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Suggest Treatment For Cough In An Asthma Person
My doctor sad that I have asthma. He has treated me for forty years. Even though I have been on Atrovent hfa and asmanex. Last week afeter Christmas I woke up in the midle of the night with a cough that felt like knife in my chest. The doctor put me prednisone again. What causes this? I have no fever.
Sat, 17 Jan 2015
Hello
As you are taking treatment for asthma for 40 years ( atrovent and asmanex ) . Last weeks you had sever cough in the middle of night , doctor advise steroid (prednisolone ).
In my opinion such symptoms may be due to these reasons , these include:
1 COPD ( CONGESTIVE OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ).
2 Asthmatic attack due to sever allergy . Sometimes an old asthmatic patient feel such symptoms .
3 Cor pulmonale .
These symptoms in your case may be due to above mentioned disease and this is common in an old asthmatic patient . So consult a pulmonologist and sort out this problem.
Good luck.
As you are taking treatment for asthma for 40 years ( atrovent and asmanex ) . Last weeks you had sever cough in the middle of night , doctor advise steroid (prednisolone ).
In my opinion such symptoms may be due to these reasons , these include:
1 COPD ( CONGESTIVE OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ).
2 Asthmatic attack due to sever allergy . Sometimes an old asthmatic patient feel such symptoms .
3 Cor pulmonale .
These symptoms in your case may be due to above mentioned disease and this is common in an old asthmatic patient . So consult a pulmonologist and sort out this problem.
Good luck.
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