February 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: For about a week now, i have had major chest congestion. I have not had a runny nose, or any type of pain which is why i dont think its pneumonia, but i am not sure what else it could be. The only symptom of any type of cold i have had is the congestion. Any ideas of what it could be?
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A cold, a viral illness. You treat the symptoms – mucinex might help as will increasing your daily water intake, no smoking. When everything else has failed, then you go see your doctor.
Sweety it can be bronchitis, sounds like you need albuterol, breathing treatments for it . I would see a doc. ..hope you get better soon…
Chest congestion is not a symptom of any one single condition. Unfortunately, you haven’t described any other symptoms besides congestion. If I could listen to your lungs, I could tell you more. So do you really want speculation??? You still wouldn’t know where you stand. I agree that you can try a mucolytic like Mucinex to help break up your congestion. Try increasing your water intake to 2-3 liters a day but your congestion worsens as a result of this, cut back immediately. You could have wet lungs & wouldn’t need more fluids but like I said, I can’t hear your breath sounds. Another thing you can try is a cold mist vaporizer. Give all this another week if you feel no improvement, speak to your doctor about it.