a really scared wife

[ronarmy]

my husband is 46 years old and he has been sick for a week with headaches,pain all over his body and one minute he's cold then the next he's hot and sweats alot at night he's side of the bed is soaked in the morning and this is the part that really get's me he cough's alot like he has a coughing fit his face goes really red he eyes get big and he body starts shaking uncontrollable like he's not getting oxygen to his brain. well tonight was the worse of it all he started coughing then choking and all these's things i mentioned happened and i was calling him and it was like he wasn't responding to me and when i looked in he's eyes it was really weird because it was like he wasn't there and then all of a sundden he stood up and started waving his arms around and going in circles like he was lost and then went out the door to get air and a few minutes pasted and he came back in and i could see he was really scared to he said he didn't remember anything after coughing and he didn't hear me calling his name i just need some idea what i could look up that have these syptoms i am really wooried about his health and information would be appicated,

thank You  

Angel

[caregiver222]

He has to go to a physician if the symptoms are not gone by now. Often, these problems are self-limiting, however enough time has passed. Probably the coughing initiated a so-called vasovagal episode, and that can mean a momentary black-out. This drops the heart rate, and if he already has a low rate, the disorientation may last two to ten minutes. This is not a "stroke".  It is common after coughing episodes and a co-factor such as anemia or a low heart rate or poor lung function due to an infection. Needless to say, your husband requires a thorough work-up by an M.D.

[jrrees2006]

It sounds like a viral infection of some sort. I have had in the past similar things happen to me and after seeing a doctor, I was disagnosed with an influenza accopanied by a pneumonia.

[Sunny602]

I would urge him to go to a doctor for a thorough exam as soon as possible...he sounds sick. What is bothersome to me is the fact that he "blacked" out, he couldn't remember the episode you describe. How have his temps been? With what you describe, it wouldn't surprise me if he was running fevers on and off..and with high fevers, a person might hallucinate. I know I do....again, he really should be seen by a doctor, he could have the flu or some other type of infection causing these symptoms. Sunny