Suggest Treatment For Dry Cough And Swollen Glands

Posted on Sat, 4 Oct 2014

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Sat, 4 Oct 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have a dry sore cough and my glands are swollen will metrogyl 200mg 3 times a day with food help

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Pharyngitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

It looks like you are suffering from pharyngitis. Most often it is self limiting and does not require any anitbiotic.
Here are my suggestions

1. Gargle your throat three times daily with salt water
2. Syp Ascoril D three times daily will help with the cough
3. Metrogyl is not the right antibiotic, a better drug would be Tab Amox with clavulanic acid three times daily for 5 days.

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

I wish you good health and a speedy recovery

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar