OK, I understand that you've got a tickle in your throat, but constantly irritating it by going through 20 violent hacks to expel the non-existent alien spore every 5 minutes really isn't helping. It's just annoying the rest of us.

Even worse when you've waited for months for a concert you've spent over $100 per ticket and this racket goes on almost nonstop.

I had a co-worker who did that. I wasn't sorry he left.

Tourette’s or chronic sinusitis or motor tics?

Holy crap! I didn't know we worked at the same place. There was one here outside my office that did it for over two weeks straight and almost all day long. It was amazing she had time to breath.

I luv luv luv sitting in a restaurant next to one of these Typhoid Mary types. Keep your infectious ass at home for cryin out loud.

I remember one...

An employee of my Dads, a painter with emphysema, coughed continuously... well, almost continuously. He would stop only long enough to take a drag off his cigarette.

I have had a persistent cough for many years now. I have been to a Lung specialist and other doctors. They can't find anything. My mother has the same problem and they can't find anything wrong with her either.

I have never smoked and I can't help it when and how it happens.

You're just going to have to deal with it.

^^^

Do you suffer from GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)?

The acid can irritate the sinus' and cause nasal drip and other problems with excess fluid/mucus in the throat.

I get the persistent throat tickle occasionally. I keep some cough drops handy. They help.

Or even a hard candy, like a Life-Saver.

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Originally posted by BigCity:
I have had a persistent cough for many years now. I have been to a Lung specialist and other doctors. They can't find anything. My mother has the same problem and they can't find anything wrong with her either.

I have never smoked and I can't help it when and how it happens.

You're just going to have to deal with it.

Are you on BP or cholesterol meds? It's a known side effect of some of them.

Are you on BP or cholesterol meds? It's a known side effect of some of them.[/QUOTE]

Lisinopril comes to mind.

do you work with Larry David?

It might be worse when you are on a conference call with your boss, and he is the hacker.

Older people can have drainage problems and will have a lot of hacking. It is a sign of aging and decline in life.

You can have a tooth infection or problems caused by a root canal which affects your sinuses. This will cause drainage and lots of hacking.

I recently had a tooth infection and it took me two weeks to get over the sinuses infection thanks to lots of vitamin c.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
^^^

Do you suffer from GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)?

The acid can irritate the sinus' and cause nasal drip and other problems with excess fluid/mucus in the throat.

Yes, for a long time now.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

quote:

Originally posted by BigCity:
I have had a persistent cough for many years now. I have been to a Lung specialist and other doctors. They can't find anything. My mother has the same problem and they can't find anything wrong with her either.

I have never smoked and I can't help it when and how it happens.



You're just going to have to deal with it.

Are you on BP or cholesterol meds? It's a known side effect of some of them.

Nope.