Help i got really bad chest conjestion, any good medicine tthat can help I work in a dusty environment, wood?
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I got really bad chest conjestion to the point I have hard time breathing. Any good medicine that can help me. I work in a dusty environment i.e. wood eorking and plus hate to say it but I also smoke. I have cut down on my smoking but congestion is really bad could anyone suggest any good medicine that really works I have tried several brands.
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I would suggest that you wear a mask of some sort when you are working first of all. Preventing yourself from breathing in more dust will allow your lungs to clear out what is already in there.
I suggest that you talk to your doctor about your shortness of breath. It might be related to your working environment or your smoking. If you have been smoking a pack a day for more than ten years, your lung function might be decreased just from that. You may be developing COPD, a chronic and progressive disease that compromises lung function and requires management directed by a doctor.
Since you are asking on Yahoo! Answers, you might be one of the ten of millions of uninsured Americas who can’t afford to get sick. I still recommend that you see a doctor about your breathing troubles. If it costs you $100 for a check-up and a simple breathing test, then you get put on some medication samples by your doctor, you will feel better and be able to continue working. Think of it this way, if it costs you $150/month for medication to keep your lungs working, how many days of work would you have to miss for your breathing problems to cost you that much anyways?
For me, it is far less expensive to buy my medications (I have asthma) than it would be for me to miss even one day of work in a month. I take Advair ($150/month), Spiriva ($90/month), and Salbutamol/Albuterol ($15-23/month or less). I make about $300 per shift, so if I miss one shift, I have lost about as much as my medications cost.
I suspect that your primary problem is your smoking history and it has been made worse by the dust in your work environment. Try wearing a mask that fits properly, so as to prevent further inhalation of dust when at work. Then see how that goes. It should take less than a week for your lungs to clear material out of them. In the mean time, make an appointment with your doctor for a check-up and get your shortness of breath assessed. You might need to be put on medication for it. Depending on how severe your condition is, it could be anything from an inexpensive Albuterol inhaler used when you feel short of breath, to $150/month Advair taken twice a day.
Cutting back on smoking is a good step. That will slow-down COPD, if you have it. You may find in a week or so that you are coughing-up really nasty stuff from your lungs as they clean themselves out. If it is yellow or white, don’t worry about it. If it resemble the material you breathe in at work, don’t worry about it either. If it is brown, that is of concern. Brown sputum is old infected material. If your sputum is green, that means you have an infection in your lungs and should see a doctor soon to get some antibiotics.
To my knowledge, that is very little available over the counter to treat shortness of breath. What I do know is that my Salbutamol can help me get stuff out of my lungs faster than I would normally be able to move myself. It makes the little hairs in the airways move faster, moving more stuff out every day. Salbutamol/Albuterol is only available by prescription and is inexpensive. You could ask your doctor about it when you go to see him/her.
I guess I would say starting with the most simple first and try Mucinex or any other expectorat to see if the improved airway releaves inflamation. After that you would want to try something with an anti-inflamatory agent. Perhaps ask the pharmacist if he knows of anything O.T.C.
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