Hard Cough

I had a cold two weeks ago, but for some reason my nose occasionally still gets congested and I keep coughing up this green-brown mucus which has been going on for a week. I also having to keep clearing my throat and still have the cough.

a cough followed by mucus is a sign of a chest infection, you need the doctors asap for antibiotics to help it before it gets worse, most prob acute bronchitis, but could be pleurisy or pneumonia.

9 out of 10 times its a result of a cold or flu with people that dont have asthma. sufferers will get chst infections more commonly through anything.

I had post nasal dripping and because of that I started coughing. The sore throat and post nasal dripping have gone but I still continue coughing. I have no fever and I have no other symptoms. When will the coughing stop? It’s very annoying.

Your throat may still be recovering from the cold. It’s usually the hardest part of having a cold to get rid of.

Well for like 2 weeks i would randomly start coughing like no signs. What does this mean???

Several reasons: you could be allergic to something; you could have asthma; you could be coughing due to acid reflux; or you could be choking on something. Only one way to find out for sure–see your doctor.

I have been coughing at night for the past 5 days. When I cough my chest hurts, I rub on some vix every night and I have been to the pharmacy and I was given some benylin cough medicine to take at night but nothing is working.

Why don’t you do what i do. I use honey and butter. Mix the two and it really works and taste good also. And it has no side affects.

I have asthma and just recently i have been experiencing uncontrollable shaking and coughing, The coughing won’t stop unless i am in a cold room, and same with the shaking. This is really freaking me out please help.

is better to consult an expert… He will help you.

It just happened to my brother, he coughed or threw up a little bit of saliva it seemed, but he just randomly started coughing and choking extremely violently. He does have a pollen allergy, and it is spring, could this be it possibly?

In the back of your throat you have these tiny cells with hairs on them to not let any dust go down your throat. This is why we cough so the cells can get the dust that’s in your throat out. I probably just swallowed some dust or pollen and the cells were finding it hard to cough back up.

Another reason might be that it nearly went into his lungs. Like sometimes when you have a drink and you start choking because it went down the wrong way, its because it actually did go down the wrong way. There are two tubes that go down your throat one is for food and drink that goes directly down to the stomach, and there is a tube that connects off that tube which connects to the lungs. There is a flap of skin that closes the tube when you are drinking and it opens up for breathing. This means that when the water goes down you choke a lot to get it back up out of the tube. That maybe what happened to your brother but it was dust instead.

My friend is just 13 years old and she is coughing up blood. She cant breathe sometimes. Her heart is not functioning properly. I dont know whats wrong with her. Is there any treatment? I really want to help her. The doctors say that she is going to die in 1-2 months. There is 20% chance that she might live a LITTLE longer. And if she suffers from any emotional type of thing now, her heart is going to fail.

A number of conditions, diseases, and medical tests may make you cough up blood.

Diseases and conditions may include:

Blood clot in the lung
Bronchiectasis
Bronchitis
Cancer
Cystic fibrosis
Goodpasture syndrome
Inflammation of the blood vessels in the lung (vasculitis)
Inhaling blood into the lungs (pulmonary aspiration)
Irritation of the throat from violent coughing
Nosebleed that drips blood down into the lungs
Laryngitis
Pneumonia
Pulmonary edema
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tuberculosis

I just recently gotten over a cold, But its a few weeks later now and now im coughing Until 12 o’clock at night! Im perfectly fine during the day but when its night-time and im trying to sleep I start coughing like crazy! I tried falling asleep in the sitting position and all of that but its getting on my nerves because its affecting my energy. Is there any way to stop this?

Try to drink alot of water and try some warm tea or tea with soothing honey in u don’t like tea just eat a spoonful of honey with a little sugar.

My mother has a really bad cough. She says she has a lot of mucus drainage in her throat and it causes her coughing and even vomiting. She has had this problem for at least 25 years. Doctors basically told her nothing medically can be done and surgery would not be worth it because of her old age. Please tell me any home remedies that could be done to help her.

Unfortunately, if she has emphysema or chronic bronchitis, there’s not much she can do. Sometimes long-term antibiotics can prophylactically manage exacerbations of her chest infection (i.e. the antibiotics can prevent her chronically-inflamed lungs from getting infected).

If her condition deteriorates, she may need portable oxygen to help her breathe. Ask her what her diagnosis is and then ask your doctor what the symptom management plan is for her. She may not be cured, but her doctor should discuss any symptom management options with her (and you if you are responsible for her care). She’s entitled to dignity and care, no matter what her age.

No one i know has this, it’s for a story, so no worries but i just want to know
What are some medical problems that would have a child *girl, age 7* coughing harshly, coughing up blood and have a high fever?
Thanks!

A cold.
A flu.

The irritation alone can lead to coughing up a little bit of blood.