I’d really appreciate any medical professional’s views. I have chronic asthma which has been under control (I.e no hospital admissions) for around 4 Years. I sometimes have to have courses of prednisolone or antibiotics as I get a lot of chest infections. I have prednisolone at home to self treat (prescribed by consultant). Last night, I had a sore throat and was coughing up gunk and was tight chested, so I took six prednisolone. I had an awful night - all the side effects of Pred (head ache, mood swings, ringing in ears, waking up sweating then freezing). Today I haven’t taken any more pred due to the side effects but have used sore throat spray, inhalers and paracetamol to manage symptoms. Tonight I feel even worse, freezing and shivering despite having heating on top whack, heater on, fluffy pjs and two quilts. My AIBU is should I wait this out and hope it improves? I don’t want to go to the doctors if it’s just a cold - I have had the flu jab and have been able to walk around today so I don’t think it’s flu. (It’s probably relevant that two years ago, I had a bout of sepsis in my throat that really knocked me off my feet - doctors treated with antibiotics but I was very poorly).