I have had some sort of cold/flu bug for 2 weeks now. Feel okay but still coughing at night. Not sure if it is the same bug or a different one but I hate being sick (as everyone does).
I would just like to know, if I am the only one that bugs just seem to lag on with.
So when you are sick with a cold/flu bug, what is the duration for you?
Around 4-5 days usually. But I'm asthmatic and I often get a respiratory/chest/ear infection from a cold, so that strings things out a bit longer, maybe around two weeks. It might be worth getting checked out to make sure you haven't got an infection of some sort.
I am usually acutely sick for about 2-4 days (like, feeling miserable sick), then start to feel better. But my cough always goes on and on- that horrible tickly throat cough, for weeks! I remember seeing the dr about it once and they said its pretty normal for a cough to linger and this seems to be common among other people I know as well. If that helps!
I have a cold for about 2-3 days. I have only had a really bad flu where i was sick as a dog for like 2 weeks. I had a sinus infection, chest infection basically the works! But when i feel a cold coming on thats when i drink lots of water take panadol and if im feeling awful ill take cold & flu tablets but usually water, panadol and rest does me good!
pre kids I'd be over it quick, post kids depending on how run down I am can last like you said 2 weeks or so.
Coughs I always find persist with me even when cold is better.
I reakon I get sick so much more often and for longer after having the girls. Rarely got sick prior.
I've just gotten over an awful one that laid me up for about 4 days of feeling totally cruddy, then another week on top of that with the snots and coughs (charming hey lol) so almost 2 weeks I guess.
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When you have a cold, how long are you sick for??
Feel okay but still coughing at night. Not sure if it is the same bug or a different one but I hate being sick (as everyone does).
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