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..........

[mb699]

This flu is the worst ever.  Day 1, fever, rigors, sore throat.  Day 2 felt like death. Day 3-4 all of the above plus vomiting and diarrhoea.  Day 5 headache, fog, sore eyes and cough...  Now day 10 the cough just goes on and on.  Nothing stops it.  When will it go?  Mb.  Hobart Australia.

[kfkal]

Go to your doctor -- persistent cough and night sweats are red flags for tuberculosis, which does still occur in the US!

[nsengle]

I have been experiencing the same thing! I get regular cold-like symptoms every other month or every couple of weeks and the cough lingers on for weeks and weeks after the rest of the symptoms have gone away. My doctors, family, and friends have continually dismissed it as just a regular cold but it never really clears up and it always comes back with a vengeance. Everyone keeps telling me to stop being a baby and just "man up," but it's beginning to seriously interfere with my daily life. I have never missed as much school and work as I have in the past year due to this reoccurring sickness that won't let me be.

I have tried numerous over the counter medications and some prescriptions but there is no relief from the pain or the endless coughing. It feels like my lungs are trying to crawl up my throat and escape. I often cough to point where I gag and/or vomit. Sometimes it's so severe that my stomach muscles become cramped or sore from coughing so hard and so frequently.

This other symptom may or may not be related, but since I have been becoming sick so easily and frequently, I have been experiencing night sweats every other, if not every, night. No matter what I do I can't stop them from happening, and I can't explain it. Could this be related?

Does anyone have any advice?

[nsengle]

I have been experiencing the same thing! I get regular cold-like symptoms every other month or every couple of weeks and the cough lingers on for weeks and weeks after the rest of the symptoms have gone away. My doctors, family, and friends have continually dismissed it as just a regular cold but it never really clears up and it always comes back with a vengeance. Everyone keeps telling me to stop being a baby and just "man up," but it's beginning to seriously interfere with my daily life. I have never missed as much school and work as I have in the past year due to this reoccurring sickness that won't let me be.

I have tried numerous over the counter medications and some prescriptions but there is no relief from the pain or the endless coughing. It feels like my lungs are trying to crawl up my throat and escape. I often cough to point where I gag and/or vomit. Sometimes it's so severe that my stomach muscles become cramped or sore from coughing so hard and so frequently.

This other symptom may or may not be related, but since I have been becoming sick so easily and frequently, I have been experiencing night sweats every other, if not every, night. No matter what I do I can't stop them from happening, and I can't explain it. Could this be related?

Does anyone have any advice?

[oldmanmick]

wow  it  looks  like this  nasty cold flu/cough thing is around  the  world, i`m in Australia, prior  to  this  year(2010) i rarely  ever got a got a cold,   my  illness went  through stages, first slight  runny  nose follower by  unrelenting runny nose, then maybe a day  or two later it  drained  the  energy out  of  me and  i got a bit  of  fever,  it  felt  like  my  brain was  swelling.
after about a week the head  cold  part seemed  to subside a  bit  and  the  cough  took over, as  others have mentioned  no  respite  from the  cough even while  trying  to  sleep and  have stomach/chest  pain from the severity of  the  cough.............this is  the stage i`m  up to  now
        i had  this  earlier in the  year it  may have  been a tad  worse last  time (yes  i thought  i  was  going to  die), even after  the  last  time  maybe  5/6 months  ago when it  finally  all  but went away,  now and  again  i  would  still have a slight  cough on occasion, i am wondering if  this  is  one  of  those exotic  virus  strains  like  bird flu or  swine  flu? i might  add this  went  through our  whole family, is  this what  we have too look forward to now  year after year?  

[shellywinters]

the post above yours is the most helpfull. Take vitamin D at least 3,000 IU daily
drink 3 cups of green tea a day for 3 days
take MegaMen Sport vitamins from GNC as it has high levels of Vitamin D and selenium that will allow your body to convert to glutathione and power your immune system and white blood cells.