I have had a very similar cough - over four weeks of horrendous hacking - barely able to walk and talk without getting dreadfully out of breath and coughing my guts up. Oh, and also pissing myself 🤣🤣 My GP gave me 5 days of amoxicillin, a steroid (I dont have asthma ...
Call your doctor if your cough (or your child's cough) doesn't go away after a few weeks or if it also involves any one of these:Coughing up thick, greenish-yellow phlegm.Wheezing.Experiencing a fever. Why do you cough with congestive heart failure?
However, if you have COVID-19 and start coughing up yellow or green phlegm (‘gunk’) then this may be a sign of an additional bacterial infection in the lungs that needs treatment. Coughing is a major way that coronavirus spreads. If you have a cough that could be COVID-19 you must...