Bad chest/ cough doing the rounds

[Dave Herbal]

Anyone been to the docs about this? I want to know if it's an infection and treatable, or a virus. Whole family have had it for weeks now and I need to know if it's worth skipping work to go to the docs.

[Sticky Vicky]

Had one for weeks and my nursey reckons I need a bronchial inhaler.

Just about gone thank the lord.

[Nee Onions Mate]

Do they still sell police bottles in the chemists

[Sticky Vicky]

Originally Posted by Nee Onions Mate

Do they still sell police bottles in the chemists

Boots near the interchange used to sell them.

[Hammer]

I'm pretty sure the advice is to go to the docs if you've had a cough for more than a week. If you're coughing up luminous phlegm then I'd probably go now and they'll give you antibiotics.

[JonMc]

It went round our place a few weeks ago. Lasts for ages and even after you stop coughing you get an uncomfortable feeling in what feels like the bottom of your lungs for a week or so. It did run its course though without antibiotics.

[knarfw]

Sounds like tuberculosis to me. Usually fatal.

[Chalks]

ive had it goin on 4 weeks, just wont do one. May go to the docs this week

[Nee Onions Mate]

Originally Posted by Sticky Vicky

Boots near the interchange used to sell them.

As teenage drinkers in Pennywell we used to neck Vaux Pale Ale (13p a can) with police bottle chasers in King Georges Park.

[Lions Play]

Aye i've been bad for nearly 3 weeks and just been taking lemsips.

Went to NHS drop in place in Notts yesterday and it turns out i've got pneumonia in me left lung!

Given us 2 types of anti biotics.

If you've been bad for more 10 days its worth seeing a doc just in case