Lana
10-04-23, 19:03
Hello guys,
Last Friday (today is Monday), it was two weeks since my cold started. It was a nasty cold, with headache and I was really painfully congested. I was at home for 5 days, and by day 6 I felt well enough to go back to work. Did not have body aches and chills, or high fever, but the cold itself was bad.
But - the congestion and cough which felt like throat irritation from the drainage, continued. I saw my doctor last Thursday, he listened to my lungs, looked into my ears, and into my throat with a lamp, and said that it is sinuses drainage causing a continuing cough. He said, since allergies are truly bad this spring where I live, and I have a history of bad allergies in general, that I should use steroid nasal spray to heal this.
But, I still feel like I am not getting much better. Two questions:
1. If he suspected something on my chest, he would send me for an x ray, right? He said it was clear.
2. How long can a cold linger? It just feels way to long for me/ :weep: It is sort of more of a feeling that something is wrong - but again, I so often feel like that with everything.
Share with me guys how long would some of your cold linger, please.
Thank you guys in advance!
Last Friday (today is Monday), it was two weeks since my cold started. It was a nasty cold, with headache and I was really painfully congested. I was at home for 5 days, and by day 6 I felt well enough to go back to work. Did not have body aches and chills, or high fever, but the cold itself was bad.
But - the congestion and cough which felt like throat irritation from the drainage, continued. I saw my doctor last Thursday, he listened to my lungs, looked into my ears, and into my throat with a lamp, and said that it is sinuses drainage causing a continuing cough. He said, since allergies are truly bad this spring where I live, and I have a history of bad allergies in general, that I should use steroid nasal spray to heal this.
But, I still feel like I am not getting much better. Two questions:
1. If he suspected something on my chest, he would send me for an x ray, right? He said it was clear.
2. How long can a cold linger? It just feels way to long for me/ :weep: It is sort of more of a feeling that something is wrong - but again, I so often feel like that with everything.
Share with me guys how long would some of your cold linger, please.
Thank you guys in advance!