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Suggest Treatment For Cough And Shortness Of Breath
My son was diagnosed with Asthma early this year. He uses a pump daily which helps with short breaths, however he still gets chronic cough, runny nouse and post nasal drip consistently...They have done blood works and allergy tests and all was negative...Fustrated
Mon, 12 May 2014
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The presence of post nasal drip, coughing and runny nose implies that he has allergies even if it cannot be identified by testing as yet.
You may need to consider the use of topical steroid nasal sprays to help reduce his symptoms. Examples are nasonex, flonase, nasocort
You may need a prescription
If the allergic rhinosinusitis can be controlled, it would help with his asthma control.
I hope this helps
The presence of post nasal drip, coughing and runny nose implies that he has allergies even if it cannot be identified by testing as yet.
You may need to consider the use of topical steroid nasal sprays to help reduce his symptoms. Examples are nasonex, flonase, nasocort
You may need a prescription
If the allergic rhinosinusitis can be controlled, it would help with his asthma control.
I hope this helps
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