PERSISTANT COUGH WITH SECRETIONS / DYNAMIC COMPRESSED AIRWAYS

[veda]

my husband has been plagued by a progressively worsening cough
with/without secretions since 4-2004. Initially he was diagnosed
with allergies and give zyrtec. Recently; he has consulted with
a pulmonary specialist. He has had xrays; cat-scan,broncoscopy
allergy tests ;pft; blood work. The diagnosis thus far has been
dynamic compressed airways; severe irritated back of throat;
post nasal drip; and possible acid reflux. His medications are:
nasonex; nasacourt; singular; prilosec; pearl beads; cough
syrup robitussin;zyrtec; lopid; zocor; zinc;complex b with b12
aspirin; antibiotic for acne. He was exposed to corn and soy
bean dust for over 30 years until five yrs ago. At times his
cough subsides for several days; but returns even worse; with
no respite. The only relief is when he is active. I presume
this is because he is explanding his airsacs upon excertion.
However; with the allergies and postnasal drip; one would think
he would still cough upon excertion; if this was the cause.
I have tried to research his condition and have come up possible
causes of aat protein deficency; marfan syndrome and emphysema.
He has no marfan characteristic's. I have him on a no dairy; no
gluten diet; to see if this helps. Do you have any idea's please!! This cough is beginning to incapacitate him.
Please allow me to add; when he takes a deep breath or laughs
it precipitates a coughing episode. I am considering having
him seen by an ent. His pulmonary specialist is stumped .

[National Jewish]

Your husband

[Inanga]

i had something similar but way less dramatic that turned out to be food allergy related - antihistamines and steroid helped a bit but only avoiding gluten and dairy do any real good. I went rhough xrays for chest pains but it was just caused by the constant coughing. To do the diet you must read every leable on everything - for instance instant coffee can contain gluten as a texturing agent - one sip sets my mucous off. There may be several allergies so maybe get help with a pro with a formal elimination process - I would suspect anything that he was exposed to a lot. This may have caused a sensitisation. I haven't heard of a corn start allergy but it's worth investigating.

a couple of years ago I could not walk 50 metres without chest pain and struggling to breathe - I has started easting lots of apsta for energy but it was triggering an allergy. Now I can breathe as clear as a bell - as long as I keep away from certain stuff. The improvement has been dramatic - it's been literally years since I felt so well. Doctors have unfortunately been a waste of time and money - I met someone by good fortue that had the same problem and got better by avoiding wheat. So I started that day and got better and better. Dairy became obvious after a few weeks. I now know within a few minutes whether something has caused a problem.

Apparetly when you give up the allergens you become even more sensitive to them so you have to take it seriously. best of luck.