Got a cough that just won't quit? You're not alone

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Got a cough that just won't quit? You're not alone

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The strength of viruses and immune systems that may be out of practice are contributing to lingering symptoms this cold and flu season, some doctors say.
CORRECTION (Jan. 23, 2024): A previous version of this video referred to the term immunity debt instead of immunity deficit. The term immunity debt is relatively new, cropping up during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its definition and implications are still under discussion.
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@jilbertb 7 ай бұрын

I had this actually, for years. Chronic bronchtis, every 6 weeks I'd get very ill. I'd be fine at home. A few of us filed a complaint with OSHA for sick building syndrome. We found the building was infested with bats and an endless supply of guano... 180 days after the complaint, all 3 of us who filed the complaint, got "laid off".

@David-bh1rn 7 ай бұрын

you definitely have a case for a lawsuit

@NazriB 6 ай бұрын

Lies again? Bang Bros Bukit Batok

@Be.me1 7 ай бұрын

The “dry cough” 😩🥹 that won’t go away.

@LuvableAF 7 ай бұрын

Try quitting dairy, it likely is seasonal asthma.

@user-hx9jd2tj8u 5 ай бұрын

@@LuvableAFmine definitely isn't this I've had this for maybe a year now sometimes barky sometimes not but voice sounds fine wheezing when breathing out I'm dying 😅

@jessd4048 7 ай бұрын

An intense post-covid cough has lasted 2 and a half years and counting, even *with* respiratory physiotherapy it hasn’t gone away. At this point one must ask whether more people (including doctors) need to understand this kind of damage can be a permanent risk of covid infection.

@wqv5423ln 7 ай бұрын

Get a homepathic remedy for inflamation. Comes in drops. Ask a homeopath with one to use. It works for me everytime.

@Sc00terNut 7 ай бұрын

I'm suffering with two back-to-back lower respiratory tract infections. Covid at Christmas, now I'm sick with something else. Fever, cough, chills...I'm sick of it.

@ConradTurgeon-fb4cp 7 ай бұрын

Get used to it boosted lol all the vaxxed people I know have it….none of us unvaxxed have this lolol hmmmm I wonder

@Sc00terNut 7 ай бұрын

@@ConradTurgeon-fb4cp I would have said you're crazy, but what you say is true. I'm the only vaxxed person in my family. I had covid 3 times. Nobody else in my unvaxxed family has ever had it.

@wqv5423ln 7 ай бұрын

Get a homepathic remedy (drops) for inflamation. This saved my life with Covid. Anytime I get a cough now I take them. Take a good herbal tea as well.

@SnowWhite-hr4ho 7 ай бұрын

I had 3 vaccines and covid twice and so many infections since @@Sc00terNut

@mathewlukose7522 7 ай бұрын

It’s better to get flu once in every year to service our immune system 😂😂😂

@ochoar001 7 ай бұрын

Immunity debt? What people that actually got COVID? Is their immune system out of practice? Many of my friends that would get sick before the pandemic would get stuck with a lingering cough for months. Also people tend to get sick more during the winter because they spend more time indoors. There were other viruses that still existed during the pandemic as well. I dont think the flu took a break during those early years of the pandemic. Sounds like a strange explanation

@WistfulWitchoftheEast 7 ай бұрын

Immunity debt is not what is going on. Talk to the doctors who know that the damage caused by covid impacts the effectiveness of the immune system,. So rather than an understimulated immune system, what we are experiencing is an immune system that has been weakened due to infection. We don't know if it will be permanent, but it's certainly long-lasting. I'm hearing many experts comparing it to HIV.

@Viscount3 7 ай бұрын

I have a lingering cough too. And it's after all that smoke I've had to inhale after forest fire season in Alberta. I had Covid too, and it took months to get over that too.

@ziyangyipfilms 7 ай бұрын

Even pre-2020, I had that lingering cough that took a year or more to clear. The family doctor told me it could be stress-related. Of course I was confused, I was fine otherwise, but I still tried to tone down the stress in my life and I guess it helped. At least in my case.

@kaze987 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're feeling better now

@marie-josetimperley3825 7 ай бұрын

A family member has had this type of cough for many months now. Inhalers seem to help a bit in this case The air gets quite dry indoors in the winter time, this can increase irritation and coughing as well I hope this lady finds a treatment to calm her symptoms! As a former elementary school teacher who has dealt with an immense amount of germs, I would recommend that this lady cough « in her elbow » and not in her fist to avoid spreading germs via her hands, just some friendly advice 🙂 Take care!

@rikro6067 7 ай бұрын

Vaccine effects 🤫

@stacywriterclark Ай бұрын

This is a great report - thank you!

@daibm5392 7 ай бұрын

Usually, I add some hot peppers in my food. It works very well for me🌶 😋

@nicholas2275 7 ай бұрын

I eat lots of hot peppers, i tripled my intake through COVID, between that and 2 COVID shots, it saved my life lol, I'm sure if i had not done any shot or not eat hot peppers i would have died

@bonnyc392 7 ай бұрын

No, this is a different cough. I have had it since the two Covid vaccines and yes my asthma is now worse. I take puffers but a drink of fairly warm water helps. It is worse in the summer or with lots of rain- mold. I had Covid Dec 2019 in Ontario but of course it was not in Canada. Anyway, Covid voice was my clue later on or I would not have taken the vaccines.So my allergies are obviously worse.

@JulezandChris 7 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear

@MrAlen6e 7 ай бұрын

I been having this cough since September idk why , interesting im not the only one

@patrickbureau1402 7 ай бұрын

So ... I can blame something other than my smoking a pack a day...LOL

@Hassan-jd6is 7 ай бұрын

Pomegranate whole you put in oven and you eat everything inside when it fully cooks. Eat before sleeping. Asthma and dry cough goes away.

@mr.frandy7692 2 ай бұрын

"If you have a cough, there's all kinds of herbal remedies...." So you're saying, going to the doctor is a pointless endeavor... Got it.

@fettersofdromi 7 ай бұрын

I have it! I have fits of it too where I throw up :(

@LuvableAF 7 ай бұрын

I did that all my life, at 24 quit dairy, and never came back. It’s allergies/asthma

@eca3101 7 ай бұрын

You should really see a doctor about that

@ableaquariums5480 7 ай бұрын

Gabapentin for Chronic Refractory Cough.

@Rick-zw9kp 7 ай бұрын

This video makes my modified mRNA tingle

@jhy8191 7 ай бұрын

Last Nov I had a post viral cough for 3 months, it was so bad that eventually I pulled a muscle in my ribs. Eventually it decreased on it's own until it disappeared. Not fun.

@abradford6407 7 ай бұрын

Take lime and salt 🧂 for your cough it work s but , most of all trust God our father in heaven through Christ Jesus and holy spirit 🙏 we are living in the later days and they will be more trials , nation again nation alot of war, earthquake, global economic crisis, fire 🔥 food crisis, and alot more, I pray you all accept christ Jesus into your life. Have a blessed day 🙏

@loppydisk 7 ай бұрын

I had a cough for about a month back in Oct/Nov. Normally I would only be sick for a couple of days but that virus was bad. Nothing really worked but to wait it out.

@naomiramos461 Ай бұрын

My husband has had this cough since he got covid in 2019, it won't go away.

@willysteck77 7 ай бұрын

I got tinnitus after i got covid and it is sooooo annoying

@user-ys6sn2vk5r 7 ай бұрын

So did I…

@signsofplay 7 ай бұрын

Nicotine gum 2/day for 2 weeks will make tinnitus go away, but you won’t hear any Dr tell you that.

@bengt_axle 7 ай бұрын

There's nothing that unusual about a cough or upper respiratory infection that lingers for weeks -- even 8 to 10 weeks. Once an infection makes it down to the bronchial tubes, it can stay there for a long period of time. Dry environments, the presence of multiple viral and bacterial infections, poor sleep all contribute to this, which I and many others have experienced many times over the past decades of winters. Immunological deficit sounds like an interesting theory, but is there any real evidence for it? We were more isolated in 2020, but later came omicron which supposedly infected the majority of the population. And then some got long covid. People returned to school and travel, well before the flu and cold season started.

@wqv5423ln 7 ай бұрын

Masks can cause a chronic cough. I cant wear on for five minutes.

@gregpineda8660 7 ай бұрын

And in my own personal opinion,And when a person coughs that kept going on for weeks,And it means that person is suffering from viral respiratory or lung infection and he or she should take life --- saving anti --- biotics and should be under Doctor's care at all times.And also,People who always experiencing lingering coughs are very,very and very vulnerable to suffer from respiratory diseases like tubercolosis also known as T.B. that often contagious including pneumonia and asthma as well as sinus/sinuses that always caused terrible headaches.

@gregpineda8660 7 ай бұрын

And people who constantly coughs for a long time should also quit smoking because smoking does a lot of damage to people's respiratory systems particularly those who " are changed smokers. "

@bernardkung7306 7 ай бұрын

As mentioned in the video -- anti-biotics have no effect on viral infections.

@fkb247 7 ай бұрын

I guess that's why they call it winter.

@Kulimar 7 ай бұрын

My son has had this for over 2 years since covid. Hopefully a solution is found...

@JulezandChris 7 ай бұрын

The jib?

@takeiteasy0000 7 ай бұрын

2:05 you're probably thinking what I am.

@icantwiththis 7 ай бұрын

This is what you get if you go on the Expoline Train in Vancouver

@sharinaross1865 7 ай бұрын

She said cough drops wont help. I had flu and cold symptoms at the start of winter. It ran it course after about 14 days and cold medicines. After watching this I wanna make some homemade soup.

@mck59er 7 ай бұрын

So lockdowns and social distancing wasn't as great as we all thought? Got it!!

@jo-annclaessen 7 ай бұрын

🥴🤦🏼‍♀️

@stringedmermaid 7 ай бұрын

Bro what??? It's because lockdowns and social distancing were effective that this is caused. If you need it explained in simple terms, it's like how if you drink a lot you build up a tolerance to getting drunk, but if you stop drinking for a while and them drink again, you are more likely to get drunk quicker.

@mck59er 7 ай бұрын

@@stringedmermaid My point was not a good idea what we did to now have put ourselves in weakened state. Nobody thinking about the longterm and all the other ramifications and side effects for how we handled things

@pc4mlc451 7 ай бұрын

@@stringedmermaid Fauci literally admitted that social distancing came out of nowhere and had no scientific or medical merit.

@bengt_axle 7 ай бұрын

@@mck59er People have some immunity to things like common cold and certain strains of influenza, because they come and go each year. Covid-19 was different. Nobody had immunity to Covid-19 because it was a novel virus. We did not know the damage it could do, and measures were taken out of precaution. Now that we are no longer immunologically naïve to covid-19 due to previous infection and vaccination, it can be better managed and its morbidity and mortality better predicted. Its not correct to say that covid-19 precautions were a mistake and as a result we are worse off today.The "immunological deficit" theory has not been proven -- it is just a possible explanation.

@robertolsen4140 5 ай бұрын

I have been coughing since Christmas. It is a tickle in my throat that triggers the coughing. Then the running nose and sneezing starts. I buy cough candies and always carry them with me. I wake up, quite often in the middle of the night and take another cough candy. It goes away sometimes for 5-6 hours at a time.

@darrenwho 4 ай бұрын

Did it get better?

@j2simpso 7 ай бұрын

I would be curious whether antihistamines would play a role here?

@holstphotographymedia5281 5 ай бұрын

Coughing into your inside of your elbow or a tissue is the way to cough so you don’t potentially spread germs😊

@haveyouflossedtoday 7 ай бұрын

GERD also causes coughs like this. Study Dr Eric Berg.

@whynot7728 7 ай бұрын

Immunity out of practice LOL.

@redmajors2436 7 ай бұрын

its in the air i seen it an its everywhere

@TheINFJChannel 7 ай бұрын

The bout of coughing after the dreadful throat tickle.. 🤦👎 I had a consistent cough for weeks, maybe months. It'd come and go. I just told everyone after a while that it was permanent 🤷

@JTait-vm6cl 7 ай бұрын

See an osteopath to help relax the trachea and cervical fascias. It helps.

@katiedid1851 7 ай бұрын

Sinus Post-nasal drip. Take a 2nd generation antihistamine (not Benadryl or any form of diphehydramine. It may help. It helps me.

@social3ngin33rin 7 ай бұрын

Yes!!!!! Random dry cough and nothing else. Omg, the second Dr sounds like the Goliath from SC Broodwar @1:55!!! :O!!!! He sounds like a bad@ss

@thomascrawford2258 6 ай бұрын

Ditto

@Joker-eg6oz 7 ай бұрын

My mom has had this now two winters in a row. 3-4 days of regular cold followed by 3-4 weeks coughing. I haven't had a cold in 20+ yrs and I isolated ALOT 2019-2022 and I'm not exceptionally clean nor a healthy eater, so where's my colds been? Now I'm worried I'm going to be totally smashed over this "immunity out of practice" thing.

@Lizzy2727 7 ай бұрын

Immunity debt is a BS theory...

@Lizzy2727 7 ай бұрын

The CBC is being irresponsible. Covid helps destroy the immune system which is why people are getting sicker. Going out and getting sick is not solving anything

@nicholas2275 7 ай бұрын

I'm Diabetic, the only one in my family (different dad genes probably) and no one in my family got it or noticed and after COVID i coughed for 3 months very hard, if i bent over to say put the dog leash on i lost energy and would turn red in the face and felt like i had no oxygen left. if the dog (mid size Shepard mix) pulled i ran out of energy in my arms to hold the leash and I'm 6'5". i no longer had any issues after the 3 months, but COVID was 2 weeks of pain and bed ridden, i still attended virtual work meetings but went straight back to bed, fast forward to now and i have constant sinus congestion, don't know if its related but annoying, I would hate that to be a constant cough

@basilcarroll9729 7 ай бұрын

Get your doctor to prescribe a steroid nasal spray it really helps 5 weeks ago the whole household got sick we all still have lingering symptoms. t

@neilcooper9508 7 ай бұрын

We are in the middle of winter arnt we this aint nothink new for god sake

@cherylsibson2529 7 ай бұрын

Getting rid of mucus buy a humidifier and a fan

@roblong9728 7 ай бұрын

just take a high dose of CBD 25mg minimum a day, the anti inflammatory properties of CBD will help with the cough.

@kforest2745 7 ай бұрын

So quit smoking

@weedface43 7 ай бұрын

Covid!

@Jacob-vl5zz 7 ай бұрын

Stop smoking

@Progressive_Canadian 7 ай бұрын

I cough like that too however cannabis isn't contagious 😁

@estycki 7 ай бұрын

It's 2024 and doctors and scientists don't have a treatment for a cough?

@stringedmermaid 7 ай бұрын

There are some remedies and medicines that work to mitigate it, but viruses operate very differently than bacteria, specifically in a way that makes finding medicine to eliminate it nearly impossible.

@pc4mlc451 7 ай бұрын

You can't stop coughing from occurring. It's a natural bodily process that has been around for many species for millions of years.

@estycki 7 ай бұрын

@@pc4mlc451 you're right but if it's happening for months then something else is up, because something nasty keeps reoccurring

@signsofplay 7 ай бұрын

It’s your body’s way of telling you something is wrong. If the cough doesn’t stop, it means there’s something in your body it can’t get out. Possible toxin that is foreign and unrecognizable to your body.

@xelthiavice4276 7 ай бұрын

time to get the 16th jab....

@LHAGYALO258 7 ай бұрын

Thank Covid vaccine!!!

@lifewuzonceezr 7 ай бұрын

Stop coughing into your hand!!

@Cafeallday222 7 ай бұрын

I do a acupuncture and I treat this a lot. It’s usually quite helpful.

@josephv4794 7 ай бұрын

That doctors lower teeth 😮

@bryanw9425 7 ай бұрын

Whaaaaaaat nooooooooo

@albundy9706 7 ай бұрын

Just get another booster I'm sure it has nothing to do with these oddities of illness

@caode9385 7 ай бұрын

Mines been going on since 2017. I wonder what damaged me :(

@jilbertb 7 ай бұрын

Mold or bats at work?

@dasalekhya 7 ай бұрын

get your larynx checked .. sometimes small growth develops in larynx and irritates the throat

@mazedar_tv 7 ай бұрын

dry cough syrup is remedy. But to remove it from root, do exercise in garage, cold shower first then warm shower and stay hydrate throughout the day.

@wqv5423ln 7 ай бұрын

That would give me pneumonia. Not good advice.

@johnmike9618 7 ай бұрын

4 weeks and counting. 😢

@keanchiam4367 7 ай бұрын

💀

@Utoo4200 7 ай бұрын

The reddit plug is typical and hilarious

@TakManSan 7 ай бұрын

Yep! Sux! 😷🤧🤐

@EnsignRedshirtRicky 7 ай бұрын

Everyone suffering from this raise your hand. Now how many of you had multiple jabs? Thought so...

@stringedmermaid 7 ай бұрын

Yes let's completely ignore everything explained in the video to support a baseless argument that shows no correlation to what was discussed in the video

@da80 7 ай бұрын

I had this for months after covid, and before any shot

@lominiski 7 ай бұрын

That used to happen to me when I was in Canada. Doctors did not help nor cough medicine. I figured out after more than a decade of coughing when I was in Canada. After 30 years away from Canada and finally back, I am suprised that they did not solve this. They did not solve this in Hong Kong either. I guess it is not in the medical research. Someone has to give me a lot of money to share this. From what I see from my evil relatives in health care, I am not going tell from my research. Medicines is the public channel that everyone is shared. What about the private unknown ones?

@pc4mlc451 7 ай бұрын

DO NOT PANIC. This is common and treatable. Don't let the MSM pull you into fear.

@kevo300 7 ай бұрын

Buy a dehumidifer you can get a cheap one at any major retailor and maybe value village if your trying to save money

@thesweetone 7 ай бұрын

It's not just that

@carlyar5281 7 ай бұрын

A humidifier is actually really helpful. A dehumidifier wouldn’t be in this case.

@d.r.tweedstweeddale9038 7 ай бұрын

So no real answer.

@The_Keh27 7 ай бұрын

Must be the chemtrails!!

@stringedmermaid 7 ай бұрын

He literally explained its because our immune systems are out of practice in fighting respiratory viruses, which has caused immunity debt in a lot of people.

@LuvableAF 7 ай бұрын

Lol this was always around, it’s called hay fever, or seasonal asthma. Since covid, people forgot the toms of people coughing three times a year for weeks, including myself.