Comments on: Treating Bronchitis

By: Bob Bender

Bob Bender — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:39:38 +0000

Michelle,
You’ve had 20 years to quit smoking but ignored the “dingy doctors” when they told you that you had developed chronic bronchitis. (They meant “quit smoking and start taking care of yourself) Now you’re developing repetitive pneumonia, a resistance to all antibiotics and a dependency to anti-anxiety medicine. But wait! There’s more! Soon you will develop emphysema and lung cancer. There is no modern miracle of medicine to reverse what you have done to yourself. You must now live with the consequences of your decisions. That is a fact of life we all learn at a different age. Quit smoking and try to enjoy your remaining years as best you can.

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:05:51 +0000

seems like what i have, im close to 40 and have sadly been smoking since age 12-remember those old cig. vending machines? By age 19-20 was told I had chronic bronchitis, then got worse with age, early 30′s hit and I ignored for a while, until getting really, really sick and dropping from lol 100 pounds down to about 88 within 3 weeks, that was a long, full, very painful bout with pneumonia,left untreated for over a month..dingy docs..and went all month to doctors. Now as im nearing 40…uggg for a woman, still getting worse & just got home from Hospital ER last night..again there saying bronchitis and now Im more prone to pneunomia..hate it. Antibiotics, mainly only Cipro has helped me with this on and off issue, and another thing that has…as far as STRESS as well goes..that has helped me GREATLY when it comes to feeling relaxed and being able to breathe with ease and no pain is ANTIANXIETY Medicine-My anti anxiety meds work wonders with me on this issue, with them, I feel like I can breathe better ect., cough less, ect., but when I try without them..like I’ve done the past week now..something like This Bronchitis Garbage comes back and gets me.

By: Gwen Collee

Gwen Collee — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:24:18 +0000

I have noticed that when I get nervous or stressed, I start coughing. If I try to sing, talk, or laugh, I cough. I have been through the Antibiotics for 21 days, and 2 weeks later, I still have my cough. I am tired of avoiding everybody, and hiding from people when they come to my house. I’m lucky I don’t have to go to work, because I am retired, but I do have a life. I don’t want to pass it around to others.
I used to Bowl, but I’ve given it up this year, because I Bowl with alot of Seniors. Help! Gwen