Remains of a cold

I think the catarrh on my chest is the remains of my nasty cold,wat can I take to get it off my chest?

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A hot toddy,,should do the trick,,,,,,,,,,,

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That never works for me

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Inhalations!

[azaard]

Try an olbas oil ,nasal inhaler plus the drops on a tissue under your pillow at night, it really does work,

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Thank you,that's one iv not tried,

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hi azaard that worked for me thank u.newbie copd moderate

[azaard in reply to Hidden]

glad it did it's suprising how fast it works, i've suffered with bronchitis since childhood, which now has become copd and emphacema, plus i also suffer from chronic heart failure & unstable angina, amongst other aches and pains. But i digress i find that a lot of simple age old remedies do actually work, sometimrs better than than the drugs we get prescribed, did you know that a mint and juniper infusion will help break up catargh if drank before bed, trouble is you sound like fog horn in the morning it works that well, i go dizzy with the coughing.

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hi were do u get the mint and infusion from.im stoking up ready.i get a lot from holland an barett/as i think herbal meds are ok mainstrean meds well /its like hear u are ur blue inhaler and 500 seritde bye bye see u nxt year or wen ever.god help us/u seen how much barb pots are sending to pakisten in aid ovrt 400 million pound.makes me mad.they need to get a cure for us and other illnesses/an stop messing real claimants about /ther just scaremongering us well bring it on.i worked 30 yr in cotton mill doffing.1 time i really need help wat do we get /er er eh like its a foreign lingo.well wen ppl wake up to smoking the government will lose millions and millions good.they wont be hear in nxt election.i went to the cabin inside oldham market thusday for cartridges/was told oh they not sent them they forgot/be hear nxt tuesday.i said ok i dont smoke anyrd/so ill wait.u no wats appening ppl are aware now and cig sales are dropping /hence for got cartridges so would we like a pkt cigs no thank u shove em

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hello azzard ive just been reading on hear a man in usa last year became the 1 st to have lung sealant in his copd lungs.ive been seing this aer saealant a few times on these blogs are the rite if so why are we in uk not getting anything done .it beggars belief.i think ther is a cure but we not either geting it or we are being left out .im asking my new gp bout this.hes ok not like ignorant clown ex gp it was in alabama.usa 2012.

[azaard]

Your welcome ??

[copdber]

Hope you feel better soon. I'm in the same boat finished my anti b today but still feeling a bunged up I'm going to try the olbas oil as well.

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It's on my chest ,I'm wheezing with it,I'm fed up

[copdber]

So far I've avoided it go my chest I have an infection in my sinus but I'm coughing a lot more the normal and I feel so tired I'm dragging myself around.

[johnswife]

right you can try water in your neb if you have one this will help loosen and hopefully bring it up. you can try to get a person to pat your back lightly in tapping motion around the lung area. also if and sounds silly try lowering your chest head neck over the side of sofa or bed when lying down also someone tapping back can help. gravity helps move it this way,

ask your dr about mucrond tablets from your dr's these are mucus thinners, also all the above can be used with no ill effect on your meds or o2 use.

also you are able to take with your meds over the counter mucus thinner medince

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Sorry to hear this Meg, makes you feel really ill doesn't it when your lungs are so clogged up? remember to drink plenty

Cofdrop recommended a steam inhaler to me, one where you breathe through a mouthpiece, it's really good, betterware.co.uk/breathe-ea... & came very quickly

I had one which I got from Boots but it wasn't as good, this one keeps the water much hotter for longer

Meanwhile you could try some huffing exercises: a few gentle breaths, then some deep ones (holding your breath for a few seconds at the top of each breath, this helps get the air behind the mucus to expel it), then do a few quick forced huffs similar to when you use a peak flow meter. If you google "huffing exercise" you'll see how it's done. It helps move the mucus further up your airways so you can then cough it up more easily.

get well soon Meg

ff x

[hamletvv]

Cut off head?