coughing

• By micheleb
• Posted July 21, 2008 at 11:33 am

I may not be the best one to answer here as I only on occasion get the coughing and when I do, its a dry, tickle type cough that just won't go away. I suck on a lot of sugar free hard candy to try and help. I know others here suffer from the coughing more than me and I am sure they will be along to help out soon!

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• By Chief-2101
• Posted July 21, 2008 at 11:52 am

dowagiac88,

I had a productive cough for about a month and thought it was just a cold. Went to my GP and was told I had bronchitis, then pneumonia and then pulmonary hyper tension. I had a CT scan and was told that I didn’t have pulmonary hypertension but one of three, Sarcoidosis, Lymphoma or lung cancer. I had a biopsy through bronchoscope and endoscope with both confirming Sarcoidosis. Started on 40 mg Prednisone and after about three weeks the cough subsided somewhat. My pulmonologist theory was that the esophagus and bronchi were being compressed and causing the cough. After the Prednisone kicked in and the lymph nodes began to shrink the cough got somewhat better. It has not gone away completely though. I hope you start feeling better soon.

Take care.

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• By Teacherteacher
• Posted July 21, 2008 at 4:44 pm

If what you are coughing up is no longer clear, call your doc. They need to hear from you.

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• By AndyF16
• Posted July 22, 2008 at 8:43 am

I had been coughing over the years and was told it was a bronchial infection, given antibiotics and went away for the most part. The phlem was greenish in color at times.

This time the coughing was long, drawn out and dry intially. After went through the lymph node biopsy in the lungs, and confirmed Sarc, I was put on Advair to help the breathing, not Pred which was what I wanted. Read about all the nasty side effects in my research initially. Advair worked for the most part however when I saw my Respirologist, she put me on additional Flowvent to further reduced the inflamation in the lungs. After on the meds, I cough up alot of white, lumpy stuff for about 2 weeks. Gone now.

I am one of the lucky ones so far where these meds have helped me tremendously where I can pretty much get back to normal. The question will be after I get off the meds? Will it return like many others on this site?

All the best to y'all

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• By dieveg
• Posted July 23, 2008 at 4:06 am

I cough LOADS last time it was a dry tickly irratating cough along with pains in my chest, this was for months, it seemed to get better after the Biopsy but now I have a very chesty cough on occassion I have some mucus I have started takeing MANUKA Honey when I start coughing and it does seem to ease it at night I mix it with a small ammount of hot water and sipp it before going to sleep, otherwise I take 1/2 a spoon every time I have a coughing fit.
Hope this Helps.
Diane x

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• By flameworker
• Posted July 24, 2008 at 11:43 am

I, too, started with a chest cold that got passed to everyone in my family. They got better. I continued to cough. And cough. And cough...so badly I started to wear "pads" on the really bad days. (UGH!)

Then I started to wheeze and, like you, had to try to sleep nearly sitting up. Finally went to the doc and was told it was asthma. Only inhalers really didn't help. Plus the whole asthma indicators, peak flow and such never really showed that I should have been in such distress. I just felt like I could never get enough oxygen.

According to the literature, most folks with sarc have a dry cough, but from reading this blog, I can see we're not alone. As I think someone else recommended, if the nature of the sputum has changed, definitely see your doctor. I learned the hard way that a bad chest cold on top of sarc can land you in the ER if you don't take care of yourself.
Hope you'll be feeling better soon!

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• By Soosie
• Posted July 24, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Hi, my cough was what first alerted the hospital to my problem, first thought it was lymphoma but then, joy, it was sarcoid! I came out of remission in december last year and the cough has not left me since. I take the pulmicort steroid inhaler - two puffs twice a day - not sure if its helping me now - it used to - my voice gets husky and my throat gets sore and my cough just keeps getting wheezier, dryer and longer - 60 fags a day smokers have nothing on this cough! I wheeze through the cough and sometimes struggle to breathe at the end. I have never had any mucus and it is always very dry. It can be annoying when you are trying to speak to clients on the phone, as I was today, and you have to keep stopping to 'have a bit of a cough'. I wish that was all it was, a bit of a cough.
To all my friends out there, things are starting to improve with my son, but I am not counting my chickens just yet. The new office where I work is great and the people there are good fun, and the best thing is my son cannot walk to see me anymore and he doesn't drive! No, I'm not a cruel mum, just a mum who has been put on, made to feel suicidal and utterly depressed, but I hope things are looking up now.

With the anti-depressants I am on (1 a day but not for ever though) and my 'change of life' pills I now take 15 tablets a day, heart, water retention, cholestrol, high blood pressure, you name it and i take it. Talk about shake, rattle and roll, ha, ha. Take care everyone and keep smiling. x

I go back to hospital on 11 August for my usual check up, and will get back to you after - if not before.

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