Medical Advice on "Pulmonology (Asthma Doctors)"

What is the drug of choice for respiratory allergy and throat infection?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. From your history, it is obvious that you are suffering from allergic rhinitis and asthma. The current treatment you are taking is appropriate for controlling your asthma and nasal rhinitis. There is no any drug of ... View thread »

Is there a way to control fur allergy?, Answered by Dr. Shyam Kalyan N

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Is your allergy based on your assessment or has any allergy testing been done? The best way to prevent allergy is to avoid the requisite allergens altogether. We even suggest a change of profession and change of place to ... View thread »

How can I improve my immunity against pneumonia?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Pneumonia is a lung infection. It is a serious problem if you do not care about it in timely. You get pneumonia due to infection with bacteria, virus or fungus or if your immunity goes down. You said you ... View thread »

How to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen both the reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Sputum report is positive and has also grown Mycobacterium tuberculosis. But the sensitivity test for all five first-line drugs is not ... View thread »

Has my chronic sinusitis lead to asthma?, Answered by Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. Yes, chronic sinusitis can cause asthma. Recurrent respiratory tract infections including sinusitis can cause asthma especially adult onset asthma. But better to first get done spirometry ... View thread »

I have a painful white scab in nostril and green mucus while coughing. Is it serious?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As per what you say, you have a white scab in your nose. It can be due to viral or allergic rhinitis. You have taken Amoxicillin for pharyngitis. So no need to take any antibiotics now. Just clean your nose with salt ... View thread »

Kindly mention about the foods to be avoided in an asthma patient., Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you said correctly that asthma patients should always take care of their diets as some food ingredients may cause a severe asthma attack. Grossly we cannot avoid all food types because there is person to person ... View thread »

How can hypercapnia be prevented in a TB patient under oxygenation?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you said, the patient has TB, hypoxia is more common which leads to type 1 respiratory failure. So only supplemental oxygen is not enough. We should start noninvasive ventilation as early as possible before ... View thread »

For a patient on oxygen therapy,is it necessary to check oxygen saturation all the time?, Answered by Dr. Amolkumar W Diwan

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you said that patient needs oxygen for shortness of breath, it is absolutely not required to measure the oxygen saturation all the time. But, if dyspnea (shortness of breath) is due to COPD (Chronic Obstructive ... View thread »

Can sanded grout exposure cause some serious effects?, Answered by Dr. Prabhu Prasad N.C

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Looking at the history, it is quite a high-level exposure and it can cause some kind of pneumonitis feature called hypersensitivity pneumonitis or toxic dust syndrome. If she develops symptoms of a cough, breathlessness ... View thread »