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A 23-year old female asked:

Have had a non-productive cough off and on for about 2 weeks. Not better or worse, and no other symptoms. Not wheezing. What should I do?

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A 30-year old female asked about a male:

My son has a barking cough and is wheezing worse at night than during the day he has a slight temp and isn't eating much what can I do to help him?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A female asked:

Why does my wheeze get worse when i lay on my right side with a chest infection?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old male asked about a male:

My son is 16months old and weighs 24lbs. He was prescribed 15mg/5ml prednisolone 2.5ml 2x daily. Is this too high of a dosage for RSV/wheezing?

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A 34-year old female asked:

I took my daily Claritin (loratadine) and noticed it helped the wheezing in my lungs. Can I take one 10mg tab every 12 hours?

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A 58-year old female asked:

Dx with infolding of arytenoids upon inhalation. Worsening Winded/wheezing. Could this be related to undifferentiated connective disease?

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A 38-year old asked:

I was prescribed an inhaler by my doctor it seems like my breathing has gotten worse and i start wheezing earlier on in my exercise. Is this normal?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

Hell0,my five months baby chest makes a wheezing sound since he has been 2 wks old Dr prescribe Aspelone since its finished his chest became worse do I take him back to that Dr?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

I was diagnosed with Bronchial Asthma. its been 2year now and i am coughing, wheezing, mucus mostly green. i take sintair and symbicort everyday but there is not difference instead im getting worse. what else can i do or take. this is affecting me?

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A 23-year old male asked:

How do doctors treat a patient with both asthma and SVT with daily symptoms of chronic coughing and wheezing?

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A 38-year old female asked about a 66-year old female:

Can Albuterol cause me to wheeze? I have CHF and seem to wheeze worse after I use it. I also seem to cough alot more after I use Albuterol.

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 69-year old male asked:

I am a congestive heart failure patient, I have been noticing that my wheezing has gotten worse in the recent months. Am not sure how to improve this?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

It's been 24 hrs since sudden right chest pain started with cough, wheezing, crackles. stable. worse with upper body movement. still have to go to Dr?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 33-year old female asked about a female:

My 2 year old has a dry hacking cough when she sleeps. No stridor or wheezing. What can I do to ensure it does not turn in to something worse?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

Bad cough and producing yellow sputum. Notice wheezing from my chest when I laugh or lie down. Cough worse when laying down. What should I take?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 41-year old female asked:

After exercise, i started wheezing, coughing. 3 days later with more exercise, i was diagnosed with uri. Got steroid shot & zpack week ago & worse?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 19-year old male asked:

I cough up clear mucus everyday, for about 6 months now. I often am wheezing until after I use an albuterol inhaler.This is all worse in the mornings.

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A male asked:

I have had a dry wheezing cough for 5 weeks...worse when I lay down to sleep...have albuterol and now prednisone, no help..never have smoked..now what?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 24-year old female asked:

Why am I coughing up clear mucus/foamy mucus mixed with milky white mucus? Also worsening wheezing despite antibiotics, steroids, and singulair (montelukast)

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 18-year old female asked:

Hi, I think I have asthma. I have seasonal allergies and during sport activities it is hard to breathe and I wheeze. It feels like there is mucous.

2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in

A 40-year old female asked:

My dr prescribed prednisone 5mg twice daily for bronchitis. I take sinthroid 25mg for my hypothyroidism. Is it safe? I'm coughing and wheezing a lot.

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

A week ago, I thought I had bronchitis because breathing issues and got antibiotics. My X-ray was normal. I'm still having issues on and off, it gets worse when I'm working a grill at work. I'm not wheezing or coughing, but my chest/lungs are tight?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 31-year old female asked:

2 year old with stuffy nose, and cough that sounds like a bark? No fever, no wheezing, worse at night. How do I make him feel better?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old male asked:

Daily face/neck/upper chest flushing & hot flashes for 1yr. 3-4 nights sweats/week for 3 months. No diarrhea or wheezing. Carcinoid syndrome likely?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

While eating a pickle I laughed and inhaled some of the juice. I felt it and I tried to coughed but not sure it came out. I have wheeze two days later and cough with clear sputum. Asthma seems worse. No fever. Worried it's pneumonia?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 65-year old female asked:

Have asthma & allergies. On advair & albuterol. Smoke from fires in state & surrounding. Daily/nightly can't breathe. Wake up wheezing can't sleep, do?

2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 36-year old male asked:

Hi Doc. I have a breathless problem of which at night i am unable to breath. I cough, i have sinuses and when i cough there is a wheezing sound on my lungs that irritates me and lots of mucus on my lungs. I get worse when i lie down. What's the prblm?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 34-year old female asked:

Irritating dry cough for 7weeks after cold, tickly feeling in throat, wheezing,no blood or phlegm, worse when lay down.Dr said chest clear, is it bad?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old female asked about a male:

My brother is experiencing cough (quality: blood in phlegm, barky, hoarse, or hacking sounds, chronic cough) (worsened by: worse at night) . The following also describe him: Chest pain or discomfort, Wheezing, and Chest congestion. What should he do?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 31-year old female asked:

I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying flat, worse at night) (quality: no phlegm or mucus) , wheezing (worsened by: breathing in cold air, lying flat, smoking, worse at night) , chest pain or discomfort (worsened by: after sudden movements, afte?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

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