what the best thing for a really bad tickly, dry cough?

Question

I have tried everything I can think of, Honey and Lemon and cough mixture, does anyone have any good remedies? Please...................................!

Answer 1

i find superdrugs linctus is good for that

Answer 2

Best Thing For Tickly Cough

Answer 3

A dry tickly cough is horrible. The best thing I've found was inhaling steam for a few minutes. When you first inhale it, you cough a little more, then it settles. After inhaling the cough is so much better and it lasts quite a while too.

Put a towel over your head over a basin of very hot water and breathe in slowly and deeply.

Hope that helps...

Answer 4

Cough in is very common. If this has been going on for long and especially if you smoke see your GP.

Firstly there is a big difference between a one off cough and frequent episodes of cough, and also duration is important.

The vast majority of all coughs are due to viral induced lung irritability, i.e. a simple viral cold causes lung stability to be lost for a period. (this can be very protracted and sometimes almost indefinite.)

If a one of chesty episode lasts for more that 3 weeks it wise to get a chest x-ray to exclude rarities like TB of inhaled foreign bodies. About 95% of these come back normal. This in itself is vastly reassuring to everyone and really excludes anything serious.

A few will show infection, most of these are viral and will not respond to any treatment, a tiny number look bacterial and tend to receive antibiotics, though this may not affect the outcome, and a few turn out to be what is called atypical. These include whooping cough, mycoplasma, chlamydia pneumonia etc. Often these are given antibiotics, again will little evidence that the outcome is changed.

Assuming this is a one off and the x-ray is negative, generally it is a good idea to sit on one's hands for a while. Most of these episodes will settle with time and anyway will be unaffected by any treatment. If they persist indefinitly 4-6 weeks on low dose inhaled steroids may stabilise the lungs.

Without refering specifically to you or your GP, I believe that sometimes the very best GPs know that if nothing works the best treatment is nothing! Cough medicines are NEVER useful and anthistamines given as allergy relief have little or no effect on cough of any sort. If you are a smoker STOP!!!!!!

Answer 5

If you are taking prescription medication, some of them have that side effect. Ask your pharmacist. Sometimes it can be allergies or dry passages due to the confinement of winter try an allergy med or humidifier. My mom used cinnamon candy if the honey and lemon didn't work. chloraseptic spray or drops work tastes like crap but has a numbing agent in it to kill the cough nerve in the back your throat.

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what the best thing for a really bad tickly, dry cough?
I have tried everything I can think of, Honey and Lemon and cough mixture, does anyone have any good remedies? Please...................................!

Answer 7

I usually use a cough m ixture called "Robitussin" (not sure of the spelling) or if you prefer something natural, mix a teaspoon of Turmeric powder with honey to make a paste and swallow it twice a day. Don't wash it down with water though. You have to allow it to sit at the back of your throat as long as possible.

Answer 8

I hate the taste of most cough mixtures, but i have found that beechams all in oner is the only one that works and doesnt taste like crap and make me gag. I dont know of any other natural remedies etc............. but it does work.

Get Well Soon

Answer 9

Get some Codeine linctus from your local pharmacy - ask the pharmacist to make some up for you (cheapest!) and just take it at night to suppress the cough reflex while you are sleeping, or trying to.

Answer 10

quite often a tickle cough is caused by a blocked or runny nose deal with that first and hopefully it should soothe the cough if not try your local pharmacy

Answer 11

Have you tried Venos for tickly coughs? I find it works very well.