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Persistent cough that won't go away

Posted on 02/10/2016 12:40:50 PM PST by ConservativeMan55

Hey Freepers!

What are your cough remedies?

I've had a persistent and overwhelming cough since December.

I've been to multiple doctors, been on anti biotics, had all kinds of cough syrups and drops. Nothing seems to stop it.

Anyone have a home remedy? Thanks in advance!


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121 posted on 02/10/2016 1:40:17 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Have you seen an allergist?

http://www.86cough.com/Allergist/


122 posted on 02/10/2016 1:41:08 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cva66snipe

Definitely Mold. Ear wax in the wrong part of the ear canal can do that, too.


123 posted on 02/10/2016 1:42:28 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Hot apple cider spiced with cloves and a shot of tabasco.


124 posted on 02/10/2016 1:42:54 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
It could be an allergy, or asthma. Have your Dr rule those out before jumping to conclusions.
125 posted on 02/10/2016 1:43:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Dick Vomer

Evidently not the problem in this case, but I don’t understand why lisinopril is prescribed instead of the angiotension-II inhibitors like losartan, which have other protective effects. There is some cost difference, I know.


126 posted on 02/10/2016 1:44:59 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: ConservativeMan55

If it’s from a drip, Mucinex is awesome.


127 posted on 02/10/2016 1:45:33 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Had something similar a few years back - started bad for about a week, gradually became less severe pretty much day by day -finally gone after about two months - time was the cure....


128 posted on 02/10/2016 1:47:07 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Smokin' Joe
Definitely Mold. Ear wax in the wrong part of the ear canal can do that, too.

I lost my immunity to Mold about 10 years ago. I coughed for months. It started from a leak in the roof which after we left the house I had fixed by someone else. I also bought an Electronic Air Purifier. Afterward I found out that they produce Ozone which also triggers coughing fits in me LOL. I went to an Allergist/Asthma Doctor and got started on shots. BTW allergic reactions like coughing can closely mimic Asthma especially if Ozone is involved. On the Air Quality Alert days I have to stay inside as much as possible.

129 posted on 02/10/2016 1:52:28 PM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: ConservativeMan55

Honey and cinnamon.

Mix about a tablespoon of cinnamon with 1.5 tsp. of honey. Eat. Do this whenever you feel symptoms of a cold.


130 posted on 02/10/2016 1:54:25 PM PST by Jemian
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To: GizzyGirl

I don’t think anyone else has suggested that, although I might have missed it. I bet it would work on certain coughs, and I’m going to try it the next time I get one.


131 posted on 02/10/2016 1:56:27 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: ConservativeMan55

My first question would be have you seen your physician? I had a persistent cough that I ignored for quite while only to find out that it wasn’t a simple persistent cough, but pneumonia. Eight months later I didn’t ignore it when it came back and sure enough it was pneumonia again.


132 posted on 02/10/2016 2:00:46 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ConservativeMan55

To raise your immune system you need to help the good bacteria in your system. The antibiotics can be lifesavers in a crisis, but they can deplete your good bacteria.

Easy ways: fermented foods. Start small, a tablespoon of real fermented kimchi or sauerkraut (look for real live sauerkraut at health food stores) at one meal, etc. get high quality healthy yogurt (most are useless). Kefir is good and will make a nice smoothie with frozen fruit, honey. If you can afford a good probiotic, try a soil based one, like Prescript Assist. It saved my life once so I trust that brand, but there are others.

Next, how to feed the good bacteria you will be slowly colonizing? They love starches. Especially resistant starches. Potatoes are ok, enjoy them, but if you cook and cool them, this increases greatly the resistant starch. Meaning, potato salad better than a baked potato. Also, bake or boil some starchy red skinned potatoes, then the next morning, slice them and pan fry them til brown with butter for breakfast potatoes. White rice is also good starch, but contains far more resistant starch if cooked and cooled. So go for sushi or rice pudding... Oatmeal is good too.

Sleep is essential for a good immune system, but hard when you cough. Ask the doc for a codeine cough syrup and use it JUDICIOUSLY. In other words, don’t use it unless absolutely necessary. Take a tsp if you can’t fall asleep due to the coughing. Take a tsp if you wake up and can’t fall back asleep coughing. Max 2 per night, and try to not use any. You don’t need to be addicted, or to feel dull the next day (which you will a bit). However, one tsp usually does me for the whole night when I am sick.

Good luck. I am just getting over the two week coughing cold from hell itself. Used the codeine syrup for 6 nights. Glad to be off it.


133 posted on 02/10/2016 2:06:59 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: ConservativeMan55

Pepcid twice a day

Mine was from too much stomach acod


134 posted on 02/10/2016 2:16:24 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Best doctor recommended cure for cough caused by infection is gargling with salt water. I went all the way through the answers and was surprised this was not mentioned dozens of times.
135 posted on 02/10/2016 2:16:52 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: ConservativeMan55

Coltsfoot tea flavored with honey. If you want the easy way, Fisherman’s Friend cough drops.


136 posted on 02/10/2016 2:28:41 PM PST by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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To: ConservativeMan55

Start taking colloidal silver from the health food store (250 ppm) and you can also get these herbal cough drops called Pastilles which don’t taste very good but really work. We have had that terrible cold with hacking cough for over 3 weeks now. We also took the CVS CF cough syrup. If you are taking g an expectorant cough syrup it makes you cough.

Hope you get rid of it.


137 posted on 02/10/2016 2:31:00 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Do you netti pot?

Do you have allergies?

138 posted on 02/10/2016 2:34:27 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

A spoonful of honey after a gargle of warm water and cayenne pepper - shaken not stirred. Seriously. DH gargles with warm water and cayenne whenever there is a throat, cough issue felt coming on strong. It helps a great deal.


139 posted on 02/10/2016 2:34:49 PM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Pound in another nail and stop the coffin.


140 posted on 02/10/2016 2:35:51 PM PST by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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