Whooping cough ... again

[helloyoga]

What treatment you are taking for the coughing????.....you must have visited the doctor several times i suppose!!....well i can suggest you some more remedies for coughing apart from your medical tretments.

You can try alternate nose breathing (pranayama), this is a very effective practice for treating breathing problems...

You can do it 10 to 15 minutes daily and will find the change yourself....it has given good results in such cases. Yoga have made a great contribution in treating breathing ailments like coughing, asthma etc...

Also jala neti (Nasal Cleansing) is refered your breathing ailments. In this process you pass the water through the nostril passages using a special tool called neti pot for cleaning the nose passage.

Try these practices under the guidance of professional yoga practitioner. You will really feel the change in your coughing.

Get well soon.

[nuthatch]

I just had to wake up this ancient thread. I was so astonished to find someone else has had whooping cough here. I've got it right now (in week 5) and it affected me, not with vomiting, but with stridor - that strange whistling closure of your vocal chords. Totally tired of waking up at night feeling like I can't breath!

I was told that our immunizations only last about 12 years and also advised to get the adult vaccination once I'm over this. Just a word to the wise 50+ cyclists out there -- go ahead and get the vaccination. This sickness is a total drag. I've been off my bike for about three weeks and I was used to riding to work every day, so I've got all those "endorpin" withdrawal feelings, too.

Here's hoping for spring soon!

[Possegal]

My niece caught whooping cough when we all went to France to watch le Tour back in 04. I was sure she had developed asthma as the original description here of whooping cough, is exactly what my asthma is like when it flairs up. When I would be in a bad flair-up at my old job, the Oc Health Dr was always threatening to take me to the uniformed services medical school next door, to show them what whooping cough sounded like. I hope you are feeling better soon nuthatch, since I'm in the midst of a bad asthma flair-up, I can relate to how lousy it feels! Plus I haven't gone running or spinning or anything cardio in over a month. UGH!