Coughing: A neutral perspective

[beachguy in thongs]

Coughing is a symptom, not a disease. It is the underlying cause of the cough that needs to be treated.

You should consult your doctor if any of the following symptoms accompany a cough, so that possible underlying causes can be investigated and treated where necessary:

* coughing up phlegm that is green, rusty brown, yellow, blood-stained or foul smelling.

* chest pain.

* shortness of breath or wheezing.

* pain and swelling in the calf.

* recurrent night-time cough.

* whooping cough or croup.

* worsening smokerâ??s cough.

* sudden weight loss.

* fever and sweating.

If you can't cough but need to, problems soon arise. Equally, when coughing is painful (for example, because of a broken rib), patients try not to cough and this can be dangerous.

Ineffective clearance of the airway can lead to a chest infection and possible pneumonia. In these circumstances, pain-relieving medicine can be useful to permit an efficient cough.

[LIP]

I aggree. I kept getting chest infections and throat infections before i smoked weed, but now i do, i dont get em, but coughing can sometimes be very serious.

Thankyou fot pointing it out Beachguy!

[BobBong]

Nice post BG,

Give a whole new meaning to the phrase "Cough it up!"

[Oneironaut]

I think I'm going to take a big hit and cough my ass off, to help prevent the possibility of pneumonia.

*spark*

coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough

Ahh, much better...

[rhino44]

i cough up what looks and kinda tastes like resin/phlegm especially in the morning after a night of heavy smoking. i dont think this is a problem i think its just my lungs way of cleansing themselves. do any of you do this?

[Oneironaut]

Yup, every so often I'll cough up a brown loogie.

[beachguy in thongs]

Still pneumonia-free, Oneiro-tito?

[rhino44]

i cough up that resin shit and i havnt been sick in 8 years till this past winter i had a head cold(just a headache for 3 days) so i guess it depends on how strong your immune system is in conjunction with how your lungs are able to expell unwanted material.

[NWDankBudz]

Rhino, I had the same thing. I had not been sick in nearly 4 years, until this winter, when I got a massize headache for 3 days, and the usual cold syptoms, but taken to the next level. This winter has been a rough one for some reason.

Anyways, I find that I can breath easier/better the next day after a night of toking.

[rhino44]

Rhino, I had the same thing. I had not been sick in nearly 4 years, until this winter, when I got a massize headache for 3 days, and the usual cold syptoms, but taken to the next level. This winter has been a rough one for some reason.

Anyways, I find that I can breath easier/better the next day after a night of toking.

i always gloat about how i never get sick then sure enough i did for 3 day this past season. fuck, i forgot how miserable it feels. everytime id stand up my forehead would be pounding. something with my stomach too not sure might have been food poisoning.

[beachguy in thongs]

I thinking I'm catching something from this thread...!

Everyone's talking about feeling all yucky, I didn't create this thread to remind us of illness. Otherwise, I would'nt have titled it "co...". Wait. But, it's not the same kind of coughing. Well, I just said "coughing', not aching head, stuffy chest, dizzy spells, and things of that nature.

[EciRonTog]

Drink lots of water, it helps. Otherwise the shit gets kinda dry in there and is way harder to cought up.

[nuggetgirl]

I've had a recurrent night-time cough for about a month now. Sometimes it bugs me so bad that I can't fall asleep. I get it every spring around this time a year, it's all that damn pollen floating around. But, I don't have insurance so I'm too cheap to spend the 100 bucks to go to the doctor.
Lifes a bitch

[beachguy in thongs]

I've had a recurrent night-time cough for about a month now. Sometimes it bugs me so bad that I can't fall asleep. I get it every spring around this time a year, it's all that damn pollen floating around. But, I don't have insurance so I'm too cheap to spend the 100 bucks to go to the doctor.
Lifes a bitch


We have three pollen seasons, here. I think they stretch from March to November, with June or July the only month off. Tree pollen, grass pollen, and, I don't know, insect pollen?