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Have dry and tickly cough, more saliva, breathlessness. Hay fever?
i have had a slight dry tickly cough for about a month. Thought it may be hay fever related but hay fever is much better now. Mostly at night. Seem to have a bit more saliva than normal.Sometimes wake up, cough then feel as though i have water droplets in my windpipe and am gasping for a couple...
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Child having breathing difficulty post cough treatment, had GERD, allergies as an infant. Is it due to GERD?
My son had a bad cough...went to urgent care...one 5 day zpack...anaphylactic food allergies and asthma. Cough is better; however, he has been waking up at night gasping for air. Went to immunologist/ allergist prescribed prednisone , if not better in 3 days then take oral antibiotic. Gerd as...
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What could be the reason for dry throat and cough?
For about 3 or 4 weeks I have at night (only at night) a blocked nose, dry and tickley throat and cough, last night I woke up gasping for air and panicked and couldn t breath properly, any idea what it could be?
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Pregnant. Have cough, dry cough, breathing gets difficult. Will it harm my baby?
Hi, I m 23 weeks pregnant, m having cough for past 25 days. It's dry cough but I m gasping for breath while coughing often have urine leakage during cough n it takes around 1 minute to get normal breath in through nose... While coughing . I can't breath thru mouth while coughing at all....
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Panic attacks in night, waking up gasping for air, with cold and drenched in sweats. Is it due to stress?
hi my name is SPC Brandon, Cody A i am in the army and i am away from base on vacation i am working throug a very stressful time.. i have developed what i think are panic attacks and at night i am waking up gasping for air like i held my breath in the pool or something.. when i wake up i am...
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Diagnosed with acute bronchitis. Shortness of breath while climbing stairs, sleeping. non-smoker. Suggestions?
about a month ago I went to the doctor with severe violent cough attacks, fever, weakeness, shortness of breath, vomiting . X rays were done and it was determined that I had Acute bronchitis . Antibiotics were given to me. The Fever and the regual cough went away. However, I still get the violent...
When I speak, I do not have enough breath to finish my sentence, Why ?
When I speak, I don't have enough breath to finish my sentence. Why? It's worrying me no end!? I exercise an hour each day (brisk walk), mild hypertensive under medication, 130/95 blood pressure, 56+ years old. I do wake up sometimes from a d
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Dry cough, shortness of breath, vomiting at times. Suggestions?
I have had a dry cough for about three days now. When it first started it was accompanied by a runny or stuffed up nose (only in the mornings). Now it seems to just be the cough. I wake up right after falling asleep gasping for air. Sometimes it takes 2-30 seconds and I begin to gag and even...
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Lump in throat and around thyroid area. Why does it get worse? Why insomnia?
Hi , I have a funny feeling in my throat like there is a lump just under/around my thyriod area I find that this feeling is worse just before my menstral cycle . I sometimes find food getting caught in my throat and it is particulary worse when I lie flat on my backto the piont were i wake up...
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Severe snoring, stops breathing while sleeping, vomiting, breathlessness. How to prevent this?
My husband is 35 years old, 5 ft 11 inches and 210-215 lbs He has always had a bad snoring problem, and sometimes stops breathing in his sleep. On some nights, he wakes up choking on vomit , and unable to breath. He has to do a sort of Heimlich manover on himself to release the vomit, so he can...
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What does Gasping for air indicate?
5 month dtr. 3 days.ago wakes up gasping for air. Haven't.noticed at night. Nothing else unusual
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I wake up in the middle of the night with shortness of breath and red eye.
I wake up in the middle of the night shortness of breath and with red eye
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Gasping for breath, non smoker. Worried
I am a 65 year old woman, non smoker. In the last 6 weeks I have noticed that I have to gasp for more air maybe 5 - 6 times an hour as if I am not getting enough oxygen. I made an appt to see a pulmonary doctor but...
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Anxiety attacks. Waking up in panic and tachycardia. Why is nose congested? Do I have asthma?
Hello there, My name is XXXXXXX I'm 23 years old. And I currently live in Japan. It all started this February 2012 at the end of the month. I started feeling unwell. I was diagnosed with panic/anxiety since I was a teenager (15-16). I used...
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Why does my child wake up at night feeling thirsty?
my 18 month old child wakes up in the middle of the night very thirsty
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