Cough cough cough

Bad stuff GE, I got it in November, it's had 3 more bites at me each one less in severity. I've not been to Docs, they can't help anyway-when it hits just rest, drink lots(not alcohol) although I'm a firm believer in Whisky & Honey purely for the throat obviously graze thru the day-not big meals. It lasted 3wks the 1st one, a few days the rest of the bouts. Good luck in your fight.

I visited the practice nurse this morning about the exact symptoms described by the OP.  I was unable to talk without bursting into a bout of coughing. 

My chest and throat were fine, No antibiotics needed. Was recommended an off the shelf cough remedy and plenty of hot drinks. Have just taken the first dose an hour ago.  Will let you know if it improves the coughing. 

Cheers ......................K

A home made mix of honey and lemon ,melted in hot water

It lasted four weeks with me. The last symptom to go was the cough. As an asthma sufferer I made sure that I used my inhalers a bit more than I usually would. If it was a virus then antibiotics wouldn't be of any use.

Sitting  here  at  the  P.C.  with  my  warm  pullover  and  a

Christmas  scarf  wrapped  round  my  throat.

Like  many  others  I  fell  victim  to the  BUG  before  the

C/mas  festivities  and  slowly,  so  very  slowly,  am  recovering

Early  on  I  was  using  Day Nurse / Night  Nurse  but  while  it

certainly  calmed  the  coff  allowing me  to  get  a  nights  sleep

but  it  did  not  appear  to  have  any  other  effect  apart  from

thinning  out  the  wallet  !

I  ended  up  using  Huskypups  remedy,  at  least  it  was  a

pleasant   enough  taste  eventually   !

P.S.

    Thinking  of  Poorly  People  :--  have  any  of  you  heard

Of  Dorset  Diver  at  all.  After  he  posted  of  his illness

I've  not  seen  anything  from  him  on  here   

Hope  the  Rascal  is  OK  

I got it about 2 weeks before Christmas, and still have the cough.  Yes, too much talking brings it on, it feels like something is stuck in the back of the throat.

OH got it Christmas Eve, but seems to have recovered slightly better than I have.

Hot drinks and sucking Lockets  seems to help.

This what I always resort too, I can remember my grandfather mixing it for me when young. Not so good if you've got a very sore throat but very soothing for coughs and colds. This unpleasant virus did the rounds in our village last year, I felt as though I'd got asthma. This year we threw off something similar a lot faster. Keep warm and keep the fluid intake up, being out in the cold seems to make it worse. Hope you all feel better soon. 

I'm always frightened when I get even a cold, as it may bring on a bad case of cough.  I first got it when visiting Annecy about 10 years ago, and I ended up visiting the doctors in Calais.  He prescribed antibiotics, an inhaler (as I couldn't breath when in the middle of coughing), cough medicine, suposotries (not sure how to spell it).  It certainly worked.  All doctors think to prescribe over here is paracetamols and nothing else.  For me, if its so bad that you've had it weeks, and its still not working, then go back to your doctors and demand something really strong, at the end of the day, you shouldn't have to suffer, doctors are there to cure you.

But  they  can  only  help / cure  you  if  the  chemists 

have  come  up  with  a  cure  and  not  a  placebo  !

Ask  at  the  Dispensing  Chemists  what  the  Staff  use, 

and  try  that  !