[Misc] Hacking cough

[Dave the OAP]

Hi folks

Anyone else suffering from this hacking cough that is doing the rounds at the moment.

I have only has a couple of days off in the last few years for anything medical, but been off the last couple of days with a horrible cough and tight chest.

According to one of the neighbours it has affected quite a few people and it turns out that there are a few people off work with it.

Good job we are away tomorrow as I don't feel like standing in a cold stadium!

 

[VAL1850]

Yep got it, the office sounds like Battersea Dogs Home

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yup, its pretty vicious, tho it seems to subside fairly quickly also. Uncanny the way the hacking cough remedy adverts have surfaced at exactly the same time. Personally I blame CHEMTRAILS

 

[LamieRobertson]

Yep..has a cough of sorts for six weeks ..but the current ‘hacking’ one five days ...time off? No chance!

 

[Billy the Fish]

Yes, been working from home all week to try and take the edge off and not spread it around.

Lemsip and Covonia are helping.

 

[Icy Gull]

Wife has been laid up in bed for a week with it and my daughter totally lost her voice on Christmas Day with it. It’s a vicious one this year.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm just starting to feel well again, after going down with it on Boxing Day. Throat, ears, nose, sinuses, all infected, temperature, shivers and cough.

Benilyn is the best for me, I find.

 

[vegster]

Mrs V has had this for a good month, got a full on barking cough but she is not coughing up any phlegm. Tried a bottle of something and it has made no difference. No other symptoms just the cough.

I have heard talk that it is a viral infection so not much to be done.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Unfortunately I take warfarin so can't take anything like benolyn or day/night nurse stuff. So it's strepsils and water!


Back to bed :-(

 

[sams dad]

Lemsip and Covonia are helping.

Nice to have the children lending a hand when you’re a bit under the weather.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Nice to have the children lending a hand when you’re a bit under the weather.

In Hanover that's not even a joke. I suspect Elm Grove Primary has reached the point where there are two Covonias in a class and they've got to be referred to as Covonia A and Covonia P.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Been ill since New Years Day night. Flu like symptoms with a bit of a wheezy cough, but plenty of phlegm. A crowded, hot train after Everton or New Years Eve are my suspected sources of this affliction.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Unfortunately I take warfarin so can't take anything like benolyn or day/night nurse stuff. So it's strepsils and water!


Back to bed :-(

Paracetamol brings the temperature down.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Another here, had the flu jab but that's not protected me.
Pretty nasty as I have cystic fibrosis so I'm currently operating on 20% healthy lung function, which is quite taxing. Fortunately I have machines to help and find covonia delicious.
....and the occasional hot toddy.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Another here, had the flu jab but that's not protected me.
Pretty nasty as I have cystic fibrosis so I'm currently operating on 20% healthy lung function, which is quite taxing. Fortunately I have machines to help and find covonia delicious.
....and the occasional hot toddy.

Hey man stay safe and breathe easy, mr 6year old has cf so understrand just how destabilising catching flu etc can be,all the best

 

[Two Professors]

Hi folks

Anyone else suffering from this hacking cough that is doing the rounds at the moment.

I have only has a couple of days off in the last few years for anything medical, but been off the last couple of days with a horrible cough and tight chest.

According to one of the neighbours it has affected quite a few people and it turns out that there are a few people off work with it.

Good job we are away tomorrow as I don't feel like standing in a cold stadium!

Total sympathy,had this just before Christmas.Pharmacy told me to try Bronchostop.Disgusting taste and turned phlegm vivid green,but it actually worked.I take Clopidogrol and it was ok for me.

 

[Albion my Albion]

So this is a Russian cough?

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Mrs V has had this for a good month, got a full on barking cough but she is not coughing up any phlegm. Tried a bottle of something and it has made no difference. No other symptoms just the cough.

I have heard talk that it is a viral infection so not much to be done.

Were you queuing for a Bovril at the time?

 

[Lush]

I found a glug of Allens Pine and Honey Balsam in a mug of hot water made a nice soothing and steamy drink to nurse, helping to clear the sinuses.

Could probably do the same with Covonia/your chesty cough mixture of choice.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Paracetamol brings the temperature down.

Yep every few hours!