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Chronic cough is much better now.

Posted by lhess57 @lhess57, Apr 9 9:39am

I had a chronic cough that lasted a year and a half. I was pretty much house bound. The only relief I got was when I was able to lie down. The coughing stopped then. I saw an ENT, lung Dr, primary Doctor. Was scheduled to see a heart specialist. I changed primary doctors, and he prescribed pantoprazole 40 mg. He said it could be "silent acid reflux." He got it right. My previous Dr said it was COPD.
In addition, I stopped drinking carbonated drinks which trigger the coughing. I also almost completely cut out caffeine. This triggers the coughing as well.
This has given me my life back.

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lhess57 | @lhess57 | Apr 9 9:43am

One other thing. The chronic cough also caused me to have difficulty breathing out of my nose. I was considering a sinus procedure that would open my nasal passages. I don't need this done now.

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leelou03 | @leelou03 | Apr 19 5:17am

Acid reflux is causing my chronic cough. I take medicine, I've gotten choked too. I just started drinking smoothies and my cough is hardly there. I'm having a Fluoro Barium Swallow With Speech today,, to see if there's any aspirations

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