Coughing, pain in my head & tasting blood

[Tdolaher5]

In June I got pneumonia for 2 months, 3 months later I'm still coughing & sometimes taste blood when I cough, also since June, when I cough hard I get this extreme, extreme pain in my head . My GP gave me omeprezole which seems to have helped me with the taste of blood but not always & has referred me to see a GI dr which I've not gotten an appointment yet for. Really can't take the pain in my head!

[Chanpreet_Walia LUPUS UK]

Hi Tdolaher5,

Have you thought about revisiting your GP to discuss your pain management system whilst waiting for an appointment date with the GI doctor?

We published a blog article on pain management which I hope you will find useful: lupusuk.org.uk/pain-managem... . Also, you may like to read our factsheet on ‘LUPUS: and the Brain’ here: lupusuk.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Lupus can cause excessive dryness in the throat which can lead to coughing, we published a factsheet on ‘LUPUS: The Mouth, Nose and Eyes’ which you may like to read here: lupusuk.org.uk/wp-content/u...