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Suggest Treatment For Cough Due To COPD

Hi. I'm a 49 year old female smoker (started smoking when I was 8). I have COPD and asthma. I have been battling my cough for the past few days and its is getting worse. I'm out of town so seeing my primary or pulmonary docs isn't possible at the moment. The cough is hollow and seems settled in the chest, but the smell and taste are terrible. Any suggestions?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Thank you for your question .I read it carefully and what i will suggest if i was your treating doctor is as follows:
1Ask help for quitting cigarettes.This is one of the most important steps in a well management of your disease.
2 Since you are diagnosed with COPD and asthma i suppose that you have treatment that needs to be used regularly especially during this exacerbation and i would increase a bit the dosage from the baseline but for this i need to know the medicaments and their daily dosage.
3You wrote that the smell and taste are terrible which make me think that this is a bacterial infection that exacerbated your disease and i would prescribe a course of antibiotic.
Hope that this suggestions can be a help to you.
Wish you good health
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Suggest Treatment For Cough Due To COPD

Thank you for your question .I read it carefully and what i will suggest if i was your treating doctor is as follows: 1Ask help for quitting cigarettes.This is one of the most important steps in a well management of your disease. 2 Since you are diagnosed with COPD and asthma i suppose that you have treatment that needs to be used regularly especially during this exacerbation and i would increase a bit the dosage from the baseline but for this i need to know the medicaments and their daily dosage. 3You wrote that the smell and taste are terrible which make me think that this is a bacterial infection that exacerbated your disease and i would prescribe a course of antibiotic. Hope that this suggestions can be a help to you. Wish you good health