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I had this same shit for like 4 months last year.
I went to two urgent care facilities (one in Lake Tahoe and one in LA) who both told me there was nothing wrong with me, even though I was coughing shit up and couldn't breath.
I literally went to the ER (twice) because of it. The first time I was having uncontrollable coughing fits and wanted something to just make it stop. The second time (the following week) I felt like I was dying every time I coughed. As it turns out I had actually fractured a rib (that was some scary pain) from coughing so hard. Side note: If you want to get in to see a Doc right away at the ER just mumble that you have some mild chest pain. They will straight-up descend on you like locusts.
In all instances the X-Rays were always clear, etc. Everyone just stared at be blankly when I told them that I was in pain and couldn't breath, etc... like they didn't believe me.
After 4 months of the run around, I ended up finally seeing a pulmonary specialist at UCLA who diagnosed me with chronic bronchitis and adult onset asthma. She said that most likely my chronic coughing was probably the reason for my asthma, which was awesome considering she was at least the 5th person I'd seen for the issue at that point.
All I'm saying is that there is no substitution for a specialist. So you should definitely go get checked out before you do more damage than you already have.
I went on Advair for about 2 months which did work and allowed me to heal up, etc. (made me gain like 15lbs though) and now I have a maintenance Albuterol inhaler that it need maybe once a week at night before bed, etc. Sucks, but it is what it is..
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