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Could Coughing And Difficulty In Breathing And Swallowing Be Due To Allergy?

hello doctor, my name is cindy

36 yrs old,,50 kgs. about 5' height..,ive been coughing for 3 weeks now,,difficult breathing,,and recently hard to swallow,,throat is not painful nor swollen but my epiglottis seem to be sticking out and i can feel it when i swallow,,could i be allergic to something? please help..thank u in advance,,
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,

This can be due to allergy or also due to upper respiratrory tract infection. Since no fever or pain during swallowing the chance of allergy is more.

For now you should do regular salt water gargle three times a day along with steam inhalation twice daily. Take anti histamine drug like cetrizine or chlorpheniramine maleate to reduce allergic responce and also NSAID like aceclofenac to take care if any inflammation.

If symptoms does not improve in couple of days then get examined from your doctor once.

Hope this information helps you. Feel free to ask if any further queries and I will be glad to answer them.

Regards
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Could Coughing And Difficulty In Breathing And Swallowing Be Due To Allergy?

Hi, This can be due to allergy or also due to upper respiratrory tract infection. Since no fever or pain during swallowing the chance of allergy is more. For now you should do regular salt water gargle three times a day along with steam inhalation twice daily. Take anti histamine drug like cetrizine or chlorpheniramine maleate to reduce allergic responce and also NSAID like aceclofenac to take care if any inflammation. If symptoms does not improve in couple of days then get examined from your doctor once. Hope this information helps you. Feel free to ask if any further queries and I will be glad to answer them. Regards