All my adult life I have been prone to coughing. I don't smoke, never have.
When I lived in London or any other large city I had a constant slight chesty cough, worse in the mornings and on exertion. If I had a cold it always 'went to my chest', I would get totally congested and it would linger for months.
When I lived in smaller, cleaner towns, my cough would disappear. It would only trouble me if I caught a cold. Then, as before, it my cough would get worse and linger for months.
Fitness doesn't seem to make a difference. In fact, in my 20s I went to the GP about the fact that this lean, fit, active woman could not run up a flight of stairs without doubling over coughing at the top. He was uninterested. (That lean, fit, active young woman is long gone!)
So I'm now over a cold and, as usual, coughing like a smoker for a few weeks. Several people, who I did not know had well-controlled asthma, have asked me whether I have asthma - because they have lingering coughs after colds, especially if they do not use their inhalers.
Is this likely? Is it worth going to the doctor about it? Would it make my life better?
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Dilbertian · 15/02/2020 10:38
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