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Influenza A is usually
a different virus.
You're feeling well one minute,
and then the next minute it's
almost as if you
got hit by a truck.
You get severe muscle
aches and pains.
You get a headache.
But then you'll have a fever.
And then within a day
or so, you may have
a different kind of a cough.
So it's an acute cough
because it comes on
in less than three weeks.
But you generally have
inflammation of the trachea.
And so when you cough, you
can get this painful burning
sensation behind your sternum.
There isn't anything
that's going
to make that cough go away.
Hopefully you save your
money and you're not
one of the people who
spends up to $10 billion
on over-the-counter cough
and cold medications that
have never really
been shown to work.
If you're having trouble
breathing through your nose,
especially at
night, you may want
to use a nasal decongestant that
you can buy over-the-counter
that decreases the
swelling in the nose
so that you'll be able to
breathe through your nose
and be able to sleep.
But generally
speaking, nothing's
really been shown
to make the cough--
now we're talking about cough--
go away.
