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Prolonged coughing, trouble breathing

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man454051
man454051

I've been having this nagging cough for a few months now. Not really coughing anything up until about a month ago. I started coughing up weirdly coloroed phlem, kind of green with darker specks, and at this point the cough was worse. Now for about two weeks I can't breathe in without coughing most of the time and I feel like I'm wheezing. I'm not sure what this is, but I really need it go away because I can't go to work if I'm coughing all the time.

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  • jazztrain
    jazztrain man454051

    Posted

    Hi man454051

    What does your GP say or are you self diagnosing yourself? It sounds at the very least you have a chest infection which needs antibiotics or maybe it is the start of Pneumonia. However, it sounds as if you need Anti-biotics to try and clear this up before it becomes more sinister.

    Kind regards

    Jazztrain

    • Mumpower
      Mumpower jazztrain

      Posted

      I agree with iazztrain. See a doctor. It is my understandimg that rhe dark color is old mucas that has been sitting there awhile. It would make you cough more.
  • lynn26320
    lynn26320 man454051

    Posted

    It doesn't sound as though you have been to your GP but it sounds as though you should.  I don't think it will go away on it's own by the sound of it. 
  • tapaca
    tapaca man454051

    Posted

    Mine started during radiation therapy. Drs kept saying it wasn't related but I think it was. I'm day 10 taking prednisone and the cough is significantly better
  • jazztrain
    jazztrain man454051

    Posted

    Hi Man454951

    Sorry but I can't add anything further than what I have already advised you.

    Jazztrain

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