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Suggest Treatment For Wheezing With Excess Farts
MY MOTHER HAS WHEEZING LATELY (FROM LAST4 YRS). SHE HAD BEEN TAKING TUSPEL PLUS FOR ESONOPHILS. BUT IT SEEMED TO REDUCE FOR FEW MONTHS, BUT WITH THE STOP OF THE SYRUP ITS BACK AGAIN. HER WHEEZING DOESNOT SEEM TO INTERUPT HER SLEEP AT NIGHT THOUGH, ALTHOUGH THE SOUND CAN BE HEARD CLEARLY. SHE ALSO FARTS WHEN SHE GETS COUGHING BOUTS (DRY COUGH)
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
Hello,
Thank you for asking at HCM.
I went through your mother's history and would like to make suggestions for her as follows:
1. I usually suggest my such patients a test known as spirometry with post-bronchodilator reversibility testing. It helps to know her lung capacity and also type of lung problem, if any.
2. As she has problem since last 4 years, I would also suggest her allergy testing for common air-borne allergens such as house dust mites, pollens, molds, insect proteins, animal dander, etc.
This will help her identify substances causing allergies to her as well as to know the measures to avoid them.
3. Based on allergy testing, an Allergist-Immunologist may prescribe her allergen specific immunotherapy which works on immune system to improve allergy symptoms gradually over a long period.
4. I would also suggest her to use salbutamol inhaler on as-and-needed-basis for wheezing/breathing difficulty symptoms. Spirometry would also help her doctor to decide her medicines better.
5. In general, please avoid exposure to dusts, smokes and air pollution as much as possible.
6. Regular breathing exercises and a nutritious diet rich in vitamins & mineral would also help her in a long run by improving her lung capacity and immunity respectively.
Hope above suggestions will be helpful to her.
Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.
Wish your mother the best of the health ahead.
Thank you & Regards.
Thank you for asking at HCM.
I went through your mother's history and would like to make suggestions for her as follows:
1. I usually suggest my such patients a test known as spirometry with post-bronchodilator reversibility testing. It helps to know her lung capacity and also type of lung problem, if any.
2. As she has problem since last 4 years, I would also suggest her allergy testing for common air-borne allergens such as house dust mites, pollens, molds, insect proteins, animal dander, etc.
This will help her identify substances causing allergies to her as well as to know the measures to avoid them.
3. Based on allergy testing, an Allergist-Immunologist may prescribe her allergen specific immunotherapy which works on immune system to improve allergy symptoms gradually over a long period.
4. I would also suggest her to use salbutamol inhaler on as-and-needed-basis for wheezing/breathing difficulty symptoms. Spirometry would also help her doctor to decide her medicines better.
5. In general, please avoid exposure to dusts, smokes and air pollution as much as possible.
6. Regular breathing exercises and a nutritious diet rich in vitamins & mineral would also help her in a long run by improving her lung capacity and immunity respectively.
Hope above suggestions will be helpful to her.
Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.
Wish your mother the best of the health ahead.
Thank you & Regards.
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