units per hour but have to say my medication is so good I don't need it at present.

So get checked out again and bang the drum if doctors don't give you the answers you need however, I have read that others like me have suggested you have a CT Scan and that will reveal the state of your lungs.

Keep smiling as everyday I wake up I think it is a bonus.

Jazztrain

Sounds similar to what my friend gets . Have you had a chest X-ray?

or CT scan. It could be a lack of oxygen or walking pneumonia or google 

Bronchiectasis. Do you wheeze ? Allergies possibly? Have u tried to google the symptoms? See the related info provided on this forum search under lungs and respiratory tract. Mabe something might line up for you! Don't give up keep asking doctors. Sometimes it takes the right doc to find the answer. Good luck. 

Sounds like reflux or silent reflux, it can cause exactly the symptoms you are describing. The cough mimmicks the smokers cough ! I have had it for years so I am prety sure that is your problem

 

My doctor think this is due to my asthma when I was child.

So, he give me a treatment with corticoid and sntihistamine.

So ... wait and see, but from 5 days treatment, my cough is better.