Question: Hello,
Last November my wife had bronchitis. This produced a violent and very persistent cough which resulted in what was believed to be costochondritis. Since then, her cough has subsided, but is still hanging around. Overall, she feels fine, but she still coughs occasionally throughout the day and at night during sleep. She feels a tickle in her throat, which we were thinking could be post nasal drip, but of course we are speculating. X-rays and CT scan of lungs produced no findings. She is also a heart patient with some minor valve regurgitation. Her recent heart checkup is overall ok. But I bring it up as she is taking medication(Propranolol and Topiramate) for her heart as well as for migraines - in case these medications could contribute to post nasal drip(if that's occurring) or persistent cough for some reason. This cough seems to have initiated with the bronchitis, however, this is also around the time she began taking these specific meds. Just curious what the likely possibilities are or follow up should be. Thanks.

Should also note. A trip to the family doc, when this all started back in November, resulted in a suggestion to head over to the ER. Apparently the concern was her blood pressure was very low(perhaps due to heart meds). This is where the CT of the chest and I believe upper abdomen was done, which found nothing. Also, bloodwork, EKG and blood pressure were all normal according to ER doc. At this time, she feels normal except for the lingering cough.