I'm feeling so peed off with things .

[Littlecook]

I can't get the answers why I'm coughing so much and why is my lower back so painful ,I don't know how much more I can take ,the hospital says I have acid reflux but no test done I know it isn't that , I can't carry on .

[GalDriver]

Is it a dry cough? I found this: avogel.co.uk/health/immune-...

[Littlecook in reply to GalDriver]

I seem to cough more when moving around and sleeping.

[GalDriver in reply to Littlecook]

Are congested or is it dry?

[Littlecook]

I would say more dry .

[Agora1 in reply to Littlecook]

Hi Littlecook, When I get a cough, it is always dry. I tend to mouth breathe when I'm sick

which only perpetuates the dryness in my throat. Each dry cough strains the muscles in

my chest, back and stomach and before long, the upper part of my body hurts so badly.

I'm not one to reach for OTC drugs. A doctor once told me years ago how to loosen that

cough and make it productive. Once the cough is loose there is less strain on the body.

I use STEAM...boil a pot of water and carefully inhale the steam through mouth and nose.

I may do that several times a day until I see that the cough is loosened. I may always take

teaspoon of Plain Guaifenesin. It must be the plain which helps

loosen the cough along with steam. It's an expectorant. I do not use cough meds that stop the cough.

Littlecook, I am certainly not a doctor but am sensitive to medication. These two methods

seem to help me through the worst coughs I may get by moisturizing the throat and the

lungs, breaking up that congestion and allowing healing to take place.

Ask your doctor if this might help you before trying it.

Keeping you safe is our goal on HU. xx