cough turning into asthma-like symptoms -- anyone else have this?

[Anonymous]

So about two weeks ago I got a headcold that resulted in the usual few days of congestion and coughing. The cold is all better now, except I seem to have developed an asthma-like reaction (I don't have a history of asthma). I cough and then cannot catch my breath for maybe 15-30 seconds -- it feels like my through and lungs are blocked and I cannot get air. After a minute it passes and I'm okay, but it is scary. I went to the doctor today and got an albuteral inhaler and some antibiotics. The inhaler seems to help a little. I'm just curious if anyone else has ever had something like this. Is it bronchitis or something else?

[Anonymous]

Is it that enterovirus (sp?)?

[Anonymous]

This happens to me when a cold goes to my chest. The albuterol should help

[Anonymous]

My friend just dealt with something similar and it took her more than a week to get somewhat better

[Anonymous]

I had this from my allergies. Ended up starting singulair. It helps tremendously. My cough was so bad it woke me up in the middle of the night and sometimes I would cough until I threw up. My allergies aggravated my long silent asthma. It was terrible. yay for singulair.

[Anonymous]

I have had this happen on a couple occasions, really severe allergies and a nasty head cold that turned into bronchitis. The albuterol inhaler really helps.

[Anonymous]

Arent these the exact warning signs of that virus that is spreading across the US?

[Anonymous]

Albuterol. I had this last spring for the first time ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So about two weeks ago I got a headcold that resulted in the usual few days of congestion and coughing. The cold is all better now, except I seem to have developed an asthma-like reaction (I don't have a history of asthma). I cough and then cannot catch my breath for maybe 15-30 seconds -- it feels like my through and lungs are blocked and I cannot get air. After a minute it passes and I'm okay, but it is scary. I went to the doctor today and got an albuteral inhaler and some antibiotics. The inhaler seems to help a little. I'm just curious if anyone else has ever had something like this. Is it bronchitis or something else?

go to an ER if you arent getting better. You need the inhale, but also oral steroids.

[Anonymous]

I had something similar (though I never felt like I couldn't breathe - it was more like wheezing without any sort of panic) after colds in the past year. I went to an allergist for something else and she heard my wheezing and prescribed me Pulmicort, which fixed my situation. She told me that I may have a sensitivity and thus develop mild asthma when I get upper respiratory infections. So, in my case, I guess cold can trigger some mild form of asthma and I need the inhaled steroids to get everything under control. I took the Pulmicort twice a day for a week both times my colds morphed into this odd situation and was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had something similar (though I never felt like I couldn't breathe - it was more like wheezing without any sort of panic) after colds in the past year. I went to an allergist for something else and she heard my wheezing and prescribed me Pulmicort, which fixed my situation. She told me that I may have a sensitivity and thus develop mild asthma when I get upper respiratory infections. So, in my case, I guess cold can trigger some mild form of asthma and I need the inhaled steroids to get everything under control. I took the Pulmicort twice a day for a week both times my colds morphed into this odd situation and was fine.

Same for me. I was diagnosed with asthma at 35, but it only flairs up if I get sick.

[Anonymous]

There's a cough like this going around. Our whole family got it, and we had more wheezing than normal. The cough also was pretty wet/productive, and lasted for about a month. In our DD, it only went away after she went on albuterol. Everyone else kicked it on their own.