My upstairs neighbour is hacking his lungs out every 2-4 minutes for as long as I've lived here. He is not a smoker. Is it asthma? GERD? Some extreme form of permanent allergies? Windpipe closing up?
Tell me, oh doctors and shamans of The DataLounge
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My upstairs neighbour is hacking his lungs out every 2-4 minutes for as long as I've lived here. He is not a smoker. Is it asthma? GERD? Some extreme form of permanent allergies? Windpipe closing up?
Tell me, oh doctors and shamans of The DataLounge
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 3, 2023 12:26 AM |
Sure
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 2, 2023 9:13 PM |
Bong
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 2, 2023 9:16 PM |
Allergies, or more likely non-allergenic rhinitis causing post nasal drip, this is normally treated with Atrovent which is an ipratropium bromide nasal spray, but there is a worldwide shortage at the moment because its gone out of production for six months.
Not a doctor but I have this myself, fortunately I managed to stock up on the spray because there's fuckall else that works
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 2, 2023 9:25 PM |
Covid
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 2, 2023 9:27 PM |
It can be a side effect of certain medications.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 2, 2023 9:39 PM |
Is his name Marguerite?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 2, 2023 9:41 PM |
Are you sure it’s coughing and not queefing?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 2, 2023 9:50 PM |
weed
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 2, 2023 9:56 PM |
Mold
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 2, 2023 9:59 PM |
RSV.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 2, 2023 10:53 PM |
Smoking damages the cilia which usually keeps your airways clear allowing irritants to enter. Also, smoking causes you to produce more mucus making you cough more.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 2, 2023 10:57 PM |
^^^a non-smoker likely coughs for similar reasons. Older people produce a lot more mucus usually from post-nasal drip, in general.
However, sinus infections and allergies will also cause coughing.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 2, 2023 10:59 PM |
Esophageal Cancer.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 2, 2023 11:00 PM |
He's choking on the upstairs neighbor's cock, Rose.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 2, 2023 11:04 PM |
Coughing can also be habit forming. While it’s true some of us are on a heavy nicotine/thc schedule, coughing feels great.
The very best coughs come when you’re in the shower with hot water beating on your shoulders.
Your lungs ejaculate a clumpy splat and the world is good.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 2, 2023 11:06 PM |
r15 how old are you?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 2, 2023 11:08 PM |
I am an ex-smoker (two years) and I was genuinely annoyed my coughing didn't stop.
I could, of course, be dying of throat cancer as I speak which I'm sure many will say, but for myself, a humidifier made a huge difference. I live in a very dry environment (even in the summer), and it has helped a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 2, 2023 11:10 PM |
Ewww
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 2, 2023 11:11 PM |
Your cheap Axe Body Spray permeating his space.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 2, 2023 11:21 PM |
[quote]What makes a non-smoker cough every couple of minutes?
Ennui
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 2, 2023 11:38 PM |
You smell, OP. Take a bath and she’ll stop coughing. You’re destroying her lungs.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 2, 2023 11:40 PM |
Plot twist, OP doesn’t live in an apartment and the coughing is all in his head.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 2, 2023 11:41 PM |
Rabies.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 2, 2023 11:44 PM |
I've never smoked in my life – cigarettes, that is, but I haven't smoked any weed since at least 2018 – but depending on the time of year, I either get chest colds or allergies that produce a lot of phlegm fairly regularly. OTOH I sure as hell don't cough THAT often, and a nonsmoker doing so literally nonstop – for months, if not years, on end – is weird.
How old is your neighbor, OP, and how long has he lived there? If he's a recent retiree who worked either in mining or, say, telephone or electrical work, he could have asbestosis or another chronic lung ailment. He could also be coughing if he's morbidly obese with COPD but refuses to wear a c-pap.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 2, 2023 11:45 PM |
How old is he, OP? My mother takes a blood pressure pill that causes frequent coughing. She has developed congestive heart failure in recent years, which also causes frequent coughing.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 2, 2023 11:46 PM |
Full-blown AIDS.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 3, 2023 12:11 AM |
He could be on an ACE inhibitor. That causes cough.
He could have TB or MAC (mycobacterium avium complex).
Allergies.
Heart failure
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary edema.
Acid reflux.
COPD.
Hiatal hernia.
Cancer
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 3, 2023 12:15 AM |
Asbestos
Silicosis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Could’ve been a construction worker using power tools with wood or plaster; or a painter who used a spray gun and didn’t wear a mask.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 3, 2023 12:18 AM |
R5. I started Lisinopril and my doctor warned it can cause a cough. It hasn’t thus far, but I’m still at the lowest dosage.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 3, 2023 12:19 AM |
Acid reflux can make a person cough.
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