This annoying little cough I have from allergies or cold
Posted By: momMT on 2008-04-08
In Reply to: Pet peeve of the day - Alma
Can't tell which it is. But it has hung on for a long time, and today really driving me nuts. Glad no one is home, they'd think this is the "house of tuberculosis!" My own cough is today's pet peeve!
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Pity Party going on here. Head cold, stuffed up ears, cough, whaa! whaa ! whaa!
I have been working 7 hours so far today and have managed to type about 700 lines. Spending more time with hands reaching for kleenex and/or sanitizer. I HATE a cold.
Okay, nuff said I will shut up and suffer in silence.
Have a good one.
Those twitches are so annoying! (sm)
I don't believe I've had it go on that long though. If it's from tension, I would imagine exercises with light weights might help, or at least wouldn't hurt.
annoying neighbor
you have freaks for neighbors just like we do. You have to be sly and not let them know what is going on (school clothes, new toys, teachers, etc.) I have spent years trying to get to the point where my neighbor just waves and doesn't take it as an invitation to come over and try to interrogate. My husband says you have to be bold with people like that and not to worry about it, they are used to it. Good luck.
Even the commercials for it are annoying.
I cringe every time they show a commercial for Coraline. I cannot imagine sitting through the entire movie.
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annoying calls
I get them also, especially with all 000, very annoying.
cough
Cough for 2 weeks. sounds really junky with wheeze. chest totally clear. no congestion at all. cough is slighty productive. feels as if in the trachea/larynx area. slight hoarseness, no sore throat, no fever.Any ideas? Any recommendations?
cough
are u in NC? Maybe related to NC.
cough
That's what I was thinking, allergies. Never had before I moved down here.
No matter how annoying they are..be thankful you have one--sm
some of us do not and it is very difficult to provide for ourselves in this day and age. Think about it...truly...what would you do without them?
How annoying was she last night, with her moves.
She just thinks she is all that and a bag of chips, huh? lol. Glad she's gone too.
Very annoying and personally I don't even t hink
her legs are that great anyway. She has no calves. It's just that she was the only skinny female left so she played the sleeze card. Good riddance.
Annoying, but the time to load is now
taking longer than 15-20 seconds, about 30. Hope it gets better soon.
1-800CALLSAM is my first choice for most annoying....
my second choice is the ones for used cars where the guy is HOLLERING at you to get in right now and buy, buy, buy regardless of credit status. LOL. His voice is just extremely annoying. I swear they pick them because their voices could crack glass.
1-800CALLSAM is my first choice for most annoying....
my second choice is the ones for used cars where the guy is HOLLERING at you to get in right now and buy, buy, buy regardless of credit status. LOL. His voice is just extremely annoying. I swear they pick them because their voices could crack glass.
Dear Annoying Neighbor
Please stop calling me from your cellphone and saying "Hi, I am at your front door, let me in." Why don't you try calling and asking if it is okay to stop by? Or better yet, why don't you wait until I invite you over!
may have kennel cough
I think kennel cough does eventually resolve but can be treated without much of expense - ask a vet.
I'm sure it's kennel cough (sm)
We adopted a dog from the local SPCA and he had it - they told us it spreads like wildfire among dogs who are confined. They would have let us bring him there to be treated, but it was too far, so we just took him to our vet. I don't know about a rescue group, but it seems to be that they should be responsible for it. If they refuse, maybe a local vet will let you pay it off, but it must be treated. It is otherwise known as Bordatella. Good luck. It is an awful-sounding cough, I know.
I thought Adam's voice was SO annoying.
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Could be kennel cough, heartworms.
He really should not go in for surgery until the reason for the cough is found and cleared up. If kennel cough, he will need antibiotics. If heartworms he would need a treatment that is a couple of hundred or so.
Any one ever deal with kennel cough in their dog? nm
We got a beautiful baby basset hound about three weeks ago. We took her because she was the last of 13 in her litter and had given up to die. She had quit eating and drinking at the pet store. When we went to see her she just lit up with my daughter and actually ate some food while we were there. We brought her home because we couldnt bear thinking of her dying. We took her to the vet and she had failure to thrive, worms, and kennel cough. We have had her on two rounds of antibiotics, diazepam, worm medication, Pepcid, and Torbitrol. We had her to the emergency vet last weekend and she spent the night in ICU because of respiratory distress. I just took her back to our vet again today because she was up all night coughing and crying. She vomited 5 times this morning and has refused food since yesterday. The vet said she now has full blown pneumonia and the kennel cough has been a resistant type so we are now trying another antibiotic and more Torbitrol for the coughing. This poor baby has been through it. I am so glad we took her as the vet said she would have definitely died by now.
I was just wondering if anyone has dealt with kennel cough before? Thanks for any insite to this problem. She is such a sweet little dog. She just breaks my heart when I see her coughing and struggling for air.
My mother was just prescribed a cough
medicine that is $82 and the insurance will not pay as it is not on their formulary. Many are like this. Normally the pharmacy will let you know and if there is an equivalent they will call your doctor and see about getting it changed to something the insurance covers.
where I live at, the whooping cough sm
is going around! Hubby works for the medical center and they are advising EVERYONE to have a whooping cough booster! Unbelievable.
The ingredient in cough syrup? What's it gonna do
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allergies
One of my cats does this and it is just plain ol' allergies. Just to be sure, though, I would ask the vet.
Good luck and congrats on ur first kitty!
yes - what do you mean? allergies? (nm)
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How bout Drs. Cox and Grant? Sounds like a cough syrup.
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Dog allergies/dog book
Don't know what kind of a dog but my sister had a Red Setter that had thyroid problems and also an allergy to wheat and so they had to buy special food without wheat which was only "Friskies" and that did help to cure the itching. Oprah had a repeat on about the Dog Whisper and showed how he cured several dogs of being aggressive around other dogs. His book is wonderful. My neighbor got it and it worked for them. Have been luck with my dog, she is now 16 which is very old for her mix -- chow/lab and she has never been aggressive. Did not have any puppy problems with chewing or barking. Of course she got her walks every day of over 2 miles at a time and I think that exercise is the biggest help. Never crated her either and if and when I get another one will not do that to a dog. Mine is now deaf and partially blind but still walks up to the park three times a day, slow but does it. Never an accident in the house. No medications except aspirin. She will probably outlive me.
Bleh! We have allergies, so the less, the better!
I like Sam's club in the big bucket, though; it smells like I remember detergent smelling when I was a kid. It must be an old fragrance.
We use the Oxyclean ball and love it. Not much scent left, though, but in our house that's a good thing.
Dogs will do this when they have allergies...sm
which they can develop at any age. Take the dog to the vet for an evaluation and if the dog has allergies there are lots of medications for this available - even over-the-counter!
previous cat allergies
My husband almost didn't date me because I had cats, and he was allergic to cats. Fast-forward, and once desensitized, he'd give you a limb before he'd hand over one of the cats.
Incidentally, my allergy shots have literally everything possible packed into them including cats. They don't bother me at all. Something to think about it.
What about peanut allergies?
They could KILL a student with a peanut allergy doing something like this. Do you mean to tell me in this day and age a school can not give a child a meal if they have no money on their card? Where is the compassion? How can a child learn on an empty stomach? I understand they may have to do that with parents who are complete deadbeats, but why embarrass and starve the kids? How humiliating and inhumane. Not to mention potentiall dangerous!
Have had a cough for a week - woke up last night w severe arm pain, all the way down
I have been coughing and kind of achy, yesterday hurt all over, no fever, but in the middle of the night last night, woke up with horrible pain, to the point of making me cry all the way from my shoulder to the joints in my hands. Both shoulder joints are sore, but the right arm hurts all the way down. I have taken Advil, used muscle rub and am working with my arm propped on a pillow. Anyone ever had this happen? Wondering if it is just muscle pain from being sick or if I got something out of whack in my cervical spine from all the coughing!! This stinks!!!
Big problem for people with allergies!! sm
Wondering if those who take their pets think of those people. They didn't go to a store where they thought they'd be exposed and now have to suffer because others think they are above common courtesy and rules? Shame.
Pit bulls are very prone to allergies.
From a little research I did, have you tried a high quality lamb kibble yet? That's what most of the sites are recommending for pit bulls. This is one site, but it is down at the bottom of the page.
http://www.mprgroup.net/recommendations2.html
There are other antihistamines that are used for dogs besides Benadryl (never use one with a decongestant, of course). Tavist is one I've used. You may find a 12-hour or 24-hour one more beneficial, but do check with your vet for dosing. We actually got an air cleaner for Misha at one point, though her problems didn't turn out to be allergies.
Allergies/headaches from wine?
This California wine is sulfite free. It's grown organically too.
http://www.freywine.com/freywine/
Allergies possible? I lived at the dermatologist - sm
for a couple years, would get this horrible rash on my neck, hurt, oozed, itched, totally sucked. Dr. suggested I do my own allergy testing at home. I put a spot of shampoo, my ferret's hair, body soap, clothes detergent, etc. under seperate band-aids on inside of my forearm and left them on untouched and dry for 48 hours then removed. I had a horrible red rash/reaction to my shampoo. (was also allergic to 1 of my ferrets, the one that still had its musk glands. So I stopped using that brand of shampoo and it cleared right up. Happened again a few years later and switched shampoos again with complete resolution of the rash. Luckily it has not happened since. So it could be as simple as exposure to something he uses every day or on frequent basis, you just need to figure out what. My DH became allergic to Tide about 10 years ago after they changed their Bleach Alternative formula, got a rash all over his body from it, obviously we don't use that brand anymore. Good luck.
be careful if you have environmental allergies
my son has severe environmental allergies and we were told to never hang out his laundry as pollen can attach itself to the clothing and make his symptoms worse. We are also to run an air conditoner, not use fans and never open the windows to help cut down on allergens. So much for frugality in our home!!! :(
Have you ever been tested for food allergies?
What is the one thing that you have at each meal consistently? A drink? Some type of bread?
Start keeping a diary and after a couple of weeks, show it to your doctor to see what he/she thinks.
We've been reading up on dog allergies
and it seems that there are 3 distinct types of dog allergy: to dander, saliva, and urine.
We both think that he is allergic to the saliva since he has intense itching when a dog licks him and he remembers itching intensely when he was a teen when their poodle would lick his neck. He has had a scratch test and he is allergic to dogs, cats, rabbits, and horses, among other things, but he is most allergic to dogs.
It seems that no dog is truly nonallergenic, and dogs like the Bichon Frise that are labeled as hypoallergenic are labeled so because they are groomed more frequently, thus ridding the dog of excess dander. Some dogs are high dander dogs, and one of those is the pug and of course what I want most, a dachschund.
I guess the next step will be to find out if the scratch test was for dog dander or saliva. He's probably allergic to both. Gosh I want a dog but it's not looking good for me.
Is it allergies from all the pollen? Do you live in the South? nm
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Heck no! Finally had to get a fake one due to hub's allergies, but it is a beauty once it's up
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Hi; Oh DEFINITELY familial/genetic components to allergies/asthma....sm
Allergies run very strongly on my mom's side of the family; there are four of us, my brother had severe hay fever/sinus problems all his life, my sisters have the same, my sister Bev has had asthma which she outgrew, lucky thing, and I started out with just generic allergies that turned into allergic diathesis, which makes me allergic to SO MANY foods, animals, plants, trees, environment substances, chemicals, meds, molds, dust mites, etc., severe asthma, and now my docs want me to consider sinus surgery for polyps and a deviated septum. Also, allergies stem from the immune system, and I also have Sjogren's, RA, and SLE, all of which are autoimmune. If you go on some of the national information sites for allergy and asthma, they have some very indepth articles on the familial/genetic link to allergies. But please do not despair regarding children, etc. Sometimes one sibling will be mildly allergic, but another will miss it entirely, it is not a dominant disorder. I have three kids, and they are hardly affected at all, just a bit of pollen sensitivity in the Spring. Hope you are doing well!
Allergies? Anything specific blooming this time of year? Anemia?
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My son got a memory foam and the thing reeks!! UGh.. some people have allergies
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Is she on BC pills? Hormones may be contributing now. Tested for food, gluten, other allergies? nm
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whisper whisper whisper COUGH! COUGH!
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COLD!!
 I live in Wyoming and it is freezing...high of about 5 tomorrow with icy north winds and -15 for tonight. I am tired of snow, I want summer so I can complain about no rain and being hot.
Wow, that's cold!
We don't know individual circumstances of every single person. Things happen. Sometimes we can control the things that happen to us, sometimes we can't.
If no one helps these people, we add to our future burdens on society. Help them find a way to help themselves and be productive, learn a lesson or two, take care of their own, take care of someone else.
Guess you have never made any kind of mistake in your entire spotless life. Good for you!
Unfortunately, the rest of the world's population is not so perfect and we make mistakes and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
At least with a cold pak. The need to be kept cold. sm
whatever, even if you keep them cold, they are total junk food, eaten cold or warm.
Just because they like them, like McDonalds, you don't have to feed them that junk. Yuck.
Anyone tried Cold-FX yet?
If so, did you experience positive results? I am looking for any help I can get this winter! Thanks!! 
cold hands
I bought a pair of cotton gloves from CVS and cut off the fingertips. cotton won't make your hands sweat and they are very comfortable and keep the heat in. look for them where the first aid products are. if you can't find them someone in pharmacy can help locate them for you. you get several pair in the box and are very cheap!
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