recurring coughs and colds

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 19:58

I have had a recurring head cold for a couple of months now. Headaches, blocked sinuses hacking cough etc etc and i'm curious as to why, when it goes away and i start to get back to normal, it suddenly flares up again!! It's getting ridiculous now. I don't normally take anything for it, maybe a paracetamol to lower raging temperatures, but this time thanks to a friend i have the lot, paracetamol, lemsips and bennylin!! Maybe i'l have better luck this time around!

Does anyone else have this problem?





DD

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:06

Hi Sam - yes, me! It's driving me mad. I have exactly the same symptoms as you have. It seems to be clearing up and then, within a couple of days, comes back. I am also taking all the same remedies as you.



It seems to get worse when I am indoors with the central heating on. This has been on more than usual recently, due to the very low temperatures.



Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of this once and for all please?



J

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:18

Well i don't have central heating, so it's not that causing it...my eating habbits are rather dire, only eating when i'm hungry, but being poorly kills any and all appetite so not very much at all at the moment...aaargh!! Why is they can cure cancer but not a silly cold!!





DD

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:22

Well I'm staying away from you lot as I feel healthy at the moment so stay well away from me )

Happy new year to all you runny nose people )

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:26

Sam - know what you mean - everything tastes yuk - if I can taste it at all

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:43

You will al have to stop kissing each other!!!!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 20:43

I was once advised to see a GP if I had a health problem - but that of course was before the time you could ask GP's on this bulletin board for advice.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
02/01/2010 21:21

Not really deehacker...maybe a bowl of soup and bread a day...yesterday i made a meal, but only manged a few mouthfuls...i'm just not hungry at all





DD

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 00:26

You need to get yourself checked out. Don't assume it's just a cough and a cold - see a GP.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 07:18

Re message 1 DD.



Just a word of warning when you are taking Paracetamol, Lemsip also contains Paracetamol so be very careful when you are taking both as you could accidentally overdose.



Also any headache of a duration like you have had it needs investigation. Time to see a Doc Sam I think.



Chris

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 10:09

Take the advice Sam, there has to be an underlying medical reason why it keps coming back. i find the dust here starts me off with a sore throat xxx

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 12:25

DD. are you a smoker? If you are then ask your GP for a spiro test.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 12:54

Actually i am a smoker, which is what i put the cough down to...maybe it is time to see a doc though, although it seems rather silly to see a doc for a cold....i think i'l sit this bout out, but if it returns again, i shall see the doctor...i'm just wondering if anyone else is getting this...in Cyprus...





DD

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 13:31

DD

Just a thought if you are prone to coughs and colds might be a good idea for you to get the flu jab when you see the Dr.

Chris

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 14:15

That's a good idea, but i thought it was better to have these little illness's to encourage your body to build it's own antibodies? Although it seems, i'm not building any at the moment lol Thanks for the advice, do you know of a doctor who i can get this from, without spending a small fortune?





DD

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 14:17

Sam go to the Health Centre in Lapta next to the Belidiye you can get it there.

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 14:18

Thanks Chris...will do xx





DD

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 15:10

As a smoker you will no doubt have damaged your lungs. The Spiro test will let you know exactly how damage you have done. Persistent coughs and colds are an indication that something is wrong. Don't leave it get yourself checked out asap.

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 21:57

Echinacea...dont know if its available here.

I know folk who swear by it for staving off colds.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 22:25

Actually surgeons recomend you take echinacea after surgery as this promotes healing....makes sense that one should take it while being poorly. Although surgeons also recomend that you start taking it before surgery as well....





DD

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 22:40

Most chemists also do the flu jab. Certainly the one in Catalkoy does. It's not expensive. Several people I know have been put off it though, because it has given them a bad reaction. A bad cold when they didn't have one before. I have never had the flu jab yet. It won't stop a cold, anyway.