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Suggest Treatment For Cold With Asthma And Cough

I have had a cold for 5 weeks(also have asthma that flares up with colds). Have a bad cough & greenish yellow mucus in nose & cough. I also have occasional black flecks in my mucus....I have done a course of Cefdinir & now am on Augmentin. All this with neb treatments & a steroid inhaler. What to do next?
Fri, 28 Nov 2014
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Hello
You are an asthmatic patient and taking many drugs like ( cefdinir, , now augmentine ) steroid and nebulizer .
In spite of this all symptoms present with greenish phlegm with black flecks in mucus. The possibilities of these symptoms may be , these include:
1 Bronchiectais , as this is most common cause . A physical examination and sputum culture examination is important.
2 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis , as proper antibiotics is not working , so get in sputum culture and drug sensitivity test to find out exact type of bacteria.
3 Tuberculosis , as black flecks may be due to tuberculosis . Diagnosis can be confirmed by x ray chest as well sputum and blood examination.
Since you are an old asthmatic patient and not responding to treatment so consult a PULMONOLOGIST and get his opinion as physical , clinical examination is important in this case.
Hope this will help you.
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Suggest Treatment For Cold With Asthma And Cough

Hello You are an asthmatic patient and taking many drugs like ( cefdinir, , now augmentine ) steroid and nebulizer . In spite of this all symptoms present with greenish phlegm with black flecks in mucus. The possibilities of these symptoms may be , these include: 1 Bronchiectais , as this is most common cause . A physical examination and sputum culture examination is important. 2 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis , as proper antibiotics is not working , so get in sputum culture and drug sensitivity test to find out exact type of bacteria. 3 Tuberculosis , as black flecks may be due to tuberculosis . Diagnosis can be confirmed by x ray chest as well sputum and blood examination. Since you are an old asthmatic patient and not responding to treatment so consult a PULMONOLOGIST and get his opinion as physical , clinical examination is important in this case. Hope this will help you.