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Dr. Divya Banu M

Published At January 15, 2020
Reviewed AtMay 23, 2023

Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

I have a query and need your guidance and help. I am 26 years old, male. As winters are very cold in my area, I caught a cold as I was riding my bike with no proper protection from winter. I started coughing that night but I did not care how ever increased I ate curd and smoked cigarette. This made my cough worse. So I took medication for it and my cough was gone in three days but not totally. I started coughing thrice a day. But due to my business, I had to travel. I have not taken proper rest and have given up smoking. I smoked for five years (3rd, 4th, and 5th years I smoked 5 cigarettes a day on average). Now I have given up totally. My weight is stable. I feel hungry a lot. Never smoked weed or reverse-smoked. I am non-alcoholic. No shortness of breath. Only cough is my issue and it is dry and has no mucus.

My cough is increased from the day before yesterday as I was on the AC coach train and every single person near me was coughing very badly. So I am taking Montec LC twice a day and Ascoril D 2 teaspoon thrice, which I started last night. And it made it worse without medicine I was coughing twice or thrice a day but now it is increased. Is it lung or throat cancer cause if I check on the internet it makes me really sad and I really regret smoking. So, please help me and suggest me something. What should I do? I am in tears right now and do not know what to do I just do not want to die now.

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I would like to change the medicines you are on slightly. First, instead of Montek LC take Allegra M in the morning. Take it once a day only. Take Alex lozenges whenever you feel a cough sensation. The lozenges have to be sucked and not swallowed. Take Cherikoff LS syrup thrice daily, 1 teaspoon. Drink plenty of warm water. Abstain from smoking. Take tablet Pantacid 40 mg 1 tablet twice daily before meals. Avoid dust and smoke. If going in dust areas wear a mask.

Most probably it will not be cancer. Take the above treatment and write to us after 2 or 3 days. You will make good progress. If within 2 or 3 days you do not find any progress then I suggest you take a course of Clarithromycin 250 mg 1 tablet twice daily for five days. When you write to us next, please take a picture of the open throat and send us so that we can see the posterior pharyngeal wall for any nodule or congestion, or hypertrophy. Also, palpate your neck yourself and check for any swelling or lump. Do not worry and you will be fine soon. Have a peaceful and healthy mind. Do not smoke.

Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!

Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N
Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N

Otolaryngology (E.N.T)

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