About three weeks ago, I noticed that I developed a hacking cough and a sore throat. Thinking taht i'd justbe developing a common cold (which doesn't last long for me and is always very mild), i woke up the next morning and couldn't even get out of bed. I had major pain and sinus pressure behind my eyes. If I moved my eyes around oe looked out the side of my eye, I felt a very stiff pain. So I laid in bed for 2-3 days with the sinus headache, a mild fever, and mild nausea that was caused primarily by the hacking cough. I also had muscle aches and pains and a pain in my stomach from coughing so forcefully. At this point my thoughts trailed off from it being the cold to it being the flu.
After 2-3 days, all of these symptoms were gone except the hacking cough, except now they were replaced by a stuffy nose, clogged ears, and sneezing. There was still an irritation in my throat.
After an additional day or two, THOSE symptoms also disappeared, but what remained was (you guessed it) the hacking cough! And I still have it presently! What is it? It no longer feels like an irritation in my throat, but I feel a tickle SOMEHWERE that causes me to hack. I'm fine with breathing but it's realtively uncomfortable to do so and my chest feels like a bit of a squeeze/mild burning sensation. It also feels like my breaths aren't getting the full potential they would normally get when you take a breath. Basically, it feels like i'm not getting enough oxygen when I breathe in. It's a very dry cough with occasional watery mucuous that gets coughed up (small doses though) I always cough violently whenever I laugh really hard at something and it's uncomfortable in my chest area.
What happened here!? Is this bronchitis and if so, how did it happen? Should I go and see my doctor or will this get better on its own? It's already been about 2 weeks and it's still there!
After 2-3 days, all of these symptoms were gone except the hacking cough, except now they were replaced by a stuffy nose, clogged ears, and sneezing. There was still an irritation in my throat.
After an additional day or two, THOSE symptoms also disappeared, but what remained was (you guessed it) the hacking cough! And I still have it presently! What is it? It no longer feels like an irritation in my throat, but I feel a tickle SOMEHWERE that causes me to hack. I'm fine with breathing but it's realtively uncomfortable to do so and my chest feels like a bit of a squeeze/mild burning sensation. It also feels like my breaths aren't getting the full potential they would normally get when you take a breath. Basically, it feels like i'm not getting enough oxygen when I breathe in. It's a very dry cough with occasional watery mucuous that gets coughed up (small doses though) I always cough violently whenever I laugh really hard at something and it's uncomfortable in my chest area.
What happened here!? Is this bronchitis and if so, how did it happen? Should I go and see my doctor or will this get better on its own? It's already been about 2 weeks and it's still there!