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90 year old woman with cough lasting over 3 hours, no fever, post nasal drip what should we give her. By Chance she had a doctor s visit this morning, but he did not think it was anything to be concerned about. What should we do to ease her discomfort.?
Mon, 8 Sep 2014
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Welcome to hcm, Continuous non productive dry cough for long periods has to be investigated. Before that she can be advised with latest antihistamine medications. Most often in old age cough is due non proper swallowing of food and due to the body's response to it is coughed out. Cough suppressant syrups can be tried must be investigated Xray chest pa view Complete blood count ESR C-reactive protein Kindly review with these results hope this explains. Regards Dr.Amarnath
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What To Do For Continuous Cough At Old Age?
Welcome to hcm, Continuous non productive dry cough for long periods has to be investigated. Before that she can be advised with latest antihistamine medications. Most often in old age cough is due non proper swallowing of food and due to the body s response to it is coughed out. Cough suppressant syrups can be tried must be investigated Xray chest pa view Complete blood count ESR C-reactive protein Kindly review with these results hope this explains. Regards Dr.Amarnath