Hi,
Thanks for contacting with your health concern and after reviewing your case history, I'm of the following opinion:
1. As you are a diagnosed case of 'bronchitis' but since symptoms are not improving, as such you should see a Chest Specialist for relevant physical examination and investigation like. Hb%, WBC for
eosinophilia. X-ray chest for TB,
Pneumonia. If other investigations are normal, HIV test [as routine.]
PS. As a cough is there, thus this is an indication for immediate chest X-ray.
ii. The choice of antibiotic will vary from doctor to doctor, and from locality to locality, till then
- maintain good
oral hygiene, rinse your mouth after every meal, avoid smoking,
tobacco chewing.
- Take mainly soft diet - rice, chapati, or phulka, with nonspicy vegetables.
- Avoid fried foods like wada, samosa, dosa, pakodas, papad, namkeen and potato chips, avoid hotel food. Do not take any cold drinks, cold water, ice cream, chilled food from the refrigerator. Avoid sour fruits like citrus fruits, grapes, take sweet fruits- bananas, papaya. Steam Inhalation and warm salt water gargles. Cover the mouth while coughing (using hand or handkerchief) to prevent the spread of infection to other family members.
PS. it could be an acute viral illness [flu] so get a flu shot [high dose vaccine] as recommended by CDC and get a
second opinion regarding medical evaluation and treatment, since people with bronchitis are prone to develop
heart failure [foamy stuff] thus Cardiologist intervention is also mandatory.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Munish Sood,
Ayurveda Specialist