Ill For A Month?!

[Scarlett]

Just over a month ago I had cold/flu symptoms- headache that didn't budge with paracetamol, cough, congestion behind eyes, sore throat, gravelly voice, exhaustion etc. It drifted on and on and seemed to go a bit, but has returned worse than before. I feel virusy. I am also asthmatic. My cough is now stopping me from sleeping, so much that I can't use my CPAP machine, which I am supposed to be using before I report back next week. I've barely used it due to not being able to breathe through my nose, and the continual coughing. My question is- has anyone else had this, and do I have to just sit it out? My GP gave me some antihistamines which I haven't been able to pick up yet. Anything else I can do?

[tonyav]

Sounds similar to something my wife had, Scarlett. The doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics, took a long time to go away.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah it is going around as a variant of this years flu
I have heard over-seventies - - whooping !
It passes around families - another relative and I have been coughing up membranes - flat and also tubey ( technically - cast of a small bronchus)
( I thought one was a tapeworm segment - it wasnt)

if the cough is not productive ( no green spit) then suppress with co codamol

hangs around for weeks - sorry to be so hopeful ....

[Purist]

I had this a few months back, it does drag on but it does go away eventually, once you get past the losing your voice phase you are almost over it

[murraymints]

know that one !! takes a while to clear..Manuka honey with a bit of lemon in half a cup of hot water helps the cough and throat

[ducksie]

I had it all over Christmas, new year, 5 weeks of Dr being involved with anti biotics etc., I too have asthma and I just couldn't shake off the cough, spent Christmas day in bed all day, seen no one. Don't sit it out

[Georgiesmum]

Sounds like what everyone had at Christmas time. It took a month or more for some people to get over it. The doctor told my sister in law its just a viral infection going around and to stay in the warm.

[Scarlett]

Thanks all. It hasn't been fluey enough for me to take any time off work etc, and as a result I think I have made it worse by pushing myself. Will try and slow down a bit now!

[ummmm]

We had it over Xmas. Not as bad as yours sounds but it took quite a while to shift. I was convinced me and OH kept reinfecting each other but it seems it wasn't the case.

I just mainly had a headache/ear ache but OH had much worse symptoms.

Not quite bad enough to see a doctor though. I'd postpone your appointment until you start to feel better.