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Really bad chesty cough

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KateDWales · 08/03/2013 22:14

Any ideas anyone?

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flamingtoaster · 08/03/2013 22:23

Potters Vegetable Cough Remover or Venos Expectorant for Chesty Coughs both work brilliantly but taste awful.

Very dark chocolate is also good for coughs apparently.

Manuka Honey (10+ at least) is anti-viral and anti-bacterial - must be taken off the spoon since heat destroys the active element.

A few drops of tea-tree on a tissue on the bedroom radiator helps stop the germs spreading. Breathing the steam from a bowl of hot water with a few drops of tea-tree in it also helps.

Hope you feel better soon - there's a lot of it about and we all had it (my daughter ended up with bronchitis so if your chest feels at all "bubbly" see the doctor immediately).

KateDWales · 09/03/2013 07:48

Thank you for the advice I will try those :) the nurse listened to my chest a few days ago and said it was clear so she didn't think I had an infection. But it doesn't feel very clear to me.

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mercibucket · 09/03/2013 07:51

go back to the gp if it is getting worse. clear a few days ago is not the same as clear now

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