Is going to the doctors for a cough justified?
I never really get sick nor do i tend to visit the doctor but since starting uni and being in my accommodation, i’ve been stuck with a cough that’s just getting worser week by week. At first it was like “oh freshers flu, no biggie.” and i just drank plenty, dosed up on cough sweets and paracetamols. Come to November and it’s become a dry cough where i get nasty coughing fits before sleeping and just really whenever (once again kept drinking loads and assumed it’ll die down within a week or so.)
Come to about now and from last week it’s developed again where it’s like a deep loud wet cough, constantly coughing my guts up to the point i feel like i’m going to puke, waking up randomly to have coughing fits, hella mucus etc, feels like no matter how much water i chug down to relieve it the ***** ain’t leaving. You can sometimes hear it in my breathing and my voice because my voice randomly goes all wheezy and sounds like i’ve been smoking 50 a day.
Essentially i’m asking, am i justified to get an appointment? or will they probably roll their eyes at me for walking in with a cough. I’m thinking about maybe waiting till after new years but i also don’t think i want to know how much worser it can get because i’m already exhausted waking up constantly to cough my guts up.
Come to about now and from last week it’s developed again where it’s like a deep loud wet cough, constantly coughing my guts up to the point i feel like i’m going to puke, waking up randomly to have coughing fits, hella mucus etc, feels like no matter how much water i chug down to relieve it the ***** ain’t leaving. You can sometimes hear it in my breathing and my voice because my voice randomly goes all wheezy and sounds like i’ve been smoking 50 a day.
Essentially i’m asking, am i justified to get an appointment? or will they probably roll their eyes at me for walking in with a cough. I’m thinking about maybe waiting till after new years but i also don’t think i want to know how much worser it can get because i’m already exhausted waking up constantly to cough my guts up.
Yes, as above.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cough/ - it specifically recommends to see a GP if "you've had a cough for more than 3 weeks (persistent cough)", or "your cough is very bad or quickly gets worse – for example, you have a hacking cough or cannot stop coughing"
So since that's what the NHS is telling you to do, that seems practical to do
So since that's what the NHS is telling you to do, that seems practical to do
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