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Suggest Remedy For Cold,blocked Nose And Throat Problems
i am 51, 9 half stone, 5'2". Few months back I had a really bad cold which basically floored me, self medicate for a week, then went to doctor got antibiotics, few weeks later symptoms still present, got more antibiotics, after that x-ray to check lungs, which was clear. Nose still blocked, have taste of pus constantly in mouth, and if something at back of throat. I have other small things going on, like skin becoming really dry, toenails discoulered and one fell off, teseted for fungal infection, it was clear.
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As I understand your symptoms are suggestive of paranasal sinus inflammation ,it could be due to infection or allergy but As in your case you are feeling PUS in throat so probably it is infective in origin so we need to investigate it .I would suggest you to investigate : 1. X ray of paranasal sinus to find out involvment of sinus and level of inflammation and further managment .
2. you have to collect pus discharge in a sterile container and send it to microbiology lab for culture and sensitivity testing so that we can know the infective bacteria and its antibiotic sensitivity.
when you will have this report contact me so that I can suggest you complete treatment as in severe cases we advise surgical drainage of pus from sinus and cleaning and washing of sinus but if pus is small amount we will treat it with medication .
presently you can take nasal drop oxymetazoline 0.05% two times a day to relieve nose block . but it should not be taken for long duration .if complaint aggravate contact to ENT surgeon.
Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query ..
regards,
Dr.Manish Purohit
Infectious disease specialist
As I understand your symptoms are suggestive of paranasal sinus inflammation ,it could be due to infection or allergy but As in your case you are feeling PUS in throat so probably it is infective in origin so we need to investigate it .I would suggest you to investigate : 1. X ray of paranasal sinus to find out involvment of sinus and level of inflammation and further managment .
2. you have to collect pus discharge in a sterile container and send it to microbiology lab for culture and sensitivity testing so that we can know the infective bacteria and its antibiotic sensitivity.
when you will have this report contact me so that I can suggest you complete treatment as in severe cases we advise surgical drainage of pus from sinus and cleaning and washing of sinus but if pus is small amount we will treat it with medication .
presently you can take nasal drop oxymetazoline 0.05% two times a day to relieve nose block . but it should not be taken for long duration .if complaint aggravate contact to ENT surgeon.
Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query ..
regards,
Dr.Manish Purohit
Infectious disease specialist
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