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Advice Treatment For Heavy Cold And Cough With Fever

I am having cold and cough regularly . Now I am also having fever for last 2 days . My body feels cold shivering and the temperature rises to 101 degree to 102 degree centigrade . I take crocin the fever subsides . I have severe problem of throat infection with itching in throat and when it further aggravates there is pain in throat . Right now it's cold and cough and fever and I want to know if I can have Droxyl Clav 500 m.g. morning and evening 5 days . The nose is always blocked and I am disgusted with this as it is happening for months . Every alternate week or two week interval I get the infection and I take lots of steam and gargil . I just want to get relieved immediately as it is badly impacting my work . Got Droxyl Clav 500 which was suggested to me by an ENT doctor last year . Can I have now and will it give me relieve

Wed, 21 May 2014
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Thanks for your query.
From the history provided by you, it seems that you are having an upper respiratory tract infection (fever, throat irritation, cough). You haven't mentioned you age and gender though.
Medications like Amoxycillin, Amoxycillin-Claveulenic acid (625 mg, thrice a day for 5-7 days) and Azithromycin (500mg once a day for 3/6 days) may help (better to take it after a physician examines you). Droxyl clav is composed of Cefadroxil-claveulenic acid which may also be taken. You can take Paracetamol for your fever. For your nasal congestion, a number of commercially available nasal decongestant may help. In the meantime you can continue the steam inhalation (which will moisten your airway).
Since you a giving a history of frequent cough/cold/nasal congestion, I would advise you to go for X-ray paranasal sinus, since sinusitis/pansinusitis can lead to these symptoms. Deviated nasal septum, may cause nasal congestion.
It would be good if you can contact your doctor/ENT specialist, who can examine you thoroughly and give you the necessary medicines after clinical examination. A total white blood cell count and differential count may be required to rule out severe bacterial infection.

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Advice Treatment For Heavy Cold And Cough With Fever

Thanks for your query. From the history provided by you, it seems that you are having an upper respiratory tract infection (fever, throat irritation, cough). You haven t mentioned you age and gender though. Medications like Amoxycillin, Amoxycillin-Claveulenic acid (625 mg, thrice a day for 5-7 days) and Azithromycin (500mg once a day for 3/6 days) may help (better to take it after a physician examines you). Droxyl clav is composed of Cefadroxil-claveulenic acid which may also be taken. You can take Paracetamol for your fever. For your nasal congestion, a number of commercially available nasal decongestant may help. In the meantime you can continue the steam inhalation (which will moisten your airway). Since you a giving a history of frequent cough/cold/nasal congestion, I would advise you to go for X-ray paranasal sinus, since sinusitis/pansinusitis can lead to these symptoms. Deviated nasal septum, may cause nasal congestion. It would be good if you can contact your doctor/ENT specialist, who can examine you thoroughly and give you the necessary medicines after clinical examination. A total white blood cell count and differential count may be required to rule out severe bacterial infection. Hope this helps you.