countrygirl
02-11-10, 19:24
I posted a few days ago about a very nasty cold thats going round with an evil sore throat for a couple of days- as always happens with me once the sore throat goes I then get the cough and the manic tickle at base of throat and a feeling of tightness. As a child I had asthma and although I don't get wheezy or asthma now Dr s think that anything that irritates my trachea throat causes a slight tightness but its not asthma.
This happens every time I have the cold throat viruses and I usually go rushing off to Dr to ask them to check my lungs and up to now they are always fine but I am so scared of suddenly developing pneumonia as this happened to my husband about 12 yrs ago following flu. He says he literally coulnd't lay down as he felt as if he was drowning for days before he collapsed ( he had antibiotics but they werent' working) and he was rushed into hospital semi conscious which was terrifying at the time.
He wasn't coughing anything up at all.
Please could anyone who has had a diagnosed chest infection tell me their symptoms so I have something to base mine on??
This happens every time I have the cold throat viruses and I usually go rushing off to Dr to ask them to check my lungs and up to now they are always fine but I am so scared of suddenly developing pneumonia as this happened to my husband about 12 yrs ago following flu. He says he literally coulnd't lay down as he felt as if he was drowning for days before he collapsed ( he had antibiotics but they werent' working) and he was rushed into hospital semi conscious which was terrifying at the time.
He wasn't coughing anything up at all.
Please could anyone who has had a diagnosed chest infection tell me their symptoms so I have something to base mine on??