OMG how embarrassing! I was trying to take a test at school and had to be sent home because I couldn't stop coughing! I come home and make myself a cup of tea but it doesn't Help! I keep getting this tickle in my throat. I start to cough lightly and then it turns into this barking cough. This is so bad I can barely catch my breath! I start to claw at my throat as this giant hacking cough comes and takes my breath away!