Recently I have been bothered by a nagging, dry cough for a few weeks.  My throat and tongue were always dry and tingly.  I wasn't sure how I got the cough.

At first, I thought the frequent going out, drinking alot, sleeping little weakened my body, which made me susceptible to a cold.  But then I thought I have been doing the above for decades now and I rarely had a nagging dry cough.  

Then yesterday at after a long session of daty at GFS, I found myself gasping for air.  My mouth and tongue were so dry and thankfully the girl had placed a cup of tea on the table.  It clicked, my coughing fit started weeks ago after a long, late session of daty and not getting enough sleep to recover. When I thought I was getting over the coughing it would come back with vengeance and once again that was after another late night session of daty when thankfully there was a bottle of water on hand.  

Maybe frequent indulging of daty is (熱氣) Heaty, just like deep fried foods, bbq, and hot pot?  You know a girl's juices usually have a salty flavour and salt is known for drying and preserving meats.  Maybe I have been intaking too much salt which dried me out?  

What do the Chinese bros think?  Any possible remedies, short of not doing daty for awhile?


ps: To the bros who don't understand (熱氣, yeet hei) Heaty, it is Chinese medicine concept to describe a cooking style or foods that have a tendency to make the body drier leading to sore throats, acne, other illnesses.  To counter it, one has to eat something that is cooler or reduce intake of heaty dishes so the body can seek a healthy balance.  It is really difficult to explain, and generally the older one is, the easier it is to understand as older ppl are more sensitive to how their bodies react to different foods, stimuli, etc.

If you've had a cough for several weeks and regular over the counter medicine hasn't helped get rid of it, then it's probably a good idea to get it checked out by a doctor if you haven't already.

I did get it checked out by a doctor a few days ago and I am currently taking medication.  But I did notice my mouth was ridiculously dry after a daty session yesterday and that didn't help my recovery for the cough.

maybe your mouth was dry because the girl was dry ?  
I seriously doubt daty would give you yiet hei ...   
but I do suggest you take some Eno twiceAday !!!

so what is your doctor's prognosis? He has physically seen you and your symptoms. I cannot see what the membership can advise other than get second, qualified doctor's opinion if you are not healing.

doubtful, but unless you know the girl took a shower and douched right before the deed, there's always going to be a set of germs emanating from the body.  For 熱氣 I would consider eating anything fried as much more the suspect.

perhaps you have glandular fever instead , that thing knocks you rigjht out and makes you feel horribly weak at the same time.

or swine flu...

or old age...

or mouth yeast infection...

but most likely, just something you changed in your diet (like eating too healthy or not enough soup)

You probably just "serng fung" or "gum moe", maybe another bro before you DATY was also "serng fung" and, was DATYing her right before you therefore spreading the germs.

Have you tried gwailo (westerner) Chinese medicine, it might help? This involved drinking alcoholic beverages which is cooling and may get rid of your dryness

[ Last edited by  asia-play at 11-12-2009 08:57 ]

Possibly asthma.If you had it as a child and it went away it often returns at age 40.
It returned to me at 40 after leaving me at age 5.
See a doctor is good advice.

Fortunately, I'm a guailo, and so never have to bother myself obsessing about 火氣 or any of the other food problems that only seem to afflict the Chinese.

DH you knucklehead!  You've got oral gonorrhea   Go get some antibiotics, 1G of Zithro, whatever, andsit your ass on the sidelines for 10 days.  Sheesh.

Some chinese practicioner advocates fighting poison wth poison (or fire with fire). So, my advice? Go for more DATY!!!!

not sure if you're joking Jeeves, but anyway -

The Symptoms of Oral Gonorrhea:

There usually are no obvious symptoms of oral gonorrhea. But, when there are, symptoms usually appear from one to fourteen days of being infected.

Some of the usual symptoms of oral gonorrhea are:

* Vomiting
* Fever
* Pain experienced when swallowing
* Inflamed tonsils
* Redness of the throat
* Sore throat

Coughing and gasping for air are not something one would expect to experience as a result of an oral infection from gonorrhea. I think it's far more likely he has a respiratory problem/infection. But in any case, he should see a doctor just to be sure.

Thanks for all the suggested remedies.  When I went to the doctor, he said that as a lifelong asthmatic, my throat is very sensitive to irritations.  Apparently (according to him) I had a cold last week or so and recovered from it on my own, but retained the hacking cough because my airways are overly sensitive to dryness.  

Of course being a professional, he would never suggest there may be other reasons.  

I remember years ago when I had to get a blood test to determine which Hepatitis shots I had to take.  Apparently one of the things that are checked in a blood test is the prevalence of HIV.  When I saw that item and that I was clean of HIV, I let out a little whoop of joy without thinking, then the doctor looked at me with a quizzical expression.  Boy was I bit embarrassed right there..
  
So if any of you get a blood test and you see you are clean of HIV, don't make any visible reactions to avoid a similar look from your doctor especially if your doctor knows your wife.

You are right, my gweilo friends can eat Mcdonalds or Burger King everyday and not get any side-effects like hacking coughs or breakout of acne.  What is the deal!?

Maybe it is the beer they drink in place of dinner, maybe it does have a cooling effect like asia-play mentioned above.

dude just drink some "lerng cha" cool tea? and it's all good.  I don't know if many people in this generation drink that kind of stuff.  I don't know how to make it. It's almost a lost art.

You probably breathed in and swallowed a pubic hair! Did you get your lungs checked? I'm a gwailo so I don't suffer from these afflictions, but I'm a great believer in Chinese remedies and there are leung cha po and Chinese doctors scattered around the city so you shouldn't have a problem getting cured. It might also help if you tell all the WGs to shave their pussies. That would make some of us punters very happy!

You know, I'm going to try suggesting just that to the next Mainland WG I encounter with mile-long pubes. I like a little pubic hair but having to take a machete into the forest when hunting the wild clit is not something I particularly enjoy. I know that some Chinese have odd ideas about shaving certain areas of their bodies, but why should pubes be any different from underarm hair, which many, tho by no means all, Mainlands girls do shave/trim. I will report back on how my suggestion is received.