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Asthma, Post Nasal Drip, No Fever, Bronchodilator And Pseudoepinephrine Ineffective
Hi, About 2 weeks ago I suddenly had what I assumed was a type of allergy related asthma attack in the middle of the night. I regularly suffer from a post nasal drip at night which sometimes wakes me up and this night I woke up coughing as usual but it quickly turned into a full on asthma / broncho spasm where I could not breath and could not stop coughing for over 2 hours. Since then I have had a persistant wheeze in my chest with mucus (clear, little bit white sometimes) coughed up particularly at night. A bronchodilator does not seem to particularly help while ibuprofen does. I am still coughing incessantly and can t sleep as a result and wheezing in my upper chest about at my collar bone. I do not have a fever. Treating the post nasal drip with an pseudoephedrine allergy tablet does not alter the amount of mucus and / or wheezing.
Sat, 9 Jun 2012
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Dr. Raghavendra Puranik,
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Hi
You did not mention if you have any other symptoms of nose other than post nasal space.
With the information provided by you it appears that your post nasal drip and bouts of dry cough are due to allergy.
But similar symptoms can be there with sinus infection also. So it is important to examine you to differentiate between the two.
For this please see an ENT specialist who can advise you regarding further management.
If it is allergy alone he may advise you antihistamines and steroid nasal spray.
Till the time you see him/her do the following things:
Avoid coughing strongly and try to hold coughing as much as possible but when you can not hold any more cough gently. Try taking deep breath in between.
You can do steam inhalation if it helps.
It is doubtful whether you have asthma if there is no response to bronchodilator. However if the wheezing persists you can consult a physician (Internist) or pulmonologist.
Pseudoephedrine does not relieve your post nasal drip.
Take care.
You did not mention if you have any other symptoms of nose other than post nasal space.
With the information provided by you it appears that your post nasal drip and bouts of dry cough are due to allergy.
But similar symptoms can be there with sinus infection also. So it is important to examine you to differentiate between the two.
For this please see an ENT specialist who can advise you regarding further management.
If it is allergy alone he may advise you antihistamines and steroid nasal spray.
Till the time you see him/her do the following things:
Avoid coughing strongly and try to hold coughing as much as possible but when you can not hold any more cough gently. Try taking deep breath in between.
You can do steam inhalation if it helps.
It is doubtful whether you have asthma if there is no response to bronchodilator. However if the wheezing persists you can consult a physician (Internist) or pulmonologist.
Pseudoephedrine does not relieve your post nasal drip.
Take care.
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From your description you have got an acute exacerbation(increase) of bronchial asthma.You have got into a situation where taking anti-allergics like pseudo ephedrine will only harden your mucus causing mucus plugs to develop in your airway.You might have to go to a nearby clinic to take levosalbutamol +budecort nebulisation three times daily and Bronac(N acetyl cysteine) nebulisation to help dissolve the thick mucus.You need to start an antibiotic for your cough like Azithromycin 500mg which can be taken once daily for a week(to treat infection).You can T Doxophyllin 400mg twice daily along with an expectorant(cough syrup which brings out your sputum) like Ascoril for a week to 10 days.If you feel your symptoms worsening you should consult a pulmonologist and may need hospitalisation.
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Post nasal drip is a known cause of asthma attack and in your case also it has triggered an asthma attack. May be you also have a superadded infection. Hence take a course of antibiotics like azithromycin 500 mgm once a day x 5 days, a short course of oral steroids like prednisolone 20 mgm a day x 5 days, seroflo inhaler 2 puffs twice a day, Montair LC, and pantaprozole 40 mgm once a day. This should help you.
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Hello
Post nasal drip can precipitate asthma attack.
So it needs to be treated at first by a first generation H1 blocker like hydroxizine hydrochloride (25 mg) daily at night at least for 1 month and check ur nose for any nasal polyp.
Now to relieve ur asthma attack take following medicines
Azithromycin (500 mg) once daily for 5 days
Prednisolone (30 mg) once daily for 7 days
Pantroprazole (40 mg) once daily for 7 days
Levosulbutamol metered dose inhaler 2 puffs on sos basis.
Post nasal drip can precipitate asthma attack.
So it needs to be treated at first by a first generation H1 blocker like hydroxizine hydrochloride (25 mg) daily at night at least for 1 month and check ur nose for any nasal polyp.
Now to relieve ur asthma attack take following medicines
Azithromycin (500 mg) once daily for 5 days
Prednisolone (30 mg) once daily for 7 days
Pantroprazole (40 mg) once daily for 7 days
Levosulbutamol metered dose inhaler 2 puffs on sos basis.
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