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What Causes Terrible Chest Cough, Shortness Of Breath And Chest Tightness?

i woke up yesterday with a terrible chesty cough and am very short of breath, my chest feels extremely tight. the cough has gotten worse throughout today, i feel like i need to get a big cough out every 2 minutes, it really hurts my chest when i cough, and now my chest is hurting constantly. i cant get to a doctor until monday and i have work on sunday, what do i do?
Tue, 16 Aug 2016
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The symptoms you present could be cause by a series of medical conditions some of which are: respiratory tract infection by a viruses or bacteria, allergy,asthma or environmental irritants.A chest X-ray will be very important to rule out a pneumonia or any other lungs problems.In the meantime, you may take an anti-histamine like aerus, a steroidal antiinflammatory like dexamethasone, an anti-cough agaent like benzonatate.
The following home measures may help you
-Drink enough water
-moisturize air
-Avoid smoke/dust
Hope my answer will help you
Best regards
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What Causes Terrible Chest Cough, Shortness Of Breath And Chest Tightness?

Hi Thanks for posting on HCM The symptoms you present could be cause by a series of medical conditions some of which are: respiratory tract infection by a viruses or bacteria, allergy,asthma or environmental irritants.A chest X-ray will be very important to rule out a pneumonia or any other lungs problems.In the meantime, you may take an anti-histamine like aerus, a steroidal antiinflammatory like dexamethasone, an anti-cough agaent like benzonatate. The following home measures may help you -Drink enough water -moisturize air -Avoid smoke/dust Hope my answer will help you Best regards