Help! Cough that won't go Away

[trbjerk6]

I have been sick for 7 weeks!! It started with a  horrible dry cough, runny nose. It wouldn't go away, so I went to the walk-in clinic and they said it was a virus. Then it still wouldn't go away, I then went to the walk-in again....they said I had Bronchitis and gave me Doxycycline and  Prednisone. It still did not work, I went to my regular doc and had a chest x-ray and they told me I had Pneumonia and he gave me Levaquin. In the meantime I took some Asthma tests (per my doctor's suggestion) and found out I have Asthma. I was given Pulmicort and MaxAir. My cough still wasn't going away and my tongue was extremely swollen. I went to the walk-in once again, they gave me a Nebulizer Treatment,Prednisone, and Nystatin for oral thrush. They said to come back if it didn't get better, which of course it hasn't. I then was tested for Whooping Cough, they did the swab through my nose and also did bloodwork. I have not got the results back yet, but in the meantime I was also prescribed  Azithromycin. I have taken three doses of the Azithromycin and still do not feel any better!!! I do not know what to do?! Nothing is working and I can't take this anymore..........

[lamzam]

I have been sick since the middle of August.  I started with a dry cough right before we went on a cruise.  I don't think the air in our cabin was the best and that may have made it worse.  The ship Dr prescribed a z-pack which didn't help at all.  Since then I have had Augmentin, Levaquin, Prednisone and Sulfa and still am coughing up greenish mucus.  I am so tired of putting all of this medicine in my body and not getting well.

[lamzam]

I have been sick since the middle of August.  I started with a dry cough right before we went on a cruise.  I don't think the air in our cabin was the best and that may have made it worse.  The ship Dr prescribed a z-pack which didn't help at all.  Since then I have had Augmentin, Levaquin, Prednisone and Sulfa and still am coughing up greenish mucus.  I am so tired of putting all of this medicine in my body and not getting well.

[kittykat61]

Dear I have been to the allergist and immunology dr and they ran skin and blood tests and it was all negative . So thanks for the tip but not really a help . Im just hoping that my body will fight it and get over it soon . Right now Im working on boosting my immune system and Im hoping that will work . take care .

[jjtamfla]

You should go see an allergery and immunology Dr.  Allergies only show up in skin tests, not blood tests

[kittykat61]

I have been sick for almost ten weeks now and am so over it and found this website and I wanted to say I have the same symptoms as everyone else and frankly I think these drs are playing guessing games with my health . I have been dxed with everything from bronchitis to walking pneumonia and have taken three sets of antibiotics and frankly I think Im feeding it with all of them . I think this must be some sort of those super bug viruses and it is immune to the antibiotics or like I said feeding off of them .Im almost ready to go see a dog gone eastern medicine dr and see if he can pull this mess out of me . I dont know what else to do expect maybe start boosting my immune system with vitamins and herbs . Oh well here is to all of us getting better .

[collectorchick]

Thought I would add my 2 cents. I started with a bad cold in July of '09. It progressed to pneumonia in October of '09 and I have been coughing ever since. I have been back to my doctor about every few months, where I get singulair, advair, inhalers, antibiotics and prednisone. This same cycle has been repeated 5 or 6 times. She has done an abdomen CT, Lung CT, xrays, blood tests for allergies. Nothing has turned up. I take 5000 i.u.s a day of vit d and have for over a year, along with vit c and b and barley grass. Still coughing as I type. So over it.