What is a chest cold?

Answer 1

If you mean chest cold, it means you have heavy wheezing that cause some chest pains. If you are indeed asking about a cold chest, it is a very discomforting feeling in the chest or torso area. The chest feels like it is freezing even though one may be well covered, or with an electrical blanket on the chest. Opinions and input from other FAQ Farmers: * I get it often, and so far my own doctor can not explain what it is. * I also get a cold chest and again my doctor knows nothing about it. * I have had a cold chest for about 6 months now and once again my doctor knows nothing about it. He says it must be caused by sweating but this is not the case. It can be worrying so if anybody gets any answers I would be interested. * I went to the doctor, I ran some tests. Bloodwork (came out fine), Echocardiogram (All fine), and a stress test (the one where you run on a treadmill with all those probes attached to you; again all fine.) She agreed with me that it's all caused by stress and I need to cut down my stress level. Since I went to the doctor and found out that nothing is seriously wrong with me I've been much more relaxed knowing that I'm not going to have a heart attack or something and I haven't had a reoccurance of the cold feeling. Try de-stressing a little. It worked for me. *shrug* She also agreed with me that it was directly linked to my caffeine intake. I've stopped drinking caffinated beverages and I haven't had any cold feeling.

Answer 2

It usually means they have an upper respiratory infection,( ie a regular cold), with coughing. The virus is usually still affecting just the upper airway structures. but the mucus drains from the back of the nose down the back of the throat into the trachea and, at times, will trigger the cough response and they will cough up some mucus that has accumulated.

Answer 3

it is when your trachea gets tight and inflames. It makes you cough hard and can cause further infections. :) xxx

Answer 4

A chest cold is a virus that causes congestion in the lungs. These can often only be cured by time, but a steady diet of vitamin C and adequate fluids can speed up the healing.

Answer 5

On average, a chest cold will last about 2 weeks in most people. However, there are some times when the chest cold can last up to 8 weeks.

Answer 6

Congestion is the chest occurs when mucus or phlegm blocks airways. It can occur in the lungs or in the bronchial tubes.

Answer 7

Most commonly it is called a "chest cold". However, it may also be a bacterial infection that causes similar symptoms, that would then often be called bronchitis.

Answer 8

2 weeks

Answer 9

3 weeks