Cronic Morning Caughing

[marman]

I get cronic morning caughing. The flem that is caughed up is clear and I have been to the Dr. who has said thery think it might be allergies. I have used Claritin as directed with no results. Any thoughts?

[AngelMcCarthy]

Make sure and check for LPR, you would be suprised how common this problem is

[National Jewish]

Chronic cough is a very common problem.  It can indeed be caused by allergies, but also by many other causes.  This can be the result of a chronic inflammation of the sinuses either from an infectious or noninfectious cause.  It could be from a nonallergic inflammation of the upper airways called vasomotor rhinitis.  Also this could even be from chest involvement such as asthma that often presents as a morning cough.  The fact that you have no response to Claritin