whats this constant need to clear my throat all about??? please help
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Hi there not too sure where iam suppose to post but i hope someone can help me, im 20 years old and currently 28 wks pregnant, for the past week i have been experiencing the constant need to clear my throat/chest, sometimes theres no mucus to cough up and sonetimes tuere is, not sure if ive become over sensetive to my throat or what? I suffer a great deal from heartburn and possibly acid reflux due to stomach contents coming up in my throat, could this be from pregnamcy related issues or somthing more serious?please help thanks.
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jude65855 maisiemarie123
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karen78573 maisiemarie123
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DawnDedee maisiemarie123
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My first thought is sinus drainage. Allergies or a virus? Two natural approaches you might consider, since you are pregnant, are: 1) use a saline nasal spray as often as you wish and 2) gargle several times a day with warm salt water and then follow that with a teaspoon of honey.
The saline mist with soothe your nasal passages and the best method by which to spray is to look down at the floor and insert the tip into your nose and point it outward, not straight up. Then do not sniff, just let the saline stay there.
Warm salt gargle is useful because salt dehydrates any germs that might be living in your throat, thus killing them. The honey soothes.
Just in case, you should report this problem to your doctor.
Take care!
💛 Dawn, USA
jude65855 DawnDedee
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Isn't this the place to share experiences rather than give medical advice?
DawnDedee jude65855
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Also did you not notice that I referred Maisiemarie to her doctor?
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And the biggest most important part of this forum or all forums, is to no longer feel alone with our particular problems, to feel cared about and to receive encouragement.
Jude, there is nothing wrong with that
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josephine_30311 DawnDedee
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There's much I still can't figure out, so I'm hoping I might get a few more answers here:
My copd was diagnosed 5 years ago as 'mild', and I will admit that I was in denial for years .. I had absolutely no symptoms, no cough, no fatigue .. nothing. Walked a lot (fast!), ran up the stairs, never got tired, went to gym .. I actually thought I'd been mis-diagnosed, (and even carried on smoking, fool that I was).
Then, just over a year ago, I caught a cold, along with a bit of bronchitis, and it took quite a while to clear up. So I stopped smoking. It cleared up, everything was fine .. and six months later, I decided (just out of interest) to go for another spirometer review thingy. Happily, it was a huge improvement on the previous one, and I was really chuffed! I was told that with regular exercise, a good diet, and the proper medication there was no reason why I shouldn't live a realitively long and healthy life. I thought I'd cracked it!
Then, about a fortnight ago, I wasn't feeling well and developed a dry, hacking, sort of 'choking' cough ..I was in real trouble.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, after two visits to the docs (blood oxygen levels great, no bronchial infection) another chest xray (still waiting for results) a referral to the local copd clinic (for which I was turned down .. not enough funding to treat 'mild' copd, apparently .. only 'late stage') and some very helpful 'counselling' on how to manage the anxiety of living with a chronic illness, I wasn't much further on. Still had this goddam awful cough. My poor lungs ached so much, and my chest was so raw, I was sure that one more serious bout would finish me off! It doesn't help that I panic like mad when I can't get me breath ..
Thing is ..It's just the cough! No phlegm, no infection, no 'fatigue', nothing! I can cough solid for half an hour, attempting to 'bring something up' and the results might be one tiny speck of perfectly clear sputum. It was driving me nuts!
I almost begged the doctor (and the Triage nurse) for a cough supressant .. even if only so I could get some sleep, but they refused .. kept reckoning I 'have to cough up all the gungy stuff'. That I don't HAVE any gungy stuff, seemed to go over their heads!
So, this afternoon, in desperation, I typed 'hacking choking cough, no phlegm' into Google, and it returned hit after hit about this years seasonal flu. Seems it's one of the symptoms.
Went straight to the chemist, bought a bottle of Bronco-stop (that new one thats advertised on the telly right now .. supposed to stop all kinds of coughs) and within an hour my coughing had calmed down and for the first time in days, I had blessed relief and now (for the moment at least) I feel fine.
My questions are .. (a) has anyone else here had the same sort of non-productive 'chokey' cough, and (b) does anyone find that because they've been diagnosed with copd, that, AS A PATIENT they become defined by the disease? I mean, that the doctors just ASSUME it's the copd playing up (getting worse?) Is it possible I might simply have had a touch of flu?
Personally (and I know every GP practice is different), my doctor has been been little help. I know General Practices are very stretched, but I always get the impression I'm wasting her time, and that she obviously thinks I'm one of 'The Worried Well'. I'm just fobbed off with more medication, and 'referrals'.
I have copd. I KNOW, that the damage to my lungs is irreversible, and I know that for the rest of my life, I'll probably be more surceptable to lung problems than most people, but I want to learn how to MANAGE it, so that my QUALITY of life will be the best it can possible be. The thought of being confined to a wheelchair, with an oxygen mask glued to my face, is too depressing for me to even contemplate. I'd rather top meself, I think.
Oh .. one more question: Does anyone have problems swallowing? Sometimes, I find it difficult .. food 'goes down the wrong way' and I start choking. I realise it might just be anxiety .. but I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who does.
I seem to have been typing for hours. Such a relief to find this site.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Jo
ladyjack51 maisiemarie123
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I believe the pregnancy and pressure beginning on your diaphragm and the acid reflux have alot to do with it for sure. You have to go get checked out to be sure. But yes....these can be symptoms from the pregnancy as well. Let us know.....
Ladyjack51
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Come on Jude....I think you are being unreasonable and quite judgemental without a basis. In fact, I almost think you are looking for a debate forum instead of what we try to do here! Dawndee gives great advice and always encourages them to see their Dr.....as we all do. I think this forum does a great job of sharing what they have actually tried, what worked, and what didn't work and what more could you as for? It's beginning to sound like you have appointed yourself the critique patrol....and you are not. Your advice, as well as our advice comes from what we lived...I think you do well with what you tell folks too...up until lately. Please allow us the respect of sharing just as we do to you. There's nothing wrong with Dawndee ' s or anyone else's posts so far. Thanks for listening jude65855 and your respect from this point on. Ladyjack51
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