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What Causes Breathing Difficulty While Suffering From Cough?

20 days ago I got sick with a cold resulting in a dry cough and I got codiene cough syrup. After done that my cough developed to be very wet and my cough was very bad and I noticed it was hard to take a deep breath in. My fd said I have a chest infection and gave me antibiotics but I go to the hospital one night cause my breathing was so bad and they gave me an xrayand says I’m totally fine and gave me 2 bhroncodialators and they don’t help. I’m scard because I don’t feel sick, just can’t breath
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

By your history and description, possibility of bronchitis (inflammation of airways) is more likely. Bronchitis is common after viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI - flu). So you can had cough due to URTI which is complicating in bronchitis which gives you breathlessness. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done clinical examination of respiratory system and PFT (Pulmonary Function Test). PFT will not only diagnose bronchitis but it will also tell you about severity of the disease and treatment is based on severity only. You may need long acting inhaled bronchodilators (formoterol or salmeterol) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) (budesonide or fluticasone). In severe cases oral steroids are also given.

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What Causes Breathing Difficulty While Suffering From Cough?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. By your history and description, possibility of bronchitis (inflammation of airways) is more likely. Bronchitis is common after viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI - flu). So you can had cough due to URTI which is complicating in bronchitis which gives you breathlessness. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done clinical examination of respiratory system and PFT (Pulmonary Function Test). PFT will not only diagnose bronchitis but it will also tell you about severity of the disease and treatment is based on severity only. You may need long acting inhaled bronchodilators (formoterol or salmeterol) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) (budesonide or fluticasone). In severe cases oral steroids are also given. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.