How to stop coughing
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Anonymous
Also, cut out dairy and sugar. If you didn't get Z pack yet, advocate to get it. |
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Instead of just a steroid inhaler, he needs an oral or IV steroid. Prednisone can be administered in an IV for the first dose (but doesn't have to be) and then you take pills for the next week. For example, he might take 6 prednisone pills twice a day for day #1, then only 5 pills twice a day, for day #2 and taper off. This will really help - I've had this issue more than once. Please call his doc and request this. Not sleeping because of a cough is so miserable.
Also - put a humidifier in his room and have him sleep on his back but at an angle (kind of reclining) So use 2-3 pillows to make him in a reclined position. |
Anonymous
I posted earlier about how the prescription cough syrup with codeine helped me. I also had a Z-PACK and I think that helped a bit. As it is, I’m 3 weeks out from testing positive and still coughing though. This Covid cough is rough. |
Anonymous
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The Z-pack is an antibiotic. Why on earth would you take antibiotics to deal with the aftermath of a viral illness? That's crazy.
Another vote for Tessalon pearls. |
Anonymous
so you know better than her doctor? |
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Is he still testing positive for Covid?
I have trouble with my lungs at times but surprisingly wasn’t that bad during Covid the time I had it. I was awful afterward and had bronchitis. My doctor said Covid makes it easier to come down with other stuff (so the zpak might make sense despite what a prior poster said). Another time I had a bad cough that wouldn’t go away after an illness and it wasn’t responsive to anything. I eventually went to a pulmonologist (after 3 months) and was diagnosed with silent acid reflux. |
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Sit in front of a humidifier. Take one teaspoon of honey don't eat or drink anything else. You're very welcome.
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Anonymous
| My child couldn't stop coughing. Ran the battery of tests. Everything was fine. Turned out to be stress. Yes, extreme stress can cause coughing. Why was our kid stressed? Bullying. Our kid was being severely bullied at school. This was grade school. If it's a teen, it could be bullying or work load stress. Not saying this is what's going on with your teen, but continual coughing can be a stress reaction. |
Anonymous
| Does she have a nebulizer? |
Anonymous
That's interesting but this is following Covid. |
Anonymous
| I had this last year. I hate taking antibiotics but I **begged** for a z pack after two solid months of awful post-covid coughing fits. Z pack cleared it up in like three days. |
Anonymous
| My DH had this and all the same things as you. It lasted from November well into January and finally petered out. I’ve heard many people with similar stories. |
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I use this Chinese cough syrup which has been around for centuries, it really does work.
https://www.amazon.com/NIN-JIOM-NATURAL-Soothing-Respiratory/dp/B001A5Z78O |
Anonymous
| Just stop |