
My Wife Has Deep Chest Congestion, Coughing, Head Ache, And

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Fri, 23 Nov 2018
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Question : My wife has deep chest congestion, Coughing, head ache, and feavor

What do I do now?
Brief Answer:
further evaluation needed...
Detailed Answer:
Hello and Welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I've gone through your query in details...
I can understand your concern...
Well, possibly she's suffering from an upper respiratory tract infection...
As of now, for symptomatic relief, I'd suggest the following:
-Start doing Chlorhexidine gargle twice daily and lukewarm saline gargle twice daily in an alternate fashion...avoid going to any overcrowded places for the time being, if at all she needs to visit, then use a face mask.
-Take some steam inhalation twice to thrice daily, it'll help to ease the associated symptoms to some extent and clear the secretions/drainage...
-Avoid any form of cold-drinks, dairy products and sour foods as they can further aggravate this situation...
-Please drink a lot of fluids. Have plenty of warm liquids (soups, broth, porridge etc.), they'll act as an immunity booster and fasten the recovery.
-For fever, she may take ACETAMINOPHEN (eg. Tylenol) 650mg three times daily and observe the progress...
Despite following this if there's no significant improvement within a day or two, then you should get it checked up by a physician as there may be a need to start prescription based combination antibiotics therapy (generally, in my patients I'd advice for antibiotic Co-Amoxiclav twice daily for 5-7days)...
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take Care
Kind Regards
further evaluation needed...
Detailed Answer:
Hello and Welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I've gone through your query in details...
I can understand your concern...
Well, possibly she's suffering from an upper respiratory tract infection...
As of now, for symptomatic relief, I'd suggest the following:
-Start doing Chlorhexidine gargle twice daily and lukewarm saline gargle twice daily in an alternate fashion...avoid going to any overcrowded places for the time being, if at all she needs to visit, then use a face mask.
-Take some steam inhalation twice to thrice daily, it'll help to ease the associated symptoms to some extent and clear the secretions/drainage...
-Avoid any form of cold-drinks, dairy products and sour foods as they can further aggravate this situation...
-Please drink a lot of fluids. Have plenty of warm liquids (soups, broth, porridge etc.), they'll act as an immunity booster and fasten the recovery.
-For fever, she may take ACETAMINOPHEN (eg. Tylenol) 650mg three times daily and observe the progress...
Despite following this if there's no significant improvement within a day or two, then you should get it checked up by a physician as there may be a need to start prescription based combination antibiotics therapy (generally, in my patients I'd advice for antibiotic Co-Amoxiclav twice daily for 5-7days)...
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take Care
Kind Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee

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