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mtn.climber Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1204 | TRs | Pics Location: The Lost Horizon |
I've been fighting a cold for over a couple of weeks now. Started out as sinus/head cold. Now it's mostly a dry, hacking cough that is driving me crazy. I don't really want to see a doctor for a prescription and the usual stay home and rest, hydrate, etc.
Anyone have a home remedy that works for them? That you'd be willing to share?
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3519 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
Vaporizer/humidifier, especially at night.
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Phil Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 2025 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline, WA |
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Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:01 pm
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I had that, I think. Worst was at night, or sudden dry cough attacks at work.... Lasted about month.
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Snowday Member
Joined: 13 Aug 2010 Posts: 120 | TRs | Pics Location: Ellensburg, Park City, Bend, etc. |
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Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:52 am
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Not a home remedy, but an over the counter tussin cough suppressant, like Pertussin, might give you significant relief. I had a similar cough a couple of years ago, and this helped me a lot. I used a gel pill, not a cough syrup.
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boot up Old Not Bold Hiker
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 4745 | TRs | Pics Location: Bend Oregon |
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Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:55 am
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My wife has had that nasty hacking cough since October, and it has survived a couple of rounds of antibiotics and a humidifier, and several doctor visits that say "it will go away".
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wolffie Member
Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2693 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:03 pm
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This won't help if it's the kind of scratchy back-in-the-throat cough, but 3 times now I've gotten a cold around midwinter that turned into an annoying, weak, "unproductive" (no phlegm) cough deep in the chest that lasted for weeks (as long as 2 months). I'd go to my doc for a drug deal (Erythromycin; new trade-name Zithramycin (?). Cheap, nails it dead in 2-3 days after weeks of no improvement. Rationale: it starts out viral (which antibiotics can't touch), then bacteria take over. Key: this is sort of a last resort to be taken only after a long time; it's a mistake to use this stuff early on.
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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9513 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:22 pm
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Roly Poly Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 713 | TRs | Pics
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Be careful that it's not pneumonia. I had a nasty cold and cough and it turned out to be pneumonia. Now my housemate has pneumonia.
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MyFootHurts Huge Member
Joined: 22 Nov 2011 Posts: 912 | TRs | Pics Location: Kekistan |
sounds like bronchitis.
see a Dr.
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Navy salad Member
Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1865 | TRs | Pics Location: Woodinville |
I've had lingering coughs like what you describe several times -- it's very frustrating. On one occasion the remedy (prescribed by Dr) was codeine cough syrup. On another occasion where the cough became habitual, even codeine wouldn't work and the Dr prescribed some pills that made me unable to cough, where I still had the urge to cough but couldn't (eventually the urge went away).
One thing that sometimes helps an unproductive cough is an expectorant, where the most common one is guaifenesin (available from any drug store). It doesn't lessen the urge to cough, but what it does is moisten and loosen up the gunk in your chest so it can be expelled by coughing.
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