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392548 tn?1216610779

itchy feeling and cough???

hi, i am a 16 yr old female and i swim for half the year and play water polo for half the year so im it relativly good shape...my asthma usually flairs up around once every two weeks during practice but its usually only bad once a year. i take albuturol (i cant sp it) and it usually goes away...

well lately i have been waking up with a mild cough and almost like an itchy feeling inside my chest (it feels like its on my lungs) about once a month. it doesnt go away unless i take a couple puffs of my inhaler...but when i do it will go away in about 10 minutes...

so i was wondering if anybody gets this or knows why i would wake up with my asthma bothering me(yes it has woken me up but it didnt before this started)

thanks
jess
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I have the same symptoms from a recent diagnosis of Acute Bronchitis. Never had it before but when I cough my lungs itch!
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First Atrovent and Advair are both corticosteroids and are used in conjunction with albuterol. Yes they are before any gets riled up. I have used almost every combination there is trying to control my asthma throughout these long 30 years that I have dealt with asthma. I usually get itchy lungs just before I get sick or when I am around someone that smokes cigarettes. I would suggest noticing what people are doing and when you wake up to the itching document it fore a few months until you find a common denominator and then avoid it and see if that helps.
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Not to be alarming but your symptoms are also associated with heart attack. Please see a doctor
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Mine is exactly the same! Except I get it late night when I dont sleep but am lying down or when I wake up in the middle. Usually the former. It's associated with persistent dry cough. I dont have asthma or anything. Does anybody know the cause??
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I had the same thing for about three years I was finally put on sybacort just a mere 3months ago and it has made a world if difference which I also have bad allergies so I take singulair and nasonex also and I feel so much better and I don't have to have my inhaler unless I'm sick no bad flare ups since I started symbacort
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I am in the process of exploring what it is as well - get itchy lungs every time i have a cold. Lungs are always clear and have no problem breathing, but I can't deal with this itchy sensation, a bit of burning and it's accompanied by a cough. I have had this happening to me for a number of years but it's escalating and has become unbearable. I'll let you know what diagnosis is going to be. I do not smoke, and am generally healthy... Perhaps, I am thinking, if I start to exercise it will relieve the symptoms, I really really really do not want to get in the habit of being dependent on drugs, inhalers etc... I'll keep everybody posted. Perhaps collectively we can arrive to some conclusions. Cheers.
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Dec. 2013 I was given antibiotics for 10 days,  for bronchitis that started with laryngitis. It is now Feb. 5th. I have had a dry cough from the start (totally unproductive) with an itchy inner chest feeling. I have been experiencing  pressure in my chest on and off with this.  

I believe I am have the beginnings of rheumatoid arthritis with joint pain and swelling and various symptoms.  

Could there be any correlation?  Also, What should I do next? They didn't even listen to my chest when I went in for the bronchitis, they just assumed I had it from my symptoms. I thought that was strange.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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After looking at various posts on the web, it looks to me that this is a nerve irritation. Some people get this if they are run down, overtired or have a condition that could give bodily weekness (for instance, asthma ). Getting enough sleep and good health management may make a difference. It is re-assuring to me - a fellow sufferer, that this condition seems nothing to be too concerned over.
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I am so grateful to find this thread.  I have had an itch under my right rib cage and I cannot scratch it because its too deep.  I feel like lifting up a couple ribs and giving it a good scratchin'.  Its been happening since I was 17, now I am 31 years old.  Now that I know that its my lung.  I recall this sensation started periodically right when I started to smoke at 17.  I dont think I have asyma and its too long to be a cold.  I'm going to try to seriously quit smoking and see if that makes a difference.  So glad I am not the only one!
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I get that deep itch any lungs sometimes when I wake up. I believe it is due to my gastric reflux and aspiration of the reflux during sleep. You might want to talk to your allergist, but taking a Mucinex often helps to loosen that deep thick mucus in the lung. It is not a pretty sight when you do finally cough it up, but you'll feel much better for it.
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I know this is a very old post but I had to find something to help me at 0300 with the exact same symptoms as you described. I brought in the 2012 new year in the hospital with pneumonia that almost killed me at 7 months pregnant. I was on 100% o2 and I was very afraid for me and my unborn son. Before I went to the hospital I was having the same symptoms I am having now except I didnt have a inhaler, my ears,nose and throat were itching and I was wheezing really bad. After I read your post I took both my inhalers and all the itching and coughing stopped instantly. I am able to catch my breath and lay down on my back and breathe with ease. I just want to say thank you for your post.
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Hey I've had nasal congestion for like 3 weeks now. My doctor is telling me it's from the heat in my house. Then in the morning  for the last two weeks I felt and itchy feeling in my upper body. I goggled it and found all this info from this page and I'm going to ask my doctor about all the tings that they didn't even check for. I've had a runny nose for 3 weeks now and it is driving me crazy. I believe my runny nose has something to do with the lung problem. I love google sometime it'd better then going to the doctor.
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Hi, you sure have all the classic signs of asthma, but what surprises me is that your 13 year old still urinates in bed, this is a huge problem, it is not because she's lazy, she must have some bladder problem, or a phsycological problem.  A child this old should not do this in her sleep.  Please have her checked out, or perhaps she's a drug addict and looses control?  This is a big problem.  You as a monther must help this child take her to see a urologist, or even her pediatrician will do tests like urine annalysis and blood work to see what is going on with her.  You mention the stench ofcourse her matress must be soiled, and you are at fault.
I'm sorry for being so blunt, but you as her parent are responsible.
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Hi, so you're only 16 yrs old, I feel you should consult with your parent/s and have them take you to the doctor.  Anyone who would try to advise a minor child on health issue would be crazy.  You say you use an inhailer so you must have a reason for it, could it possibly be that you have asthma.  Sometimes when an asthma attach is about to start you may feel a sensation in your lungs, that may feel like an itch, per say.  Do not under any circumstances overuse your inhailer, go see a specialist about your breathing problem, and most importantly your parents have to know this so they can take you to see the specialist.  You're a child that can not be doing and deciding medical issued on your own, I'm sorry.
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I'm so relieved to find this itchy lung thread and that I'm not the only one who has gotten strange looks when they tried to describe the feeling.  

My itches are mostly in the front, right under my lower ribs.  I've had an onset of it starting yesterday and I think it's associated with an oncoming cold though I've never drawn that connection before.  I've always just been befuddled by what the cause could be and only recently did I start thinking it might be connected to allergies.  This time is the first time it's been recurring and I'm worried it might be associated with a mold problem we just discovered in our house.  We're taking care of it as fast as we can and I don't know what else to do, I don't have anywhere to go until it's totally fixed.
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WELCOME to our Community!

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tht isn't probably asthma.. just a cold/flu flare up in your sinus and it gave you a cough in your lungs... asthma is when your airways swell up and resrict minimal amounts of air into your lungs... it jsut makes you wheeze and feel tight in your chest.... hope tht makes you feel better :)
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hey.. i have asthma too and i get an itchy throat... i use qvarr and albuterol every morning before school so i wont get asthma during pe..... also u said you do water polo i know this is off topic but im about to start when i go to highschool and do you have any tips for me? im a complete beginner... :) thx
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I have a very bad chest cold at the moment and it feels like my left lunch has a bug bite. I'm going crazy with the feeling ...so glad I'm not alone
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Thank you for your post, I too have itchy lungs I guess due to Asthma.  I have notice that if I take my inhaler before going into my gym pool it helps me out alot I use ambuterol.  The clorine in the pool especially if it's an indoor pool makes me wheeze, itchy lungs and dry cough.  Horrible.  As far as for the other posting I've read it helps I'm not alone and that I'm crazy for thinking I want to rip my lungs out because they itch, I don't smoke or have any pets....and I still have these flare ups.
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i also have been fine i do have astma it only flairs up first of spring well this year it was all different itchy felling in my chest cough and could not sleep at night it was worse then and in the morining i wake up with my chest so tight and real congested i went to the doctor it was my astma and allergies im already taken allergy drops so it took me by suprise im on symbicort and singulair and i was already using albertoil i cant spell it but any way i hope this helps someone
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Prescription.,

1.DEC i.e., Diethyl carbamazine (21 tablets) thrice daily(morning/noon/night)(after food){drug of choise for esinophilia}

2.Deriphyllin (7tablets) once daily...(every night)(after food)

3.Ciplox (14 tablets) twice daily...(morning/night) (after food)

4. Rantidine (14 tabs) twice daily...(morning/night) (after food)


-------this is for those who have itchy lungs..rather call it itchy feeling inside the lungs after coughing------
In broad we call this as eosinophilia...And is graded mild/moderate/severe according to your blood lab investigation...

Not to fear about it...this prescription ll definitely help patients with so called Itchy lungs...

By,
DOCTOR.
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Has anyone really gotten a good answer to why the itchy lungs? I have it, too. Started 2 weeks ago. Got bit badly by my dog and got cellulitis with fever and flu-like symptoms. The itching and dry cough started then, and has continued ever since. Was put on Augmentin for the infection, but didn't help the lungs. Have a clear chest xray and docs can't hear anything in my lungs. They are scratching their heads: am now on another antibiotic (just in case!), albuterol inhaler, antihistimine, cough suppressant, etc. -- nothing helps! Am really feeling depressed and uncomfortable--miserable. Never a smoker, don't have asthma--what the heck is it? Never had it before. Going to make an appt with a pulmonologist.
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Thank goodness i am not the only one with itchy lungs.  I have been to the doctor a hundred times.  They said i had bronchitis so they started me on avelox.  About two weeks later, i started having trouble breathing and started running a temperature.  I was hospitalized and found out i had pleursey.  They put me on a zpack for five days.  Two weeks later, my insides are itching like crazy! My itchies are coming from the front more than anywhere else!  I, too, feel like i could rip my lungs out to give them a good scratching.  I am puzzled and dont kno what to do now!
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