Actually it might be an infected windpipe?? I had something very similar a month back. I wasn't able to take deep breaths AT ALL, especially in the evenings. I had a nasty cough and when it was at its worst, whenever I coughed I wouldn't be able to get any air in and it felt pretty scary! I was on a train from Paris to Brussels and people were looking at me like they thought I was dying :p The doctor listened to my lungs and... nothing, so no pneumonia. Finally he prescribed cough syrup (not just any cough syrup, I can look up which one if you like) and the doctor told me it would probably last at least another week but I wasn't going to die ;) He said antibiotics or an inhaler wouldn't help me... Hopefully they help you though... Hope you get well soon!!! EDIT: also, the cough, if it is an infected windpipe, is non-functional meaning you can't really 'cough it out' (hence the need for something calming the cough)
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Date: 2013-01-09 09:30 pm (UTC)The doctor listened to my lungs and... nothing, so no pneumonia. Finally he prescribed cough syrup (not just any cough syrup, I can look up which one if you like) and the doctor told me it would probably last at least another week but I wasn't going to die ;) He said antibiotics or an inhaler wouldn't help me... Hopefully they help you though... Hope you get well soon!!!
EDIT: also, the cough, if it is an infected windpipe, is non-functional meaning you can't really 'cough it out' (hence the need for something calming the cough)