Dookus
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:44 AM
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Ugh... injury or illness? |
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I've had a damned cough for about two weeks. Nothing too bad - a lot of people have it here.
Today, the cough got worse. But... NOW when I cough, my throat hurts. Or the area all around my throat - it's not a regular sore throat - swallowing doesn't hurt at all. But coughing really does.
So did I just injure something by coughing too hard or is it a swollen glands kinda thing or what?
I don't wanna go to the doctor... I don't wanna!!!! But I will if I have to....
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progmom
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:46 AM
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I did. Now I have this nifty cough medicine and some inhalers that are making life a little easier to take.
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Dookus
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:47 AM
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I think I'll have to. Of course, having a personal physician doesn't mean you can actually get into see him. Looks like I'll be taking a trip to the Urgent Care center. I'd love me some of that codeine cough syrup!
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:49 AM
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i'm off to dreamland now. nighty night!
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Dookus
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:50 AM
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*wrestles progmom for the bottle*
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:47 AM
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2. There's no such thing as a throat injury. Except |
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for a smashed Adam's Apple.
Then, you can get pips in your windpipes, which is what it sounds like you have.
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:53 AM
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6. Please go to the doctor |
Dookus
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:55 AM
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I expect I'll have to. Probably no point in going tonight - no 24-hour pharmacies, but tomorrow morning.... Thanks. I thought it was just a cough that would run its course, but it seems to have grown into something else.
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:54 AM
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7. If it's a dry hacking cough..try this |
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Cough into (and breathe through) a wet washcloth.. hottest water you can tolerate when you wring it out.. The warm moist air breathed in, can ease the spasms that keep you coughing.. and yes, you can "tweak" some muscles or the esophageal tissue from coughing too hard.. You can also irritate the pleura and sternum from super hard coughing spells.
cough medicines with guaifenesin (sp?) are very good for stopping a bad cough in its tracks..
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:56 AM
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I'll try that. I've got some robitussin with guaifenesin in it.
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Sun Jan-30-05 01:02 AM
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10. I had a throat injury once. |
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But the fun's over and I can't elaborate. Get thee to the Doctor!
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Dookus
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Sun Jan-30-05 01:06 AM
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I wish it was from something "fun". Alas, it's not.
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