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coughing and nasal drip

by hattie232, Dec 01, 2007 08:14PM

I have been coughing for the past eight months. I have been to an ENT, and Allergy specialist which both says that they have given me all of the medication that they could. I am on clairton, and nexium which is for my acid reflux. I am schudel to have an allergy test in a week. I am very concerned, because the coughing won't go away. By the way, all of my test are negative. (CT scan-chest x-ray-throat-esophagitis-ultra sound). Some time I have a wheezing and sneezing along with the coughing. Please help me as I write to you my throat feels as if something is cutting it. I am in my seventy's.I am waking up during the night coughting and all during the day.

Thank you for you concern,
Hattie232

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by National Jewish Health

, Dec 04, 2007 05:21PM

You may want to get a second opinion from another ENT. Your doctors might also consider doing a pH probe, with you continuing to take the Nexium® (esomeprazole), to determine if the reflux is really under control. Also, ask the allergist if you could have cough-variant asthma. That could account for some of the wheezing, but so could acid reflux.

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by Protek, Dec 14, 2007 07:43PM

To: hattie232

My mom used to cough like that and it was her heart. Any problems there?

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