Why is it that everytime I start coughing I end up throwing up? Is this normal at all?
103810
My sister used to do that.  She ended up having athsma.  Go to the doctor ASAP
971782
My mom used to make a cup of warmed honey, lemon juice, water and a small amount of whiskey.  It used to make me sweat and broke up my cough.  I hated the taste of it, but it did seem to work.  I have recently used that Airborne stuff mentioned in the previous post and it works also.  My doctor recommends Robitussin with the expectorant, that thins the mucus and allows you to cough the junk up out of your lungs.  Hope you're feeling better soon.
487556
Try putting a heating pad on your chest while you are laying in bed. That might make the muscles relax a bit.\nAre you sure that it's your heart that is hurting and not your lungs? You say that you have insane allergies and cold right now. A cough in essence is a trauma to your lungs. Any type of heavy coughing causes everything to bump into one another in there. Think of it as a blender effect. If you are at all concerned I would talk to your allergist. They might be able to perscribe something to help with the coughing and it might ease your pain. Definatley seek help because there also might be a more serious issue in there. Granted I'm not a doctor but you don't want to dismiss anything when it comes to your health. \nHere's hoping for you to get well soon.
299245
Sounds more serious than bronchitis. It could be that you're developing pneumonia. The fainting could be from depleting your blood of carbon dioxide (like when a person hyperventilates), or a thing called the Valsalva Effect if you're coughing REALLY REALLY hard.
876997
Why would you want to have a medicine to make you cough?\n\nTry ipicac....it makes you puke, but you usually cough before you puke.
406202
no there's a prevention though, when u'r on a rollercoaster, open your mouth and scream or do somthing to get noise out of you'r mouth 9don't burp though) *i've tried* but when you do something like that u'r diaphram gets rid of all the air in you'r sistem so there's nothing in you'r system to make you puke or get sick. If you do get sick like u r now, walk around with you'r hands on your head and slowly breathe. it calms your digestive system to get normal blood flow. don't drink allot of water, only a little bit
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It could be the beginnings of asthma. My asthma was brought on by pollution. If you are always in contact of harsh cleaning agents that cause you to breathe in fumes, or you work in a place where people smoke.  If laughing or running causes you to have a coughing attack it could be asthma. If you have a cat and are allergic, that could also produce mucus. see doctor anyways. \n\nFor Coughs that Bring Up Mucus: \nDrink plenty of liquids, such as water, hot tea, and fruit juice. \n Use a cool-mist vaporizer in your room. \n Take a shower. The steam can thin mucus. \n Take an over-the-counter expectorant or cough medicine containing guaifenesin. \n Don’t smoke. Avoid secondhand smoke.
693839
Yes, you may have pneumonia or bronchitis.  You should get a chest x-ray.  Blood in the spit(sputum) is not normal if its coming from the lungs and not from your mouth.
998361
sometimes it drops into a vicious cycle. cough in itself produces more cough if left untreated. in addition to over- the -counter cough medications you'd better to use much water and keep your environment humid. it happens that some anti tussives work better. so you may switch your medication if you feel it does not work. you need to see your doctor and he may follow your case by x-ray or a serologic test to check for some causes of chronic cough. hope you feel better soon
920678
if its just a "little cough" then no. if its like a "barking cough" then yes. if it happened when you are around the same thing or exersizing then yes. \ndo some research, find out what you think it is.\ntry going to Webmd.com and type in your symptoms, it will tell you possiblitys, check them out.\n if you really think its that bad then go see a docter.
1008403
I don't know if it's *still* going around, but I had it in March of this year.  It's not a cold...it's the flu.  Mine started with a horrible headache, then a sore throat, then coughing and coughing and coughing.  Body aches and fever rounded out the illness.  It's viral so they can't really give you anything for it, except to relieve symptoms.  Nothing will get rid of them but time.  \n\nA cough suppressant at night, a cough expectorant during the day, Vicks Vaporub, and nasal spray or oral decongestant are the items I used for the duration of my illness (which happened to be a total of 4 weeks).  \n\nI hope you feel better soon.  : (
325854
Vomit - it gets me every time!
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Somewhat long, but worth the read:\nBecause your red blood cells "have an affinity to carbon monoxide", and pick it up first rather than oxygen.  The dizziness is from lack of oxygen to the brain.  The throwing-up is typical of (I'm assuming) someone who is recently into smoking.  The throwing-up probably also is the lack of oxygen that interfered with the normal stomach activity, whether or not you recently ate.  I had what you describe.  I HAD IT DECADES AGO, AND NOW I HAVE A LUNG CONDITION THAT REQUIRES OXYGEN FROM A TANK!  I know someone who is 93 who smoked from age 13.  She has a terrible cough, but does get enough oxygen without help.  She's the exception (terribly wrinkled too - I know other 90+ people who look darned good.)  I know you probably are young, like under 25 or 30, you know there are lung diseases, and you think YOU won't get them, or if you do, that will be so far in the future as to be of no concern.  SURPRISE!  That older age does come to pass, and you will probably want to kick your younger-self's behind for doing this to you.  So stop now, in fact, write a note to your to-be-older self,  put it away somewhere secure, and forget about it.  I hope your future self will be pleased with the contents.
434908
Did you recently have a cold?  If so, this cough can be the final stage of your cold, which in itself, is a virus.  This cough can linger for a long time (as much as 6 months!)  You may need to get something to suppress your cough.  As with all virus's, you will have to wait it out.\ngood luck!
901276
well first cough a lot, and say you feel like your gonna throw up...temperature ..i dont know...you could also say you have a migrane (my friend does that and gets away with it all the time )\n\nJ.A.
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Throwing up, sneezing, coughing fits, gagging, etc. Sometimes you can't even determine where it came from. Usually it's not anything to worry about. It will go away with time, but that means 10 days or two weeks. If this happens all the time, go see a doctor to determine the cause.
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basically all answers are correct, more or less.  You're swallowing air, for sure, we all do.  But too much is coming back up, due to a bad stomach/esophagus junction, at least most likely.\n\nSmoking (all nictotine taken orally, yes gum too), alcohol, licorice, mint, caffeine reduce the competency of this junction.\n\nObesity increases the intra-abdominal fat content, and raises the pressure below the junction, tight cloths....\n\nThere may be a surgical situation, if new and "all the time".  Hernias through the diaphragm can occur due to vomitting/coughing/trauma that first show up as burping.  If chronically worsening, diseases such as achalasia chronically change the esophagus, complicated.\n\nWould need a good doc for the diagnosis.