How long am I going to keep coughing?

Maybe go for a run then take a hot shower, then drink some hot tea?

See a doctor. Sounds like you may have some asthma that has been unmasked.

Will do.

I don’t know the answer but you should try Nice cough drops, they really help soothe a cough.

Well, the thing is, I’m coughing crap up that needs to be coughed up so…anyway, I may just hie myself to the Dr. next week.

3–6 months

And also, I associate asthma with breathing problems, which I don’t have. This feels more like bronchitis or something. Anyway, we’ll find out next week.

I have no idea, but I wonder if taking some steam showers might help? Close the door in a tiny bathroom and run the hot water so steam fills the bathroom. After a minute of breathing in the steam turn the water to the temp you like and take your shower. There will still be excess steam in the room.

After you get the all clear from a doctor maybe ask if it’s ok to take an expectorant surpressant (DM) now and then to let your lungs and muscles rest. Maybe three times a week once a day. You won’t want to take it regularly for days or weeks. Or, maybe some ibuprofen for the muscles in your chest.

Just ideas, I have no idea if they are good ideas, they just seem logical to me. I think it’s good to make sure it isn’t actually pneumonia or something else that seriously needs to be medically treated. I would think asthma would be worse while smoking??

Congratulations

http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/cough-variant-asthma

@oaoraro Why do you suspect that when her coughing started after giving up smoking? Do you think the smoking surpressed her asthma symptoms? Or, that it’s just a coincidence she contracted cough variant asthma the same time she stopped smoking?

Just a guess. She needs to see a doctor.

I’m thinking that before they attributed my coughing to smoking. Now that I’m no longer smoking, there may be another reason for it. I’ll make an appt for today.

This is definitely one of those things that needs to be evaluated hands on since persistent cough can be an indication for so many different things.

I once had a persistent cough following a bout of pneumonia (even tho the pneumonia was all cleared up according to X-Ray).

My Dr. finally sent my to a Pulmonologist. The final result: he diagnosed a yeast infection of the Larynx. A week of anti-fungal meds cleared it up so he was right. Weird.

NOT that I think that’s a possibility in your situation at all. It just illustrates how a cough can be due to lots of different situations and, in and of itself, is not definitive of anything other than a problem.

You need an exam from a Doctor to determine exactly what.

The three most common causes of common cough are asthma, GERD, and post nasal drip.

It’s not really “persistent.” It’s like when you have a cold that’s moved into your chest. Every so often you’ll cough like, mad and shit will move up out of your chest. That’s more what it’s like.
I did have a “dry” cough before I quit smoking and my Dr. adjusted some of my meds.

I didn’t realize you had the a cough before quitting. Now it makes more sense to me that it might be something besides just a quitting cough. If you are coughing stuff up that doesn’t sound like asthma, but you could have two things going on at once.