cough only after drinking water

[kakalina]

Im a  56 year old female, For about six months now I cough only after I drink water. It is worse at night or in the mornings. The doctor have tried antibiotics , nasal sprays and losengers for yeast. The ENT dr. The primary doctor and the upper GI Dr. do not know what is causing it. I have no trouble swallowing the water. But as son as I do i start to cough. Sometimes I do not stop until I throw up alot of clear mucas or drink milk or sode or eat something. Anything that will caot my throat and help me to stop the cough. This will happen day or night. I prefer to drink water. But it is hard to deal with the cough afterwards. I do have acid reflux and will go back this mont to see that doctor. My PCP says that it is all in my head because he does not know what is doing it. There is a real problem here please do not tell me it is all in my head.
It does not matter if it is cold or room temperature. Coco made with water doen not have the same affect. Milk or juiced or soda are all fine. It is like a caoting is washed away by the water leaving my throat expossed to irratation. HELP i need a Dr wHo has some experiance with this, I know I'm not the only person that has had THIS PROBLEM. Kit






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[CapeB]

I am the same age 56 and am having the same problem.  Bad coughing after drinking ice water (never had this problem before).  It starts as a tickle cough then I cough up phlem.  I had bronchitis 8 weeks ago and still have this cough after it.  I was fine and hardly ever coughed before this bronchitis.  I have no allergies that I know of.  I live in a hot climate and need the ice water to keep cool. Hopefully it won't last forever, and I hope I haven't developed asthma.  The doc said I had a virus and an ear infection.  Had me on a 5 day Z-pac and mucinex which didn't seem to do anything.  If anyone has a similar problem, please post if it went away eventually.

[TruthSeeker999]

@Kaddm
   Yeah, uhhh, NO. Sorry bubs, but you are not paying attention. A key part here is that there is a sensation of tiny shards of glass perforating the back of the throat, or a sharp 'tickling' sensation, which are not things that would occur from the epiglottis being open.

   Thanks for you elementary anatomy lesson and detective work, though. As IF the people who have posted here didn't already know all of that. I just can't stand it when people talk staight outta their ***, as you have here. And to make it even worse, you did so with a smug sense of intellectual superiority, when the fact is you are an intellectual lightweight. If only your IQ was one-tenth the 'size' of your massively inflated ego.....

[Noyoudidnt]

Hey truthseeker that was rude of you. He's posting his opinion as an offer of help to you and others.I would think kaddm has better things he could be doing. Grow up "bub."If anyone is acting superior it's you.You obviously have anger issues and chose strangers to place it on. I appreciate any opinions whether they are a fit or not.

[njump]

omg I have had this issue for long time.  And no doctor has helped me.  On way to work this morning I coughed all way work and thru up all the water i drank to take my meds with.  I drink glass of city water before i go to bed and start coughing and feeling sick and at times throw up that flame / water.  critical lung dr, acid reflex dr, reg. dr , ent none have been able to help me.  good luck to all of us.

[clockmouse]

For me, it's definitely the water.  I moved to this area around 17/18 years ago and the cough started shortly after.  The water here is extremely hard.  At first I thought it was mold in the building where I worked.  I've suspected dust, perfumes, everything.  
The cough has made me miserable and it's affected my life quality of life in a very negative way.  
Now that I've started drinking this filtered water instead of tap water or bottled mineral water, the cough has disappeared.  
I've also tried asthma medicines and reflux medicines and other throat sprays, etc.  Nothing helped except drinking the filtered water.  
I called the company that puts out the water--it's danish and called Apollinaris,  and it is tapped in Denmark, but has a lower mineral content and is not labelled as mineral water because it lacks minerals.  

[clockmouse]

I would like to add that I have constantly been told it was reflux.  I've been on Omeprazole several times, but it didn't help at all.  In fact, I developed some stomach problems from the Omeprazole.  

I've been through asthma tests with no sign of asthma.  I've been tested for allergies, and have had lung x-rays.  I've also had a ct scan of my sinus and throat area.  Nothing was thought to be a cause of the cough.  



My symptoms are:

uncontrollable coughing attacks.  Usually dry and unproductive, and often until I start to gag and throw up.  The vomit is usually clear liquid mucous or watery.  My eyes usually start to water from all the coughing and then my nose starts to run.  Sometimes the attacks are violent and I am unable to talk or do anything but cough and cough.  Occasionally I start to sneeze.  Other times the attacks are more mild but still involuntary.  And finally, there are times when my through scratches and it feels like sandpaper or needles and I need to cough to try to relieve the sensation.
It also feels like the water strips the mucous off my throat, but ice cream has also been a problem.  I find that I am sensitive to strong scents and greasy air--if someone has fried something.  I also have had coughing attacks when getting into a car with a heater running.

Preparations for coughs do not help.  

The amazing thing is that after being off the water for the last two weeks nothing has made me start coughing.  I hope everyone else with this problem is feeling better, but if not, try drinking filtered water (not mineral water).

Good Luck!

[jtcaleb]

Please can you give the brand name of this carbonated filtered water. Hopefully I can find it and hopefully it will help me also. Thank you.

[clockmouse]

Have you gotten better?

I have the same problem, but have now gone off all water, except filtered water.  It's been about 2 weeks now and the coughing has stopped.  I'm so happy, but scared to drink any water but the bottled stuff. There's only one brand available and it's carbonated, which doesn't make me very happy, but not coughing has made a gigantic difference in how I feel!  To say the least, I'm overjoyed!

I have suffered with the coughing on and off for about 17 years, since moving to a place with hard water.  Is your water hard?

I'm sure it's the water now, but nobody in the medical community is taking me seriously.  :-(

[buddah47]

I to suffer this very annoying cough after drinking cold water recently found if I don't drink any cold water Idon't cough but all of a sudden I have a bladder problem having a severely shrunken bladder whic my phisio says is from not drinking water she said to try it with a bit of cordial which Iwill try tomorrow she also said it could be the flap at the back of the throat may not be shutting off lungs but I don't understand why it only happens with water I wish you all the best and hope one of us will find a cure