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Coughing and warm moist air....


Posted by Jo (Seattle, WA) on September 18, 1998 at 13:06:49:

In Reply to: coughing-Part 2 - (lengthy) posted by Jim (MO) on September 18, 1998 at 08:31:08:

Hi Jim...

For those of us with congestive heart failure there sometimes comes a cough...it's one of those dry, phony sounding coughs you see in old melodramas (the coughs the belles try to stifle behind a delicate satin-n-lace gloved hand or a fluttering fan - ewwwww). The cough is irritating and anxiety-producing when it happens (I can't sleep or take a deep breath) - but not painful. For that reason, in part, I've had a heated humidifier since day one of my BiPAP therapy and it's helped a great deal.

Warm moist air helps a variety of coughs from croup to bronchitis to asthma...it just might help your cough. Until your humidifier arrives it probably wouldn't hurt to try a hot air vaporizer (distilled water) or a bathroom full of shower steam (all you need do is sit there and breathe - keep the hot water going full blast until the cough eases)...if one or the other works...chances are good the humidifier will too.

Please let us know how things go for you.

Jo

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