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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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A 28-year old female asked:

Productive cough for week with metallic taste in mouth and wheeze on exhale. worse when lying down. no fever. require doctor visit? started like cold.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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A 38-year old asked:

Why am i wheezing when lying down only?

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A 49-year old male asked:

How can you tell the difference between Asthma and Mitral Repair Annuloplasty Ring 2 yrs on causing wheezing on exhaling Air at night when lying down?

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A 28-year old female asked:

What could cause involuntary vocal cord vibration when lying down? For the past few weeks as i try to go to sleep my vocal cords will start making noise-it is not a snore or a wheeze, just a moan noise. This had never happened to me before and i'm wonderi

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A 28-year old male asked:

Good day Lately, at least once a week I suffer what feels like an Asthma attack in the evening. Tight chested with coughing (clear phlegm) & wheezing, especially when lying down. I use to have asthma as a child. ?

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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?

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A 32-year old female asked:

I am experiencing wheezing worse by lying flat occurs with skin flushing turning red and hot cough with phelgm hard to breath runny nose chest tight?

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A 41-year old female asked:

Fever, chills. 2 weeks of dry violent coughing fits. Now short of breath esp on exertion or lying down, yellow sputum, wheezing. Can't talk only whisper for 8 days. & sinus infection pain, mild fever. ?

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A 37-year old male asked:

Shortness of breath/Air hunger. wheezing ( only upon first deep breath when lying down). gets better during sleep. CT scan chest normal, spirometry values normal per east Indian standard, abnormal per Caucasian standards. PEF always normal. Asthma ?

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A 20-year old female asked:

My 14 day old can't keep down his formula and keeps coughing and wheezing... What do I do?

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A 56-year old male asked:

Will Symbicort help with wheezing when laying down and help with cough?

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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?

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A female asked:

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

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A 38-year old asked:

My boyfriend was laying down w/ my head on his chest and I could hear wheezing. What does it mean?

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A female asked:

My daughter had some juice go down "the wrong pipe". She was coughing for 5-10 minutes after, and a few hours later she is wheezing. what's wrong?

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A 19-year old female asked:

I get wheezing through nose wherever i lay down to sleep at night. What can it be due to?

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A 24-year old female asked:

I've had bad sinuse/allergies for 2 months now. I lay down and I wheeze loud when i exhale or laugh. Is this bad??

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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 19-year old female asked:

Coughing, Wheezing, Hard to Breathe when I lay down and sinuses are stuffed? What should i do?

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A 27-year old female asked:

Wheezing&cough when i lay down..Cant breathe feels like an asthma..Usually last for 3 hours after i stand up..What could this be?

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A 21-year old female asked:

I start wheezing when i lie down. Sitting up the doctors hear no problem. I have a cough for 4 months now and basic antibiotics did not work.

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A 40-year old male asked:

I've had a wheezing that is real noticeable in early am when laying down, and a dark reddish bruise on right rib cage doesn't hurt. Related?

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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?

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A 31-year old female asked:

Having a little wheeze when I take deep breath when I Lay down. Not short of breath but have mild palpatations when I change position. Is this normal ?

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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?

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