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Suggest Treatment For Severe Dry Cough

Hi, I have had a ongoing cough. Mostly dry cough. I cough mostly late at night and when I get into bed. In the morning I will cough up mucous, thick and slightly green. I also will start feeling stuffy nose as it gets later in the day. I don t feel sick or have any other symptoms. Just annoying persistent coughing. This has been going on for months. A few weeks ago, I had laryngitis, my coughing a couple days prior was particularly hard and I believe I probably irritated my larynx, but to be on safe side, I went to urgent care. Doctor didn t see anything but prescribed a Z-pack to head off anything. She also prescribed a cough syrup with codeine which I only took for 2-3 nights.
Fri, 30 Dec 2016
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Hi welcome to the health care magic

You can have here bronchitis or pneumonic consolidation like presentation...

Your work up done as follow...
-Auscultation
-CBC
-Chest x ray
-Spirometry only if needed

You need to prescribed suitable antibiotic course and decongestant drug like phenylephrine

If needed sputum culture can be done.. To identify organism and accordingly suitable medicine

If eosinophila present than Allegra like drug needed

For dry cough dextromethorphan syrup can be prescribed

Take care

Consult physician or pulmonologoist for examination

Hope your concern solved
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Dry Cough

Hi welcome to the health care magic You can have here bronchitis or pneumonic consolidation like presentation... Your work up done as follow... -Auscultation -CBC -Chest x ray -Spirometry only if needed You need to prescribed suitable antibiotic course and decongestant drug like phenylephrine If needed sputum culture can be done.. To identify organism and accordingly suitable medicine If eosinophila present than Allegra like drug needed For dry cough dextromethorphan syrup can be prescribed Take care Consult physician or pulmonologoist for examination Hope your concern solved