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Iam in kuwait and my wife is having cough for the last one month and a doctor gave medicine for allergic cough and after taking medicine for one week still coughing and her blood test shows ESR 55 and range 0-12.Iwould like to know whether this cough is due to ESR..Waiting for your valuable Advice
Hi, As her ESR is high requires evaluation of her case. Go for x-ray chest, Go for complete blood checking with Eosinophil count. Is there any h/o loosing weight. ? After all reports your doctor will have some clue about her problem and will go for treatment accordingly. Ok and take care.
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Is Frequent Coughing Due To Rise In ESR?
Hi, As her ESR is high requires evaluation of her case. Go for x-ray chest, Go for complete blood checking with Eosinophil count. Is there any h/o loosing weight. ? After all reports your doctor will have some clue about her problem and will go for treatment accordingly. Ok and take care.