I'm a 37 year old female in good health, I don't smoke, have some mild allergies that are controlled well with Allegra 180. One month ago today I started coughing and have not stopped since. My 5 year old son had a cough and congestion before that so I figured I had picked up on whatever he had. For the first 5 days all I had was the cough, then I developed some sinus pressure that went away after 2 days. Cough still there, not coughing up anything, just constant itching in my lungs. Then I started noticing a wheezing noise when I exhaled as far as I could. Went to an urgent care, was told it was probably just a virus and was given Advair to use twice daily and Albuterol to use. Albuterol seemed to make things worse so I quit after 2 days of using it. No difference with Advair. Still coughing I got in to see my allergist at around the 2 week mark. He did a chest Xray and said I had a little "junk" in my lungs, nothing too bad and by that time I also had some sinus congestion. He left me on the Advair, gave me some sort of steroid shot, gave me a 5-day z-pack, some cough syrup for use at night, nasacort and astelin. After another week I thought things were improving. However, it seems that the Advair makes me worse. It almost seems to increase the itching in my lungs. Now, over the last few days, my wheezing is getting worse again. I'm only using the Advair once a day and I can't tell any difference after I use it. Anything I cough up is either white or clear. Sinuses are congested again, mucus is clear. I don't know what to do now. I don't like using these inhalers because it just seems to me they irritate my lungs further. But, I'm afraid not to use something because my wheezing is coming back and my cough isn't much improved. And also, the allergist's diagnosis was bronchitis/sinusitis. Any suggestions? And could the Advair be making things worse? I've never had any problems with my lungs before this. Never wheezed in my life and now I can't sleep well for all the noise my lungs make at night.