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Dec 2025–May 2026: Started with a long-lasting dry cough. All tests were completely normal: Chest X-ray, PFT (breathing test), FeNO (airway swelling test), and IgE (allergy blood test).
June 5, 2026: Due to the ongoing cough and normal tests, the doctor gave a provisional diagnosis of Cough Variant Asthma and prescribed a Foracort 400 rotahaler twice daily.
After June 5: Developed new, severe breathlessness and air hunger. This included a scary episode of sudden breathing struggle while sitting in my living room directly under the AC vent with the front door open.
• Inhaler Response: Mixed. Sometimes Foracort significantly helps open my chest; other times it goes on its own
• My Query: I am seeking a second opinion to confirm if this provisional diagnosis is correct, why my breathlessness started after June 5, and why the inhaler works only sometimes magically n sometimes slowly.
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Long standing cough can be due to multiple causes which are not related to lungs also. Kindly get yourself evaluated properly and find the exact cause
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Inhaler adherence ..and spacer may be use full
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Need more details for a proper diagnosis,do you still have persistent cough,what all other medications you are taking,etc
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get your pft repeated..both of them will be needed for comparison
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Dr. Kirubanandam Arularasan
Pulmonologist
9 yrs exp
Thanjavur
First need to check your technique of using inhaler. And repeat your PFT and continue inhalers as of now.
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consult a Pulmonologist and get PFT done
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl consult.
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