Re: hey...all plz advice..

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Welcome m. You will find this a very informative group.

Cheryl Burton ncicheryl@...

To: asthma Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 3:36:02 PMSubject: hey...all plz advice..

Hi everyone ....hope all is well at your end.Lately, I have been trying to get over a chest cold that just won't go away....now for about a month...I took antibiotics. ...it made better but still I have this heavy congested feeling with a hollow cough that is just taking the life out of me...I wheez...so I take ventolin inhaler for that...but everyday there is a presistant cough associated with wheezing..throughou t the day.At times a can feel or smell a slight odor when coughing.. In the morning I do cough out some light yellow phylem but that is about it... for the day...if I do cough something later on it will be whitish or clear...but I feel really out of energy and tired...I guess it is because of my asthma...I try hard not to go out and when i do i cover my mouth to avoid the direct cold air into my lungs....Any advice...experience ...would be appreciated. .Thanks for your time and

God Bless.~m

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Hi Miriam,

Asthma can definitely cause phlegm production. However, when I am

coughing and producing phlegm it does not generally have an odor. In

fact the only time I have ever noticed an odor was with a bacterial

infection which requires antibiotics. It is more than likely that the

antibiotics killed enough of the bacteria for you to start feeling

better, but didn't completely kill all of it. If it was me I would

definitely go back to my doctor. You need to collect a sputum sample

and take it to him or cough while at his office and let him collect

it. Then the sample needs to be tested for bacteria and yeast. They

do this with me for every and I mean every chest cold. Asthma and

chest colds (including bronchitis and pneumonia) can create a very

nasty cycle where they feed on each other and each makes the other

worse. It is possible that you may need to spend a couple of days on

IV antibiotics and steroids to really get over this (I know that is

not what you want to hear.). Please keep us posted. Hope you feel so

much better soon!

Madeline

>

> Hi everyone ....hope all is well at your end.

>

> Lately, I have been trying to get over a chest cold that just won't go

> away....now for about a month...

> I took antibiotics....it made better but still I have this heavy

> congested feeling with a hollow cough that is just taking the life out

> of me...I wheez...so I take ventolin inhaler for that...but everyday

> there is a presistant cough associated with wheezing..throughout the

> day.At times a can feel or smell a slight odor when coughing.. In the

> morning I do cough out some light yellow phylem but that is about it...

> for the day...if I do cough something later on it will be whitish or

> clear...but I feel really out of energy and tired...I guess it is

> because of my asthma...

> I try hard not to go out and when i do i cover my mouth to avoid the

> direct cold air into my lungs....

> Any advice...experience...would be appreciated..

> Thanks for your time and God Bless.

> ~m

>