Chesty cough
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Aug 2017
9:34am, 29 Aug 2017
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Metro_Nome
I've had quite a nasty chesty cough for 8 days now- I had a snuffly cold for a week before that and then after I did the Speyside way Ultra the cold I had obviously been fighting hit hard. I haven't been this ill for this long for a very long time. I know that my immune system will have been severely compromised after the ultra, but I just wondered if anybody had any advice as to if/when I should start to think about seeing a doc/if it would do any good. I know there's nothing they can do about a cold but is there a chance it's a chest infection antibiotics could help? or would I just be wasting everybody's time... any advice appreciated (meantime I'm resting up, taking cold/flu tabs and chesty cough mixture, etc) |
Aug 2017
10:04am, 29 Aug 2017
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Velociraptor
It's worth seeing the doctor. 8 days would be a very long time to have a cold, although a postviral cough can go on for several weeks. The worst that might happen is that you could be told, "It's OK, your immune system is doing its job just fine."
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Aug 2017
10:10am, 29 Aug 2017
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Metro_Nome
Thanks Vrap x
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