Persistent cough..8 weeks!

done the again

nfkdumpling all try that instead of the chest fsmile]

There is also a very nasty cold going the around here which goes on for weeks and leaves sufferers coughing for weeks. DD swears by Vick on the soles of the feet at bedtime for DGDs. I tried it - and it seemed to help!

I have a cough that foxed the GPs, but as I also kept losing my voice I was sent to the ENT consultant who diagnosed laryngopharyngeal reflux - ie stomach acid getting into my larynx and throat, causing laryngitis and that annoying cough. I still have it but if I remember to use Gaviscon after meals, it's controlled - unless I laugh too much.

I was diagnosed with whooping cough a couple of months ago. Gradually going but still can be irritating at times.

Was the chest xray for TB?

I often get a persistent cough and recently found a different approach
One teaspoon of honey into which quarter teaspoon of ground cinnamon is stirred three times a day for three days. I use a dessert spoon as the mixing bowl!

For me it works and does not taste too bad. I leave it in my mouth and let it slowly trickle down my throat.

if a Persistent cough..8 weeks then he/she has go the doctor for the treatment.

My Dad had a cold that would not go away, after he went to Docs for test it had something to do with his immune system as it was found he was diabetic. Its worth getting checked even though it may not be what you have.

My money would be on whooping cough. graph of incidence Jan 2007-Dec 2012

Adults certainly can get whooping cough. The vaccine wears a bit thin over the years. I had a bad cough, picked up in Australia when I visited my son in NZ this year. The week after I left (still coughing) he got truly a terrible cough, complete with whoops. I coughed for weeks after I got back. I think we both had whooping cough.
Currently there is rather a lot about which is why the NHS are recommending a booster to all pregnant women in the hopes that it will boost up their antibodies and newborns will be protected. They can become dangerously ill if they catch it. There have been several deaths this year.
I think the only thing is - stay away from newborns if you have a bad or persistent cough.
Miserable nanaej . I made a marmalade, ginger and hot water concoction which helped.
But if doesn't start to get better soon, go back and bother your GP in case you need further investigations. There are many things that can cause a cough.

nanaej all post some to you but like grannyeggs said nothink really helps .

Night..off to bed!

nanaej I have also had it, about ten weeks and the doctor also says chest is clear. It is beginning to clear up, nothing really helped.

Will have to find an inhaler!

I am puffing on my inhaler,s but nothink is working .might puff on them a bit more it,s so annoying x

Thanks for responses..I seem to have a start of a headcold now..I am just so fed up as I am rarely unwell!

When I had a cough for 8 weeks a few years back I realised I was taking benylin which was probably making it worse. Latest cough has just had pholcodine [if that's Pavacol D]. Previous coughs have cleared up after using an asthma inhaler for a while. Although I've had two colds/coughs in the space of a month I seem to have got over both of them in a week. Can't believe how many times I've had to blow my nose this past week, though .

I have heard of adults getting a recurrence of Whooping Cough.

hi london thanks for commenting..It is so unusual for me.. never have coughs as a rule except the ones that accompany a head cold & never had antibiotics except 40 odd yrs ago in first yr of teaching when I got bronchitis!!

nanaej i am the same had antibiotics for 3 weeks .had cough 5 weeks .it just will not go .the doctor said my chest is clear so just have to see what happens .