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What Causes Cough Variant Asthma?
Hi there... I ve been sufferring from cough since 3-4 weeks. While coughing I couldn t breathe. I consulted a doctor for this where he asked me to get an X-ray of my chest. After looking at my x-ray, he told me that I m suffering from Bronchitis. For some reasons, I ve moved from that place and went for a check up again. But this time, I went to another doctor. He has asked for another fresh x-ray of my chest. By looking at this new x-ray he has told me that this ain t Bronchitis. And also told me that it was Cough Varient Asthma . He has prescribed me the below medicines: 1. Becelac PB 2. Forcef-CV 500 3. Montair-LC 4. Unicontin-E400 I m a lot confused and worried about my health here. Please help me on this.
Mon, 20 Jul 2015
thanks for asking your question
i completely understand your question
chronic bronchitis and cough varient asthma are two different diseases.
chronic bronchitis mainly occurs in smokers , so of you are a smoker then it may be a copd / chronic bronchitis and second thing is cough varient asthma is mainly allergic , if you have allergy to dust and smoke or any other urticaria type of skin allergy also then probability is more of asthma
cough varient asthma is a type of asthma in which the main symptom is a dry, non-productive cough. People with cough-variant asthma often have no other "classic" asthma symptoms, such as wheezing or shortness of breath
disscuss with your pulmonologist the need of adding inhaled medications and continue with the rest.
inhaled drugs are best for bronchitis and asthma as per latest protocols
thanks
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may god bless you with good health
i completely understand your question
chronic bronchitis and cough varient asthma are two different diseases.
chronic bronchitis mainly occurs in smokers , so of you are a smoker then it may be a copd / chronic bronchitis and second thing is cough varient asthma is mainly allergic , if you have allergy to dust and smoke or any other urticaria type of skin allergy also then probability is more of asthma
cough varient asthma is a type of asthma in which the main symptom is a dry, non-productive cough. People with cough-variant asthma often have no other "classic" asthma symptoms, such as wheezing or shortness of breath
disscuss with your pulmonologist the need of adding inhaled medications and continue with the rest.
inhaled drugs are best for bronchitis and asthma as per latest protocols
thanks
feel free to ask more questions
may god bless you with good health
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