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What Causes Persistent Cough With Excessive Salivation?

Hello Dr. My name is Angela. My mum has been experiencing cough for over a month now, we have used different cough syrup and drugs ,still no change, now she is experiencing a movement in her throat and she silivates very often. What can we do? We done Xray to check, but nothing was found
Mon, 19 Oct 2015
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Hi Dear ,

As per your query your mother is suffering from cough and also have hyper salivation . Well the symptoms you mention in query are pointing towards a condition known as acid reflux . This occur due to dysfunction of upper esophagus sphincter and allow the acidic content of of stomach to come upward and this irritaate the lininh of throat and produle cough . Also body produe excess salive to neutralize acidity . I would suggest you to avoid spicy and heavy meals specially at night , eat at least one hour before going to bed , take a light walk after every meal , eat small and frequent meals and elevate your head while sleeping . Consult gastroenterologist for proper examination . Doctor may order endoscopy of esophagus , X-ray of upper digestive track and ambulatory acidity test . Doctor may prescribe proton pump inhibitor and H2 blocker .

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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What Causes Persistent Cough With Excessive Salivation?

Hi Dear , As per your query your mother is suffering from cough and also have hyper salivation . Well the symptoms you mention in query are pointing towards a condition known as acid reflux . This occur due to dysfunction of upper esophagus sphincter and allow the acidic content of of stomach to come upward and this irritaate the lininh of throat and produle cough . Also body produe excess salive to neutralize acidity . I would suggest you to avoid spicy and heavy meals specially at night , eat at least one hour before going to bed , take a light walk after every meal , eat small and frequent meals and elevate your head while sleeping . Consult gastroenterologist for proper examination . Doctor may order endoscopy of esophagus , X-ray of upper digestive track and ambulatory acidity test . Doctor may prescribe proton pump inhibitor and H2 blocker . Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari