It’s been going on for a week now, i’ve laid off the dairy, the oily foods, drank cough syrup, and taken sudafed.. but to no avail! My head hurts, my ribs hurt, i have zero energy during hte day because I get no sleep co i’m up all night coughing.. HelP!
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you need to see the doctor...and give him your sputum sample...
also depends what kind of cough it is...if you have low energy..you need to see the doctor..could be anything..flu/viral/bacterial/......
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If it's been going on for over a week you have given it
enough time to go away on it's on. Now go see your doc plz.
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If your head and ribs hurt because of the coughing, then sudafed is not going to help. Go to the the doctor.
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The head/rib ache comes and goes. I got an appointment for next Friday 
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Pomegranate... glad you made the appointment. There's really nothing that over-the-counter medicines can do to help now. Here's a suggestion, it's not a cure, but may temporarily help relieve you a little. Drink lots, and I mean lots, of hot water. Drink it in the form of tea (no milk) add honey, squeeze some ginger juice into it too. Drink it plain, just boiled water, cooled enough to drink, but still hot. Add some lemon if you want. Whatever works for you. My mother used to get very bad coughs when she would get a bad cold, and this was the only thing that helped relieve her coughing and make her better. Hope it helps a bit. Good luck.
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next friday???
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hi i was just reading that u have this awful cough and was concerned so i thought i might as well give u some of my 2 cents and as many ppl i have given this method it has worked so.............if u would like 2 try it i think it might work........................have u heard about that black ilachi and if u have......then what u do with that is u crush 2 of them and soak in a cup of water for at least for a couple of hours and then u need to boil the cup of water with the ILACHI in it and when the water gets down to 2 spoons of ILACHI water ..........u drink it b4 u goto bed and do this for a wk i hope allah will help u get better and plus their is no side effect from doing this so u r safe.......................hope 2 c u get well ..............ur well wisher :)
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oh gosh i have the same problem, i had it last spring, no meds nothing worked, it just went away after three weeks.. :(
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i'm thinking maybe seasonal allergies but best to check with the doctor.
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if you are coughing up stuff and it's green, then you need an antibiotic.
if it's a dry cough, it's probably allergies.
if you are congested and just bringing it out, then try chopping up one medium-sized onion and spreading it in a plate and sprinkling sugar all over it. leave it out overnight and in the morning drink about two or three tablespoons of the juice that forms in the plate.