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It's been 3 weeks since I'm suffering from cough and sore throat. Now I don't have sore throat. Dry cough in night and yellow mucus in morning. In the beginning I had only dry cough for which Dr prescribed me to take glencoff dx syrup and some antibiotics bt cough still persisted. I again took medicine bt still didn't recover. Now sometimes when I cough, I cough so hard and continously I feel suffocated and breathlessness like I'm gonna die. Today I visited nearby hospital. Dr suggested me to do chest x-ray, and some tests like CBC, ESR, TSH and blood sugar test. And prescribed me to take amoxycillin and potassium clavulanate, levocitrizine, abiways 200 SR and prednisolone dispersible tablets. Is prednisolone tablets safe to take as it is a strong steroid. I have attached my chest x-ray report.
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Take a consultation with pulmonologist for better evaluation and treatment
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Your xray looks normal,its safe to take steroids for a shorter duration.
You can continue with the above medications and review again.
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It’s safe
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
44 yrs exp
Hyderabad
It is safe to take steroids for shorter duration. Pl consult pulmonologist for further evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Vivek Gautam
Pulmonologist
9 yrs exp
Begusarai
cxr is fine. stop glencoff dx..steroid should be take in low dose only..can avoid too
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
Pulmonologist
8 yrs exp
Kakinada
X-ray looks normal. If you CBP is normal you can continue steroid.
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Dr. Amruth Sindhu
Pulmonologist
17 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi. I understand your concern. Do a online consult for a detailed analysis of your symptoms and reports to suggest you further management plan and treatment prescription for the same
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