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Post natal drip cough
My mom is 56 years.. She is having white mucus coming in her throat due to which she has to cough and spit.. She has taken antibiotics twice.. But the cough does not stop.. She gets cough when walking fast or doing some activity. And also sometimes while sleeping at night...This is happening since three months.. What should she do?
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Three months of white mucus in the throat with cough on exertion and at night is not an infection any more - two courses of antibiotics have already proved that. This pattern is usually post-nasal drip from allergic rhinitis or sinusitis, and often there is a cough-variant asthma or acid reflux component on top. What helps: a daily steroid nasal spray (fluticasone/mometasone, two sprays each nostril, used for at least 4-6 weeks), saline nasal wash twice a day, montelukast with levocetirizine at night, and avoiding late heavy dinners. Because she gets cough specifically on walking fast, she needs a chest X-ray and spirometry (PFT) to rule out asthma or COPD rather than more antibiotics.
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Stop further antibiotics, start the nasal spray plus saline washes, and get a chest X-ray with spirometry done. Bring the reports to a Practo consult with me or to Synergy Multispeciality Hospital, Miraj; if she coughs blood, loses weight or gets breathless at rest, she needs to be seen the same day.
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Get cbc, x ray chest done, please consult a physician offline for clinical evaluation.
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Requires a proper assessment to understand the underlying cause and guide you.
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Allergic cough . Use dextromethorphan or noscapine syp. Whichever you used .
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No need of further antibiotics..
Might be because of some kind of allergen pollens more common in banglore.
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use Tab.montek Lc before bed time for 7 weeks and consult again..
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Mr. Rohan Gumber
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Sri Ganganagar
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Dr. Gaurav Jaiswal
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7 yrs exp
Jhansi
Avoid fried and spicy food
Water intake more
Green leafy vegetables more
Fiber meal
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Dr. Vetsa Sri Krishna Chaitanya
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Rajahmundry
Need a few more details please consult for further evaluation and treatment
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Dr. Ashita Kuruvilla
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Kolkata
Need few more details for further evaluation. Please consult
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
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Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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