He was coughing off and on for past two months.
This increases on lying down , on laughing and on speaking long sentences.
He visited several practitioners who treated him with antibiotics.
When there was no response they changed antibiotics and added mucolytics.
Nothing improved his cough which was dry in nature and was persistent.
He was investigated too . The blood workup was normal , the chest X ray also did not reveal any thing abnormal.
It was pulmonary function tests which showed evidence of obstructive airway disease which reversed on bronchodilators.
Thus obvious diagnosis was Bronchial Asthma . The treatment was inhalers , the preventive inhaler of steroid and long acting bronchodilator inhaler. This comes as a combination inhaler too.
He took it regularly and the cough was gone.
He was saved of many unnecessary medicines which cause many side effects.
Therefore its essential to keep the entity COUGH VARIANT BRONCHIAL ASTHMA in mind. THe patients should be diagnosed early and treated specifically.
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This increases on lying down , on laughing and on speaking long sentences.
He visited several practitioners who treated him with antibiotics.
When there was no response they changed antibiotics and added mucolytics.
Nothing improved his cough which was dry in nature and was persistent.
He was investigated too . The blood workup was normal , the chest X ray also did not reveal any thing abnormal.
It was pulmonary function tests which showed evidence of obstructive airway disease which reversed on bronchodilators.
Thus obvious diagnosis was Bronchial Asthma . The treatment was inhalers , the preventive inhaler of steroid and long acting bronchodilator inhaler. This comes as a combination inhaler too.
He took it regularly and the cough was gone.
He was saved of many unnecessary medicines which cause many side effects.
Therefore its essential to keep the entity COUGH VARIANT BRONCHIAL ASTHMA in mind. THe patients should be diagnosed early and treated specifically.
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