coughing alot again

Posted by mirsy @mirsy, 2 days ago

My husband is nebulizing and using the vest daily. His coughing has increased quite a bit and I am wondering what is causing that. Any thoughts?

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I have gastritis, gerd and IBS. I cough in the morning which is mostly gut related not lung.

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Do you have a hiatal hernia that is associated with your GERD?

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What are your symptoms with gastritis?

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Hi,
Just a thought... but what are you using in your nebulizer?
Long story short about me ~ I started coughing and doctor had me on an antibiotic which cleared it up; then I had a bronoscopy from which I woke with a cough. Tests found pseudomonas so doctor prescribed a round of tobramycin; I started that using the nebulizer and my cough came back. It was constant so my doctor told me to stop the nebulizer for a week, then start it again. By day 4 my cough had almost stopped. I am now on day 6. and my cough is back to what is "normal" for me. I need to try using the nebulizer again as I want to try to kill the pseudomonas bacteria. We'll see if the cough increases.
In any cases it possible what you are using in your nebulizer is causing your increased cough?

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Thanks so much for your reply. I am at my wits end. My husband is the one who is coughing. He is using sodium chloride 7% in the nebulizer. He also had pseudonyms and has CHF. We hope to see the pulmonologist today and can ask her if stopping the nebulizer would help. I kind of remember he was coughing before he started a nebulizing session. Yesterday he did it 2/x w no vest. This morning he is trying it now and then using vest. Any advice is great appreciated. Thanks so much. Miriam

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