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Chronic Cough, Itchiness In Chest, Shortness Of Breath. Symptoms Of Allergy?

having this cough for about 3 months, been to local docs, they told me it was an allergy cough, the cough is controllable but my chest will get a little itchy, most of the docs categorise it as a habitual cough, is there such a thing? i do not experience chest pain , shortness of breath or and funny things growning, i still can perform vigourious running and my recovery rate is still fast. I do not cough during exercising
Mon, 18 Feb 2013
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Hi,
it could be possible to associate the cough to allergies, but I think other common causes of chronic cough must be evaluated. The first exam that will act as a triage is a chest X ray. Infectious causes like pneumoniae, pleurisy, aspergilloses and some heart anomalies could lead to breathing difficulties.
It is interesting to carry out a sputum exam especially with chronic coughs. Pulmonary Tuberculosis must be excluded in this examination, and presence of specific allergic bodies called charcot Leyden s bodies could suggest an allergic origin.
Blood tests like measurement of Immunoglublin E levels and a complete blood count, to show a rise in levels of Eosinophils to suggest an allergist origin.
I suggest you visit your internist/pulmonologist for this allergic cause to be evaluated, and other common and serious respiratory tract infections like pulmonary tuberculosis be excluded.
Thanks and hope this helps,
Best regards,
Luchuo, MD.
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Chronic Cough, Itchiness In Chest, Shortness Of Breath. Symptoms Of Allergy?

Hi, it could be possible to associate the cough to allergies, but I think other common causes of chronic cough must be evaluated. The first exam that will act as a triage is a chest X ray. Infectious causes like pneumoniae, pleurisy, aspergilloses and some heart anomalies could lead to breathing difficulties. It is interesting to carry out a sputum exam especially with chronic coughs. Pulmonary Tuberculosis must be excluded in this examination, and presence of specific allergic bodies called charcot Leyden s bodies could suggest an allergic origin. Blood tests like measurement of Immunoglublin E levels and a complete blood count, to show a rise in levels of Eosinophils to suggest an allergist origin. I suggest you visit your internist/pulmonologist for this allergic cause to be evaluated, and other common and serious respiratory tract infections like pulmonary tuberculosis be excluded. Thanks and hope this helps, Best regards, Luchuo, MD.