Bronchitis

[Kia302017]

First time ever having bronchitis and it horrible. 😔

[Tash1971]

Your not on ur own, I've just been given antibiotics ,I've had this cold since week b4 xmas when I went for a hospital app, the cold was bad for about 2 weeks , has eased up but then I was getting a cough, that's got worse & worse over the past 2 weeks..I'm not one to go Dr's but I started coughing up foamy white/pink phlemgh, Dr wasnt happy, iam like a steam train. .horrible isn't it..x

Hope u feel better soon.x

[Jenny1947b in reply to Tash1971]

Very helpful thanks I'll remember that !!!

[Kia302017 in reply to Tash1971]

Aww i hope u feel better soon. Yes very horrible, thanks

[Kia302017]

Thankfully i wasn't coughing up nasty stuff .i just had the discomfort in my chest the cough and the cracking sound when i breathe. I also have a sinus infection..

[Iluv2compute]

Timing is important when thinking that your Bronchitis will be relieved by an antibiotic. The vast majority cause of Bronchitis is a virus. A virus is way too small for an antibiotic (made of proteins) to have any affect on them, much less to kill the virus. If you have had Bronchitis for 2 or more weeks you may have developed a secondary bacterial infection. That is when the antibiotic may be of use. Otherwise the treatment is fluids like 8 oz per hour that you are awake, rest, you may need t bronchodialator and /or steroids like Prednisone to decrease the inflammation of the Bronchi. All this needs to be discussed with your health care provider. I wish you the best. Bronchitis can take weeks to get well from.

[Kia302017 in reply to Iluv2compute]

Thank you lluv2compute

[annhere]

Try upping your vitamin D three. My husband and I have not had a cold in years ever since we started taking 3000 international units daily. Check out the expert on this vitamin that m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL....

Hope you get well soon.

[Kia302017 in reply to annhere]

Thanks

[Tash1971]

Thanks everyone..after all these weeks this is the first weekend I don't feel laidened dwn with a heavy chest!.x

[Nhs1952]

I had a bad dose of bronchitis 4 years ago but now when I get a cold this crackly chest starts and they keep giving me a turbohaler but as soon as I stop it the crackle comes back. Only antibiotics seem to stop it but doctors seem reluctant to give it to me which means I spend months getting rid of it.

[Nhs1952 in reply to Nhs1952]

Hate steroids they make my legs swell and that aggravates my arthritis, is there another way to reduce the chance of getting bronchitis?