Help i can't stop coughing

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Went to docs friday adn my thraot is red raw from the coughing but chest clear and no infection.Feel rough which is ok but I am coughing non stop and feel like I will pee myself soon .Pharmacist gave me a cough suppressant which i won't take again as it made me miserable and drowsy.What can i do?need to sleep tonight so badly as ds had a sleepover with 4 teenage boys last night so doubly tired todat TIA x

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(((noddy))) poor you.

No wise advice, really, but you've been heard and understood

Plenty of pillows, sips of cool water, and if I were you I'd take the cough suppressant tonight anyway: drowsy when you're asleep is ok, isn't it? Maybe not during the day, but for the night?

I find dd's Benelyn Childrens Night Coughs (or Medised) works for me - don't bother with the grown up ones. They do make you sleepy but not hungover, IYSWIM.

Hope you're better soon, xx

steam inhalation. best thing for any cough.

Is it asthma? When my mum and my dd have asthma, they both get terrible coughing fits.

Have you ever tried an inhaler to relieve the coughing?

true, it does help dd2 (who has a semi-permanent night cough that doesn't respond to inhalers )

Steam Inhalation is excellent, wet flannel/bowl of water on the radiator. Suck on boiled sweets. Honey and Lemon may help to coat the throat and stop it for a while. Several pillows may also work. Alternatively, take piriton to stop the tickle and reduces irritation, painkillers for the pain and then cough syrup, if nothing else you WILL sleep. I have seen me doing this in the past. Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Wouldn't the drowsy stuff be good for nightime?
Other than that I feel your pain have had a constant cough since ds was born,GP no help (have 3 inhalers but apparently no I don't have asthma ). I can usually cope with the coughs (raise self high, steam/menthol) but one night I just could not breathe, it was awful.

If you feel really bad and the cough is preventing you from sleeping I would ring the out of hours doctors especially as you have the cough but not the infection. It's so bloody annoying, I've had loads of amoxycillin which does feckery all.

For me I do these things when a cough is threatening:

nibble apple.
drink water, milk, not sweet drinks, tea or coffee.
eat easy, moist food, frequently.
avoid sweet things.

My theory is that the bugs in my throat need peace and quiet and sugar to live and multiply. If I move them on frequently by eating and drinking there are fewer of them. I stop providing them with sugar to live on, so overall the numbers dwindle and I feel better!

I used to get prolonged coughs with a cold, but now I simply don't suffer any more.

Good luck

I got a humidifier when I was struck down with a terrible cough a few years ago. It runs all night long and you can have it beside your bed.

Turn the water heater on before going to bed so you know you can make the bathroom all steamy in the middle of the night. I slept/dozed on a beanbag in there once.

Don't talk during the day. That used to set me off. How you avoid it with children I don't know.

Ended up taking medicine in the night and feel rough today and groggy.Dp went and got me 2 boxes of fruit juice ice lollies so am eating those and they are at least helping a bit.Now i just need to sleep

Does your tongue have a whitish coating?
I ask because oral thrush can make you cough terribly. x

No it doesn't thank goodness.Red itchy throat and persistent cough.Viral and v hard to shift I keep hearing this cough everywhere here in brighton Nightmare!

dd(6) has been coughing for the past hour. She's had it about a week following a cold.

I have been coughing so hard haev pulled a muscle!dreading tonight may have to take the codeine to knock me out!Will try honey and hot water 1st

noddy I have a perpetual cough after giving up smoking. doc prescribed an inhaler to suppress the cough (don't know what was in it but think it was an asthma med) for a month and have had no problems since. worth a trip to the docs I reckon

You cn a fracture a rib by coughiong. Had a persistent cough from New Year until fairly recently and was prescribed an inhaler.

I am going back if I am no better by wednesday.Have resorted to the codeine linctus which hasn't worked as yet and does make me feel miserable but I keep weeing myself sorry and worried i will do myself a serious gynae injury!I ahve never known anything like it