Somehow, some way, I developed bronchitis...about a week and half after taking the flu shot..

Short of breath, fatigue, chills. Mucus,mucus, mucus...it's not letting up, going on two weeks, going back to the doctor tomorrow.


Worst I have been in a long time.

Any forum members had it, and how you dealt with it?

Been a bad respiratory deal making the rounds here in Jerkwater. I caught it about 3 weeks ago and am almost over it. Just toughed it out because I was afraid to go to the local quack and catch something worse.

It can last for weeks, don't try and over exert yourself. It sucks

I used to get it all the time.

When I got it, I would immediately start taking over the counter "Mucus Relief DM", a generic version of Mucinex, with guaifenesin and dextromethorphan

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/...lief-dm-oral/details


If after a few days its not getting better Id go to the Dr. and have them see if it was viral or bacterial, then sometimes he'd prescribe me a Z-pack...Zithormax/azithromycin. That would usually sort it out, along with copious rest.

I Used to get it all the time .Antibiotics used to kill it. But last year it hung on. A friend of mine told me to try Raw Garlic. You take a clove of garlic raw and swallow it like a pill. 2 days and it was gone.

I am pretty sure that you did not get bronchitis from getting the flu shot. It takes minimum 2 weeks for the flu shot to become effective. However depending on the strain of bronchitis you have it may have a incubation period of a few hours to 1 week. So within the last week have you been anywhere that may have had an sick people ?
Your doctor should be giving you some antibiotics for it. You may feel sluggish for about month or more. I had a very bad case of bronchitis a few years ago that was bordering pneumonia and it took strong antibiotics and about a month an a half of rest to completely get over it. God Bless

I used to get it every year when I was a young boy. It was always during school from 4th to 8th grade. Had to be hospitalized for about 2 weeks each time. I had the oxygen tent, shots, breathing treatments. The worst part was not being able to take a breath and panicking which only makes it worse.

I imagine it would be far, far worse at my age now.

I hope you feel better quickly.

When I get it, it leaves me coughing for a couple months. Prednisone helps, but they never give me a long enough course of it to really knock it out.

It seems that I get it just about every winter.
I just started seeing a pulmonologist that thinks he can help me get through these winters. It doesn't help that every kid in my class is coughing or sneezing all period. Being in an enclosed classroom, I'll get it sooner or later.
No way you got it from the flu shot.

Both my wife and I came down with it in early 2015 just as we were leaving on our Dixieland cruise. It was awful, playing tuba, with this lung disease AND bronchitis.

I understand our cabin attendant was accused to stealing boxes of Kleenex to sell on the black market, and fired. I guess the ship didn’t believe that the two of us had used that many boxes in a week.

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Originally posted by mark123:
I used to get it every year when I was a young boy. It was always during school from 4th to 8th grade. Had to be hospitalized for about 2 weeks each time. I had the oxygen tent, shots, breathing treatments. The worst part was not being able to take a breath and panicking which only makes it worse.



I imagine it would be far, far worse at my age now.

I hope you feel better quickly.

Thank you.

This shortness of breath is working on me. My doctor gave me antibiotics, as I thought I had a sinus infection. I realize they don't work for some bronchitis cases, but I am glad I am taking them.

This has been very dehabilitating for me,my wife had corrective hand surgery last week on her right hand, me being sick and not being functional to help her is not good.

I am not sure where I could have picked this up. I just know it has wiped me out.

Never had bronchitis before. My only refuge is going to bed.

A steroid inhaler helps me get over it. He coughing irritated my airway and it builds on itself. The steroid inhaler helps reduce the coughing so I can get better more quickly.

Another trick to help you breathe: put a couple drops of eucalyptus oil on a cotton ball in a bowl or cup. Leave it in your bathroom with the door shut, let the scent percolate a bit. After about 10-15 minutes, go in and take a hot shower.

I used the eucalyptus oil on a cotton ball in my sauna when I had it and was super congested from my sinuses to my lungs.

I may have to try the Garlic and Eucalyptus oil suggestions myself! I like hot baths with Epson Salts with Eucalyptus so I think the straight oil would do well to.

I had "Chronic Bronchitis" and went a couple times yearly for a dose of Anti-Biotics. Finally I got referred to a Pulmonologist that correctly diagnosed it as mild asthma and gave me inhaled cortico steroids that control it pretty well. I think maybe there are more people with mild asthma that are incorrectly diagnosed as chronic Bronchitis and are given too many antibiotics like I was. Moral one, see a Pulmonologist if you keep getting Bronchitis!

Allergies are what usually set off Bronchitis for me and this year something would put me into sneezing fits. I couldn't stop sneezing for an hour or two at a time, even at home where I had HEPA filters going.

What cured it at home might not be for everyone but it certainly helped me. It's the new type of air filter from MoleKule.

https://molekule.com

For starters, they are Stupid expensive. No way around it. They should be 1/5th what they cost but right now there aren't any generic replacements. But putting one in the same spot I had a solid HEPA filter took me from sneezing 20-30times an evening in my bedroom to ZERO. The things don't just filter the air, they filter the air and use UV or something to actually Destroy the mold, pollen etc. instead of just catching it.

As expensive as they are I can only recommend it for people who have tried everything else and still have allergy or breathing problems but for me $7-800 was worth not missing days of work being laid up with red eyes and sneezing all night. If you can afford one they might be just the thing to help you breath at home. They also help a LOT with snoring.

You can look on You-Tube and find a couple reviews that have links with $75 off coupons that help a bit with the price.

Anyway maybe some peoples insurance can help with the cost, I dunno. I just know that for me they were well worth it.............dj

I have found it can help to sleep elevated with one or two pillow wedges. We buy ours from Boscovs.com during their Black Friday sales and keep them in reserve for flu season.

https://www.boscovs.com/shop/p...705.htm?fromsearch=1

I also use an essential oil diffuser with a few drops of breathe or the equivalent.

I hope you get better soon.

Thank all of you for your information.

The only other time in my life I have felt as destroyed, was when I was going through chemo and radiation treatments at age 52.

At age 65, this bout with bronhitis is as bad.

I've had it

twice

once you get it - and the first time really does suck - along with the searing throat pain, you are more likely to develop it again

I was on an antibiotic plan for 10 days and I could feel the meds work after the second day but it still took a bit more than 2 weeks for me to recover

it does drain you

Something bad going around the midwest this month. I got it about 3 weeks ago and it settled in my lungs. It has been getting better but I still have mucous and a couch. I was using Cough medicine with expectorant which seemed to work pretty well. M doctor tells me the cough is taking upwards of a month plus to clear up.

Annually. Z pack finally clears it up when I'm tired of having it and the doctor wants to cooperate.

My wife gets a prescription from the Dr. that she uses in her electric inhaler. It comes in dosage sizes and you put in one dose and it gets used up in about 5 minutes of breathing it.

It really does the trick.