Coughing: A neutral perspective

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.

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!

Nice post BG,

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

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...

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?

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

Still pneumonia-free, Oneiro-tito?

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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.

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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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?