Allergic cough symptoms and treatment

Allergic cough is also a common manifestation of cough. It is mainly caused by contact with some allergens, which produce adverse stimulation and cause cough symptoms. For example, variant asthma is a relatively common disease. Patients often have stubborn coughs. For such people, they must stay away from allergens and gradually improve their physical fitness. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

Allergic cough symptoms

The symptoms of allergic cough are mainly long-term stubborn cough, which usually lasts for more than 3 weeks. It is often triggered by inhaling irritating odors, indoor air pollution and harmful gases, cold air, contact with allergens such as pollen, indoor dust, dust mites, mold, viruses, animal fur, cockroaches, feathers, food, etc., exercise or upper respiratory tract infection. Some patients do not have any triggers. It often worsens at night or early morning. Some patients have a certain seasonality in their attacks, mostly in spring and autumn. The most susceptible groups are children and other people with allergies.

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Although cough variant asthma is usually not life-threatening, it should be diagnosed early and treated actively because it can develop into typical asthma and the disease can seriously affect sleep, work and study. Once cough variant asthma is diagnosed, antibiotics or antiviral drugs should be stopped, and care should be taken to avoid contact with allergens.

1. Drug treatment (1) Inhaled corticosteroids are used as the main anti-inflammatory treatment. The duration of inhaled corticosteroids should be at least 3 months to avoid recurrence. Commonly used in clinical practice are mixtures of hormones and β2 receptor agonists such as Symbicort and Seretide. (2) Bronchodilators such as inhaled or oral β2 receptor stimulants and/or oral theophylline drugs can temporarily relieve cough symptoms, but long-term use alone is not recommended. (3) Anti-allergic drugs such as levocetirizine, loratadine and mast cell stabilizers such as Nedocromil and sodium cromoglycate can also achieve good results, but they often need to be used continuously for more than 2 weeks. For patients who experience recurrent attacks after stopping medication, the allergens should be identified in a timely manner, effective preventive measures should be taken, and allergen vaccine treatment should be given if necessary. (4) The leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast, together with hormones, is known as a “dual-channel” drug for the treatment of asthma. 2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment believes that it is mainly related to "wind" and "phlegm". In the acute phase, Chinese medicine for dispelling wind and resolving phlegm is used to dispel wind, clear the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. In the remission phase, the method of tonifying the lungs and strengthening the spleen is used to remove the "old roots", which often achieves good results.

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