My friend is taking the allergy's medicine. My friend has cough, and sometimes cold since last 6 months. Her doctor told her that she might have allergy or acidity. But, right now she is taking the medicine for allergy, and she didn't see any changes until today. What does she suppose to do?
2007-06-29 11:16:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
Get the doctor to run tests and find out what is wrong. The treatment for one condition might be dead wrong for treating the other.
If the doctor can't or won't, get your friend to go to another.
Good luck!
2007-06-29 11:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your friend needs to see an Allergist and/or an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) doctor. My lucky break in allergy treatment was finding a doctor that was both.
If it is allergies and they prescribed a nasal allergy medicine those do take a week or two to see any results.
2007-06-29 18:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by BeckyBeq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of change did she see?
If she's had a cough that long and mostly without a cold, then she has asthma. Does she feel out of breath when she's coughing? Is there wheezing when she inhales? She needs albuterol (inhaler/mist or liquid form) to open up her airway.
Whatever she's allergic to is triggering her asthma and she needs to find out what it is.
2007-06-29 23:40:31 · answer #3 · answered by gem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋