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Suggest Treatment For Fever,cough
Have low grade fever 99 - 101.6 for last 10 days, bad cough and diastolic blood pressure is 20 degrees lower than usual. Was diagnosed with bronchitis, taking penicillin (amox) for 4 days and cough syrup with no changes what so ever. Any help appreciated.
Wed, 21 May 2014
Hello
Thanks for your query.
You need to undergo following investigations -
1. Sputum for acid fast bacilli
2. Sputum gram staining and culture
3. Spirometry with bronchodialator reversibility
4. Chest X-ray (PA view)
If you are smoker then stop smoking immediately. If you really have chronic bronchitis you need to put on appropriate inhalers. You should consult a pulmonologist soon and get yourself locally examined and go for the tests to establish the cause of cough.
Thank you.
Rregards,
Dr Arnab Maji
Thanks for your query.
You need to undergo following investigations -
1. Sputum for acid fast bacilli
2. Sputum gram staining and culture
3. Spirometry with bronchodialator reversibility
4. Chest X-ray (PA view)
If you are smoker then stop smoking immediately. If you really have chronic bronchitis you need to put on appropriate inhalers. You should consult a pulmonologist soon and get yourself locally examined and go for the tests to establish the cause of cough.
Thank you.
Rregards,
Dr Arnab Maji
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