Re: Crazee???

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Hi Diane,

Glad you got some relief! I think it may well be possible to have a

drawn-out, self-sustaining lung inflammation. This is a guess based on a

problem caused causalgia. Causalgia is kind of a closed loop where a nerve

is disturbed by a muscle which is disturbed by the nerve. The treatment is

to break the cycle- pain killer or muscle relaxant, or both.

Ken

At 12:52 PM 8/18/98 -0400, you wrote:

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>Dear Donovan and Painpals,

>I may be nutz but just gotta share something with you. Y'all have read

>my posts for the past two weeks about the bronchospasms and constant

>hacking which finally resulted in my throat closing up when the spasms

>hit and having to fight to get a breath. I called the Doc and his nurse

>advised that they were calling in some Amoxycillian (which usually just

>gives me yeast infection and diahrreah) and ordered throat culture. As

>a last ditch effort I had some Oxycodone left over from bladder

>surgery. I took one of those, and although I very seldom take cough

>medicine, I had a sample packet (3tsp) of Vicks 8 hr cough relief and I

>took that. The coughing stopped...miraculously...within an hour, and

>that was yesterday morning. Slept like a log last night, and just

>finished mopping my kitchen floor!!

> I am wondering if it is possible to get stuck in bronchospasms...can

>the brain's cough reflex center get " turned on " and just need to be

> " turned off " ??? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? That's what my

>mind is telling me. I had no other symptoms of infection such as fever

>or anything...just the body wracking coughing that just would not let

>up! I

>know this may sound a little on the crazy side, but we are allowed

>aren't we? Any thoughts from any of you...esp. you Donovan???

>Hugs,

>Diane

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