Does anyone else out there have asthma that the main symptom is coughing?
July 26th, 2008 by admin
queenblafalot asked:
I cough so much sometimes that I can’t breathe. I don’t have the normal wheezing that you hear about. I was just diagnosed with asthma a few years ago. After having an undiagnosed cough for a year.
I cough so much sometimes that I can’t breathe. I don’t have the normal wheezing that you hear about. I was just diagnosed with asthma a few years ago. After having an undiagnosed cough for a year.
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July 27th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Yes! I don’t wheeze but cough and have a ton of mucus. I cough so much and so hard I wee myself at times. Its really not funny at all.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I have asthma, but when I am coughing a lot, I am have bronchitis.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:35 am
I am same the way. It wasn’t til I was 17 that I was finally diagnosed as a dangerous asthmatic. The thing you and I have to be careful of is we don’t wheeze-I almost died when I was 18 from an attack that was not recognized as an attack. I was in the hosptial for a week because they couldn’t get my breathing regulated. My attacks come on with no warning. I can be fine one minute and the next be down coughing and hacking and not breathing. It is a misconception that wheezing earmarks asthma. I have to have an inhaler on me all the time. I am also on advair, singular, and 2 different inhalers for treatment to keep my airways open all the time. My hubby had to take me one night to the er under an attack with no wheezing. I was on the brink of death that night as well. But, thanks to a diligent staff that night they knew what to do and didn’t go by the wheeze factor. You are not alone in this. It is getting more common as well.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
*raises hand* I do!
I get to coughing so hard I’ll throw up. Brochial Asthma is what they termed it as.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:09 am
if ur not on a preventative such as Advair, or Pulmacourt (or another one of the many out there) that could be why u r coughing. I have had asthma since i was hopitalized with it when i was three. When i forget to take my meds, or i’m “to lazy” i get really bads coughing jags, mucas buildup, and i feel horrible. When i get to lazy to take the meds Correctly, i’ll use my fast acting inhaler, which gives me horrible sore throats. Which in turn starts my asthma up. for me its a really nasty cycle, that is cured by taking my meds, that may be ur problem as well. hope this helped
August 5th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I have the same thing. I was just told my asthma went from stage 1 to stage 4 and have been prescribed Symbicort 160/4.5 to try to control it. However, one of the warnings on the package says not to use it with high blood pressure which I have very badly. All of these meds have the same warning and I don’t know what to do about it. It sucks doesn’t it?