is there any treatment for bronchitis? i had bronchitis, had antibiotics?

Question

and expectorants. the course is over , but the cough still persists. my physician says that keep having expectorants and it will disappear, but it does not. time and again i have massive cough attacks. please help

Answer 1

Taking a Decongestant PLUS an Antibiotic is what my doctor prescribed me. IT WORKED!!!

Answer 2

Treatment

Drinking lots of fluids is beneficial for sufferers of acute bronchitis. Many doctors now recognize that most acute bronchitis is caused by viruses, so antibiotics will not help treat this type of bronchitis.

Some bronchitis is bacterial, but since most bronchitis is viral, most patients will instead receive advice for rest, lots of liquids, and aspirin or Tylenol for fever. Occasionally, a doctor may prescribe a steroid to help open the bronchial tubes to help with coughing.

Coughing is an essential mechanism to help clear the mucus present in the irritated bronchial tubes. Expectorant cough medicine can help make such coughs more productive by thinning the mucus; suppressant cough medicine may help the patient sleep by suppressing the dry coughs so prevalent in the early stages of the illness.

Oxygen therapy, bronchodilator drugs, antibiotics, and lung volume reduction surgery are also used to treat chronic bronchitis.

Answer 3

Get a new doctor. You might have a respiratory illness more severe like pneumonia! I had pneumonia and was put on steriods. They didn't help because I was so deep into the coughing. I finally ended up in the hospital with double pneumonia (both lungs) and both viral and bacterial. Like I said...second opinion!

Answer 4

Perhaps you need to have a chest xray if the cough persists.
Do you have phlegm come up when you cough?
Fever, chills? Shortness of Breath? Night Sweats?
If the cough keeps you up at night your doc can order you
hycodan syrup one teaspoon every six hours.
Do you have any wheezing? Perhaps you are asthmatic/subclinical?

Answer 5

I think you should be tested for Asthma. How are you feeling? Are you tired, worn out too? Or just the cough? How is your breathing? Just want to make sure you don't have pnemomia either.

Answer 6

exercise. some simple chest exercise will do and breathing technique, consult a physical therapist or respiratory therapist. they will give the those technique's

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BS physical therapy grad 2006