Chest & Breathing Problems
Maximum dose of Montelukast.
My Mother was suffering from coughing we went to a pulmonologist x ray was done and was normal.
Doctor then conducted a breathing test on Thorasys and said that she suffers from allergic bronchitis. He then prescribed her Formglyn plus twice a day, Doxiflo M twice a day and Montek FX at night.
My question is "Is 30 mg of Montelukast a day okay or is it too high a dose of Montelukast"?
Please clarify.
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Pneumonia vaccine and Parkinson's
My mother (80 years) is suffering from advanced Parkinson's since last 5 years. She has deficulty swallowing solid food. In the month of February she was diagnosed with Pneumothorax and was treated with ICD procedure. She still has minimal pneumothorax. Is it advisable to give her pneumonia vaccine?
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Foracort inhaler 200
Hi, I wanted to ask if we have to swallow after inhaling and then rinse the mouth or Inhale the puff and not swallow
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Allergic cough
My kid get bouts of cough (non-stop) for 50-60 min daily or every alternate day& it getting stopped after 50-60 min-rest time there is no sign of cough . This is happening since dec.Its either 9-11am or 7:30 -9 pm .He was on montair lc syrup for 6 months.His chest xray was normal.His IEG test was 61.78 Attaching other tests performed.
If this is allergic cough & is there any thing i need to tk care.
My paediatric told that its ok to cough for sometime not to worry will it cause any damage to lungs?
But very often he develops wheezing which also goes away
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Sputum with small skin like particles
Doctor I don't have cough nor any breathing problem but sometimes sputum comes with some skin like small particles in it.
The colour of the sputum is clear . Normal
But it brings up small skin like particles.
I always have a habit of biting the skin inside my mouth .
Doctor other than this no problem I have
Is this normal ?
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Pulmonary TB treatment.
I am taking this treatment from 5months for Pulmonary TB.
Initially I was advised Akurit 4-5 tab daily.After taking 11 days my liver enzymes detoriate..
Than from 12 days onwards..per day
Levofloxacin 1000mg
Ethambutol 1200mg
Rifampicin 600 mg
Pyrodoxine10 mg..
Than again after 10 days again lft deteriorated much further..
Than doctor stopped Rifampicin and added clofazimine 100 mg per day..
Than after 1.5 months again restarted Rifampicin by stopping clofazimine.Initially by AFB bacili was negative.
Bronchoscopy - MTB detected very Low.Rif- non resistant.
Gene xpert rift-negative after 7 days of ATT..
After two months of total treatment
Chest CT scan got full clear.CRP less than 3.Now doctor told me to continue another 1 month and stop
As I have responded well and all my parameters including scan is good.
My question is as i couldn't continue standard regime of ATT.My treatment was done with modified regime and total duration will be 6.5 months..Will be there any chance of relapse?
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Dose of pulmonary tb
My AFB stain negative at diagnosis
Gene xpert sputum -negative
Very small two cavity at lungs initially.
After two months Lungs ct scan revealed clear lungs and no cavity in lungs.
Doctor told me total treatment will last 6.5 months.
Initially couldn't continue akurit 4 for two months ..
Changed regimen to below for Liver problem
Levofloxacin 1000
Ethambutol 1200
Rifampicin 600(23 days total initially)
Clofazimine 100(50 days initially).
Current regimen ( January 14 to April 19)
Rifampicin 600
Levofloxacin 1000
Ethambutol 1200
Pyrodoxine -20
5 month treatment over
Now
Along with above drugs again added clofazimine 100 for 1more months.
I am completely fine now..
Will my TB relapse in future? As I saw in Google that non adherence to drugs in intensive period cause relapse?
Altogether if i say
Total dose I will take till 6.5months
Rifampicin 600-154 capsule
Will this be sufficient or will relapse in future?
I am worried?
As per doctor no TB germs at my lungs now as per CT scan
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Chest tightness after massage
Today i was massaging my chest (between part) and now i feel like the chest is tight! Worried! What might be the reason?
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Early morning sputum
Doctor I get sticky light yellow sputum only once early morning everyday while brushing my teeth and whole day I don't get any sputum nor any cough.
Doctor I don't have any problem like cough, breathing problems .
Doctor is this normal ?
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Breathing difficulty
Been a smoker on & off for last 8 years, and a regular one for last one year.
I've been trying to quit smoking.
Lately I've been experiencing difficulty in taking a full breath and have some tightness in the chest on the left side. I'm dreadful of it and anxious that it's my heart!
Googling the symptoms has worsened my anxiety even more.
Feels like I can't expand my lungs fully.
My nose feels congested all the time.
History : 28 M , overweight , ht: 5ft8inch.
Was diagnosed with grade 1 fatty liver last year.
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