Not a personal medical question and I"d prefer if people can link to medical sources rather than give their opinion of what it was and what happened.
I noticed it at work in February here in Norther Ohio. We had the warmest February in History. But, multiple cow-orkers came down with what appeared to be a cold with a serious cough, and the cough lasted for weeks and months in some cases. Many of them missed work multiple days. The long lasting cough is the identifying part of the illness. I know two workers who have it six weeks later.
I think this occurred in multiple places in the US(not sure about outside the us).
Again, looking for a scientific answer, preferably with specific links.
Definitely happened in New York. Every train ride for about 2 months included constant hacking from many riders. My boss has had it for literally 3 months and it continues.
I had it too (MI.) by reading online, seemed to fit tHe description of bronchitis. Someone at work who had the same thing went to the doctor and that’s what he was told he had.
I wonder if it’s found in the same areas as whooping cough (pertussis) outbreaks in kids. Adults don’t get the classic “whoop” sound of intake of breath (a desperate attempt to breathe between violent coughing spasms) that kids do, to the best of my understanding, and lots of adults have not had their diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus combined boosters (IIRC they’re only good for 10 years).
The prolonged cough also matches the “100 days’ cough” name given in the link.
FWIW, I have heard similar complaints about coughs around the hospital I work in (IANAD/N), and the Chicago area has had whooping cough outbreaks this year and last.
(BTW, even if it’s not whooping cough causing this, adults should go get that booster. You can pass on the disease to a not-yet-vaccinated baby without even realizing, and whooping cough is agonizing for little kids. It can cause severe difficulty with breathing, lead to damage from violent coughing like broken ribs, or even kill.)
When I lived in Williamsburg, VA, viral bronchitis would rage through the campus during the cool, wet winters.
I had it several times with a brutal, persistant cough that made my stomach muscles sore for weeks – and no it was not pertussis – as far as I know you can’t have pertussis 5 times in 4 years, and anyway I was vaccinated as a child AND always up to date with my DPTs because I worked with horses. Cold viruses spread best when its cold – but not so cold that people stay inside all the time, and New York and Ohio had an uncommonly warm, humid winter, perfect for socializing and sharing viruses.
That said, I ride the subway every day also and have not noticed a greater number of hacking coughs than in a usual winter.
I am not exactly sure what you are asking. If you are looking for information on the Geographic spread of the flu (which can cause pneumonia, hence the cough) this should help.
Any number of things – viral or bacterial – can result in bronchitis. You can’t do a bronchitis culture.
Diagnosis: watery eyes. I know I have watery eyes, but why? Is it an allergen, infection… Diagnosis: brochitis. I know I have bronchitis, but why? Is it an allergen, infection…
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Acute bronchitis generally follows a viral respiratory infection. At first, it affects your nose, sinuses, and throat and then spreads to the lungs. Sometimes, you may get another (secondary) bacterial infection in the airways.This means that bacteria infect the airways, in addition to the virus.
SE FLA here. I got it in the begining of the year and even after I felt better, the cough just lasted for weeks.
April 1st I caught it again. But this time it turned into pneumonia and I’ve been out of work all month. In a few minutes, I’m off to see the doctor for the third and hopefully last time as I am mostly recovered.
Something like this started for me last Wednesday night. I thought it was just a nasty cold (i.e. upper respiratory), but by the weekend it had settled into my lungs. I stayed home from work on Monday (and I rarely call in sick), and by last night the cough and wheezing had gotten so bad I ended up at our local emergency room. They diagnosed me with “asthmatic bronchitis” and gave me albuterol via nebulizer, prednisone, and a prescription for an antibiotic in case I got worse or developed a fever.
The cough is the worst I can remember in some 20 years.
I know two different people here in Chicago who had very bad cases of bronchitis this year that ended up being bacterial. They both struggled with it for weeks and one of them had it turn into pneumonia. Both are well now.
My teen daughter has had a bad cough for two weeks now. We live in Minnesota. I was just noticing tonight that she wasn’t coughing so much tonight, but I don’t know if that means anything. It certainly is lingering.
She had a pertussis booster about 4 years ago, so that should still be good, right?
Accurately describes our nest in central Pennsylvania all winter. Mom’s got OCPD (emphysema) I’ve got asthma, when it finally got to my lungs it took Benzonatate, Ceftin (a second generation cephalosporin) and Methylprednisolone (a corticosteroid) just to knock the cough down. I’m still getting the extremely runny nose and sneezing!
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That’s what my bad NJ Doc told me it was when I was in my 20’s . . . never really explained that the damage my untreated bronchitis did to my lungs meant I now had asthma (and it would be 25 odd more years before my new shiny PA amazing MD would order a pulmonary function test, which revealed my 20+ years of untreated sleep apnea :smack:)
We’re here in NE Ohio and my wife came down with this about a month ago. For whatever reason she isn’t able to take drugs like Mucinex so she just hoped it would go away. It didn’t so finally she went to the MD and they diagnosed her with Bronchitis. Gave her a Z-Pack and some cough syrup with Codine in it.
About a week later she’d given it to me. I started the Mucinex right away, which kept the phlegm loose, but it still got worse. Went to the doctor and he gave me a Z-Pack and steroids. I am noticeably improved, but still cough a bit. Doctor said the cough could linger several weeks after the meds are done.
Its here in the Cincinnati tristate area too. My ex wife had it for about 3 or 4 weeks and my eldest son had it for a couple weeks. Ive noticed it in a couple of my employees as well.
Columbus, Ohio. I started coughing sometime around Thanksgiving. It took four months and two rounds of steroids to knock the cough out, and frankly I still don’t feel like my lungs are entirely back to normal. They diagnosed me with bronchitis, for what that’s worth.
