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Suggest Treatment For Cough Due To Chronic Bronchitis

im 34 years old with a hx of chronic bronchitis. I take alburterol occasional but for the past 4 mos have been coughing uncontrollably even during the hour of sleep (coughing has always been my only symptom.) Now more pronounced and I often drop my sats into the high 80's%. I now take singular prilosec and guiafenissen with codiene. Help...Its ruining my life could I now have cough variant asthma? If so what next?
Mon, 18 Jul 2016
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
I don't think you are having cough variant asthma.
Your chronic coughing is mostly due to poor treatment of chronic bronchitis.
You are not taking appropriate treatment for bronchitis.
In my opinion, you should first consult pulmonologist and get done
1. Clinical examination of respiratory system
2. PFT (pulmonary function test).
PFT will tell you about severity of the disease and treatment is based on severity only.
You will mostly improve with long acting inhaled bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids.
Oral anti oxidants, mucolytics, expectorants are also useful in your case.
So no need to worry for asthma or other lung diseases. Consult pulmonologist and discuss all these.
Don't worry, you will be alright with all these.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Cough Due To Chronic Bronchitis

Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. I don t think you are having cough variant asthma. Your chronic coughing is mostly due to poor treatment of chronic bronchitis. You are not taking appropriate treatment for bronchitis. In my opinion, you should first consult pulmonologist and get done 1. Clinical examination of respiratory system 2. PFT (pulmonary function test). PFT will tell you about severity of the disease and treatment is based on severity only. You will mostly improve with long acting inhaled bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids. Oral anti oxidants, mucolytics, expectorants are also useful in your case. So no need to worry for asthma or other lung diseases. Consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. Don t worry, you will be alright with all these. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.