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Suggest Treatment For Dry Cough And Wheezing
i have a weird dry cough that often leads to weezing and feeling like i can t breath for several moments. I haven t been diagnosed with asthma and I m not ill. I also often throw up when i have these coughing fits and when it isn t food it s a clear phlem/mucus like substance.
Fri, 21 Oct 2016
Hi,
I am sorry for the situation you are going through.
Your symptoms of:
- weird dry cough
- with wheezing and feeling like can't breath for several moments
are due to asthma you've been diagnosed recently.
If the coughing is severe, you finish throw up due to spasms to the GI tract during the heavy coughing.
The presence of clear phlegm/mucus like substance are commonly occurring in asthmatic patients.
However, bacterial infection of upper respiratory tract infection should be considered too. A good clinical examination and culture of sputum for bacterial and fungal infection are recommended.
If confirmed, antibiotics or antifungals should be started as per the culture and sensitivity testing results.
For the moment, I can suggest to continue taking asthma medications as recommended by your doctor.
I advise to take mucolytic drugs to dissolve phlegm (e.g carbocystein or N-acetyl-cysteine). That will help ease the coughing too.
Wish fast recovery.
Dr.Albana
I am sorry for the situation you are going through.
Your symptoms of:
- weird dry cough
- with wheezing and feeling like can't breath for several moments
are due to asthma you've been diagnosed recently.
If the coughing is severe, you finish throw up due to spasms to the GI tract during the heavy coughing.
The presence of clear phlegm/mucus like substance are commonly occurring in asthmatic patients.
However, bacterial infection of upper respiratory tract infection should be considered too. A good clinical examination and culture of sputum for bacterial and fungal infection are recommended.
If confirmed, antibiotics or antifungals should be started as per the culture and sensitivity testing results.
For the moment, I can suggest to continue taking asthma medications as recommended by your doctor.
I advise to take mucolytic drugs to dissolve phlegm (e.g carbocystein or N-acetyl-cysteine). That will help ease the coughing too.
Wish fast recovery.
Dr.Albana
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