Bastard dry cough

[MummBraTheEverLeaking]

Have recently had a shit cold, stuffy nose, green gunk 🤢 coming out when blowing it etc.

Anyway the worst of that is over and I'm left with a dry hacking wheezing cough, when I really get into a coughing fit I cannot stop and feel like I'm going to be sick. Worse at night (hence the 2.35am post, I cannot bloody sleep!). The cough seems to be coming from deep in my throat and one tickly patch in particular. One nostril is still bunged at night and drippy.

I have tried so far:

Covonia dry tickly cough syrup
Night nurse (did fuck all)
Benylin Dry Cough (with the supressant, normally does the trick, not now)
Ultra choloseptic throat spray
Lots of water
Vicks rub
Hot water, lemons and manuka honey
Hot toddies
An anti histamine

I also did a lateral flow test last week, negative. The throat swab gave me a horrendous coughing fit and then I threw up

Anyone got anything that can help? My pelvic floor does not take kindly to strong coughing so that's another delight in addition to no bloody bastard sleep

That sounds horrid.

You need to book a proper test, lateral flow not for use when symptoms.

I find sipping warm water eases a cough. Plus sleeping upright. Pillows etc. Hope you improve soon.

Thanks, yes I probably should. I have been double vaccinated so fingers crossed it's not that, we're supposed to be going to a family thing next weekend and I've been really looking forward to it. It'll suck if it's positive but needs must.

Hope you feel better soon. I agree with having a PCR. Is likely to be negative but needs to be done and will give you peace of mind.

You poor thing.

When I have a tickly cough it always seems to be caused by my tonsils usually where I get tonsil stones. Wish I'd had them out as a child!

Things that help are:
Gargling with mouthwash
Chewing gum (seems to stimulate saliva so eases tickle)
Chocolate. A Dr told my nephew this one!!
Lockets

Sucking boiled sweets helps

Buy a Sterimar decongestant spray and use that regularly, you may have blocked sinuses and therefore have some post nasal drip especially when you are lying down and the congestion may be causing you to mouth breathe in your sleep, hence dry throat. Sleep propped up on pillows too.

For the cough itself I recommend old fashioned Fishemans Friends. Horrible but effective.

If I were a doctor, and I'm not, I might just send you for a chest and sinus x-ray and consider whether you have an infection. A post-nasal drip caused by a sinus infection can cause a cough like you describe. I know from experience.

Maybe time to see your GP? Suffering like that at night is not a good thing.

I'm an odd one, I do actually like Fishermans Friends (even as a vodka flavour in a bar I worked in years ago, blew any cold you had straight out of your system that did!)

Like the sound of chocolate too

Next to fuck all sleep really, but PCR test booked for today 🤞

If the cough is wheezy could it be asthma?
I'm paranoid about asthma at the moment as mine has just reared it's ugly head after no symptoms for years and years.

Negative covid result thank goodness! Slightly better last night although I woke up after drifting off struggling to breathe and then coughed so much I was sick

After that though I managed sleep. I have some nasal spray, an olbas stick and a ton of fishermans friends in addition to the list above, and I'm throwing the whole arsenal at it. Very glad it's not covid though.

I've never had asthma so I hope it's nothing like that!

Glad your result was negative. Hope you feel better soon.