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Suggest Medication For Severe Prolonging Cough
I started coughing a day after me and my friends had a sleepover and about 3 weeks in I had terrible back and chest pain so I went to the doctor who gave me an inhaler to clear the airway but it hadn t worked so I was just told it was a virus that wouldn t go, but 6 weeks of having a bark like cough I had pain at the top of my bottom, when I sat down/lay down it hurt but getting up afterwards is more painful. When I cough its like a 30 second fit .so I was given antibiotics for a week but I have had this cough for 8 weeks now and It wont go!!
Tue, 7 Apr 2015
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A cough that has lasted for 8 weeks would be defined as a chronic cough.
The most common causes for chronic cough are: (1) post nasal drip- the most common cause
(2) GERD
(3)asthma
Since post nasal drip is the most common cause, you may want to treat it as this. In some persons the drip is not detected.
This is normally triggered by a response to an allergen.
Treatment involves: avoiding the allergen if known, topical steroid nasal sprays and oral antihistamines.
Eg of sprays are nasocort, nasonex, flonase, rhinocort
I hope this helps
A cough that has lasted for 8 weeks would be defined as a chronic cough.
The most common causes for chronic cough are: (1) post nasal drip- the most common cause
(2) GERD
(3)asthma
Since post nasal drip is the most common cause, you may want to treat it as this. In some persons the drip is not detected.
This is normally triggered by a response to an allergen.
Treatment involves: avoiding the allergen if known, topical steroid nasal sprays and oral antihistamines.
Eg of sprays are nasocort, nasonex, flonase, rhinocort
I hope this helps
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