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How Can Chronic Cough Be Treated?

I have a cough that I have had for over a year. My doctor gave me cough medicine which didn t help. No congestion - nothing but a cough. I am a nonsmoker; have never smoked. Used to have bronchitis a lot as a young person though as I grew up in a house with 2 smoking parents.
Mon, 12 Jun 2017
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Hello,

You are affected as passive smoker try to avoid your parents when smoking. Consult pulmonologist for complete check-up of lung fields. If bronchospasm is present then can take bronchodil. Request your parents to smoke outside the home and can explain your problem to them.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash
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Hello,

Since you have chronic cough with family history of smoking and not responding to antibiotics. This could probably be an allergic cough. You can take antiallergen like tab Montelukast and see the response.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards
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How Can Chronic Cough Be Treated?

Hello, You are affected as passive smoker try to avoid your parents when smoking. Consult pulmonologist for complete check-up of lung fields. If bronchospasm is present then can take bronchodil. Request your parents to smoke outside the home and can explain your problem to them. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash