<human>: i have had this cough/cold for over a week now and it wont go away no matter what i do.  the weird thing though is that it started out as a cough then i got cold symptoms and now i have both a cough and cold.  another weird thing is that i will cough a little bit during the day, but after 5:00 pm when i start to wind down from the day if i try to lay down and rest a bit i will have cough attacks where i will cough really hard and sometimes it makes it sort of hard to breath.  i dont know what this means but if you could help me out that would be great.
<bot>: Hi, Thanks for your question. After going through your question, I can understand your concern. For better opinion I want to know - 1) Age. 2) Presence of diabetes, blood pressure or heart problems if any. 3) Current medication like ACE inhibitors or Arms if any. There may be following possibilities in your case-1) Respiratory tract infections : in that case there may be expectoration of cough and fever. 2) Chat Doctor.  3) Post nasal 