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Would you go to the doctors over a cough?

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BiscuitGate · 29/12/2019 09:56

There's some kind of lurgy going round my house at the moment, mainly just coughing, coldy type symptoms with feeling really hot. My family member has had it for 2 days and got an appointment with the GP because of it. Would you say this is a good enough reason to go to thw doctors? I can't get an appointment to see the GP about other things for months, even for my 2 year old! Would you go to the doctors for a cough/cold?

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WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 29/12/2019 16:57

The missing chocolates were those little Lindt ball things - we have eight million boxes of other chocs but those were the ones I wanted I have eaten some Vienetta instead

I hope you manage to get an appointment - the vast majority of our GP receptionists are lovely but there is one who is just horrible and I had a nightmare with her once. After the (very good) MN advice of the Practice Manager, I got a GP appointment straightaway (and got sent straight to hospital, so I'm hoping Horrible Receptionist got her arse severely kicked)

TroysMammy · 29/12/2019 17:02

Green phlegm doesn't necessarily mean infection. It means your body is fighting infection. However people with chronic conditions eg copd, asthma antibiotics and maybe steroids may be prescribed.

Afternooninthepark · 29/12/2019 19:51

A couple of years back I had the flu. A month later I still had a nasty cough, turned out I had developed pneumonia.

1990shopefulftm · 29/12/2019 20:08

no i wouldn't, i m in my 20s and i have asthma which is mild, i'd only go if my usual medication wasn't working and it seemed like I needed oral steroids .

I broke a rib from a cough last year but a&e said it was bad luck really.

Arnoldthecat · 29/12/2019 20:21

No...

Groovee · 29/12/2019 20:23

Because of my history with chest infections and pleurisy, I would go if I had other symptoms. A few times my chest pain has been a serious infection but no cough.

For a simple cough and no other symptoms no. A chesty sounding cough yes.

ragged · 29/12/2019 20:37

3 weeks maybe yes, 2 days almost inconceivable to try to see GP. Pharmacist sure, if it's annoying.

DH had a cough that persisted for 6 weeks before we asked for medical advice... got diagnosed as various things & cleared up after it was finally labeled pneumonia.

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