I have had a tickly cough for a couple of months, Its only present during the day, (no probs during the night) It seems to be as a result of mucus dripping in the back of my throat cos it isn't there until the mucus starts. Doc has checked my chest-he says it sounds clear but prescribed a 5 day course of antibiotics and a ventolin inhaler-neither worked. When I went back i spoke to a trainee doc first and he suggested it might be a sinus prob cos of the nasal drip-although i don't have a runny nose. He said a decongestant might help. They don't seem to think its an allergy cos I'm not wheezy although I do live in the country amongst a virtual forest of trees and plants! My doc however decided that I needed a week long course of the steroid Prednisilone to try to clear things. I'm reluctant to take them as I've had them before when I have had MS relapses and I don't like the side affects. I worry all the time that it might be lung cancer and foolishly googled a week ago and since then have worried even more!!!!!:( I don't really want to have a chest x-ray either cos I worry about the affects of radiation and have read all the scare stories about that too. I've had 2 before-the last one being a few years ago and my doc hasn't suggested it anyway. I'm getting so mixed up about this and its going round and round in my head. I don't like the idea of taking the prednisilone cos it makes me shaky so I feel stuck at the moment. Maybe I should just go out and buy a packet of Sinutab!!!!-who knows it may work. Any suggestions gratefully received. Anyone else have symptoms like these?
Love Tulip x