Need CFer advice...

[coltsfan715]

I also get this when I am really congested or sick and I do treatments and therapies. For me it happens when I cough cough cough cough cough and have a hard time stopping. I find that if I am able to stop coughing and take as deep a breath as possible in through my nose and to breath out through my mouth slowly it helps calm me down and alleviate the vomitting feeling.

Also a thought - when your daughter starts to cough - do you stop the vest therapy or let it continue. If you let the vest keep going maybe try to stop the shaking/percussing while she is coughing. That may help her get stuff up but not cause her to cough even harder. Just a thought. I know I have to stop all therapy when I start to cough or I can't breathe well and I start to get the "I'm going to vomit" feeling.

I have gotten this a few times due to post nasal drip caused by allergies - where you are coughing really hard to get stuff up that really isn't there - it is just a tickle from post nasal drip. Like Amy said that is an allergy thing (for me anyway) - I typically get that more when I am having bad allergy days.

Take Care,
Lindsey

 

[Breezy]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>sakasuka</b></i>

i don't know if this is relevant or not but prior to getting my allergies under control, i would have coughing spasms. i would cough so hard that i would throw up. and throw up. and throw up.



bronchospasm they called it.



the force from the puking was so much i would often blow my nose and lettuce from lunch would come up. it was just horrible and i had no idea how to stop it. it was a dry cough, not much sputum, but my doc tried to treat it as CF anyway.



it wasn't CF. it was allergies.



i went through extensive allergy testing (not blood IgE levels but 16 hours of testing over 2 days), went on allergy shots, went on an anti-histamine (histamines are the main mediator of the allergic cascade), got two air purifiers for my apartment, and put dust mite encasings on my pillows & matrress.



it's been 3 years since i've had my episodes of coughing so hard that I throw up. and i'm so grateful for it - it took so much out of me and made it difficult to be in class or to work like a normal person.



oh yes one thing I forgot to add - something that I later found out that helped was drinking anything hot. it didn't take away the coughing spasm totaly but it helped me get on top of it.</end quote></div>

Yup me too. While i don't have CF, i have something similar called Bronchiecstasis and i have to do physio therapy for my lungs. I've gotten to the point that i have to wait to eat breakfast until i've done enough physio or else i'll puke, or gag, or worse, dry heaves.

 

[Breezy]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>sakasuka</b></i>

i don't know if this is relevant or not but prior to getting my allergies under control, i would have coughing spasms. i would cough so hard that i would throw up. and throw up. and throw up.



bronchospasm they called it.



the force from the puking was so much i would often blow my nose and lettuce from lunch would come up. it was just horrible and i had no idea how to stop it. it was a dry cough, not much sputum, but my doc tried to treat it as CF anyway.



it wasn't CF. it was allergies.



i went through extensive allergy testing (not blood IgE levels but 16 hours of testing over 2 days), went on allergy shots, went on an anti-histamine (histamines are the main mediator of the allergic cascade), got two air purifiers for my apartment, and put dust mite encasings on my pillows & matrress.



it's been 3 years since i've had my episodes of coughing so hard that I throw up. and i'm so grateful for it - it took so much out of me and made it difficult to be in class or to work like a normal person.



oh yes one thing I forgot to add - something that I later found out that helped was drinking anything hot. it didn't take away the coughing spasm totaly but it helped me get on top of it.</end quote></div>

Yup me too. While i don't have CF, i have something similar called Bronchiecstasis and i have to do physio therapy for my lungs. I've gotten to the point that i have to wait to eat breakfast until i've done enough physio or else i'll puke, or gag, or worse, dry heaves.

 

[Breezy]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>sakasuka</b></i>

i don't know if this is relevant or not but prior to getting my allergies under control, i would have coughing spasms. i would cough so hard that i would throw up. and throw up. and throw up.



bronchospasm they called it.



the force from the puking was so much i would often blow my nose and lettuce from lunch would come up. it was just horrible and i had no idea how to stop it. it was a dry cough, not much sputum, but my doc tried to treat it as CF anyway.



it wasn't CF. it was allergies.



i went through extensive allergy testing (not blood IgE levels but 16 hours of testing over 2 days), went on allergy shots, went on an anti-histamine (histamines are the main mediator of the allergic cascade), got two air purifiers for my apartment, and put dust mite encasings on my pillows & matrress.



it's been 3 years since i've had my episodes of coughing so hard that I throw up. and i'm so grateful for it - it took so much out of me and made it difficult to be in class or to work like a normal person.



oh yes one thing I forgot to add - something that I later found out that helped was drinking anything hot. it didn't take away the coughing spasm totaly but it helped me get on top of it.</end quote></div>

Yup me too. While i don't have CF, i have something similar called Bronchiecstasis and i have to do physio therapy for my lungs. I've gotten to the point that i have to wait to eat breakfast until i've done enough physio or else i'll puke, or gag, or worse, dry heaves.

 

[Landy]

Karon
That's happened to me too.
Just once in awhile I cough so hard that I throw up, and like you mentioned, it's not food, it's mucus/phlegm. I actually feel <i>better</i> after getting all of that mucus, etc. out of there, but I can't speak for your 5 year old.
If it happens more than you think it should, you may want to just run it by her doctor & see what he/she says about it.

 

[Landy]

Karon
That's happened to me too.
Just once in awhile I cough so hard that I throw up, and like you mentioned, it's not food, it's mucus/phlegm. I actually feel <i>better</i> after getting all of that mucus, etc. out of there, but I can't speak for your 5 year old.
If it happens more than you think it should, you may want to just run it by her doctor & see what he/she says about it.

 

[Landy]

Karon
That's happened to me too.
Just once in awhile I cough so hard that I throw up, and like you mentioned, it's not food, it's mucus/phlegm. I actually feel <i>better</i> after getting all of that mucus, etc. out of there, but I can't speak for your 5 year old.
If it happens more than you think it should, you may want to just run it by her doctor & see what he/she says about it.

 

[mum2kj]

When my daughter is having a flare up or sometimes just doing her physio, the coughing makes her throw up. She just can't help it.
When I get the flu coughing also makes me throw up. Nothing really stops it for Kj until she gets the gunk up. I just make sure she has a bucket next her when she does her physio in case she needs to throw up.

 

[mum2kj]

When my daughter is having a flare up or sometimes just doing her physio, the coughing makes her throw up. She just can't help it.
When I get the flu coughing also makes me throw up. Nothing really stops it for Kj until she gets the gunk up. I just make sure she has a bucket next her when she does her physio in case she needs to throw up.

 

[mum2kj]

When my daughter is having a flare up or sometimes just doing her physio, the coughing makes her throw up. She just can't help it.
When I get the flu coughing also makes me throw up. Nothing really stops it for Kj until she gets the gunk up. I just make sure she has a bucket next her when she does her physio in case she needs to throw up.