Cold, cough with breathing issue with no fever. Treatment?

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I started having severe cold by 11th night. I did a presentation in a conference room with few sick people. I have suspicion it all started here. then, next day cold. after the cold become dense and breathing issue.

soon it enclosed me so much, i started coughing, now after a week, i am having cough. cough increased very severely. every min i cough atleast 5 times.

I am now having some sweating and nausea little bit (not always), after i eat, i try to vomit little bit, but nothing comes out. some uncomfortable feeling in throat and chest.

while i cough whole body hurts. i visited a doctor who checked and said i have lot of mucus and they are think, advised me to drink lot of water. i agree i didnt drink a lot of water.

i did take mucinex dm which actually helped a little bit on clearing running nose, to breathable dry nose, but now cough is killing me. cold is bearable till i lie down. if i lie down, the cold is enclosing my whole face and hard to breath.

i take some sleeping pills to pass by every night.

the basic doctor i checked didnt do any test, just checked heart, lungs hearing through strescope and said, it sounds normal and said just normal cold will go away in few days.

I am trying cough syrup, actually it makes it worse, so stopped for last 2 days.

this has now become a problem and the doctor appointment is hard to get.

temp was at around - 99.5

i could eat little bit and have a lot of reflux kind of feeling, i used ot have acid reflux.

Submitted: 4 Days
Category: ENT Specialist

Expert:  Dr. Sunil Jalan replied 4 Days.

Hello,
Thank you for posting your query at DoctorSpring.com

You are suffering from cold and cough for one 10 days.
you have nasal obstruction, discharge and dry irritating cough.
Most likely you are suffering from upper respiratory tract infection.
We can start following medication-
Cap.Mox (amoxicillin ) 500 mg three times daily for five days.
Syr.Piriton-CS ( Chlorpheniramine maleate 4 mg,Dextromethorphan 10 mg/5 mL) 5 ml two times for 5 days
tab.Omeprazole 20 mg two times for five days for reflux.

If you are not getting relief with same then you can do Xray PNS to rule out sinusitis and chest xray
after consultation with local physician.

Hope this helps,
Feel free to discuss further,

Best regards

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Patient replied :

How do i get prescription?
also noticed mucus is very very thick. like rock hard - yellow/brown dark color. is this something i should worry about?

I cannot believe they come from inside as they are so hard, no wonder the pipe is blocked, what can i do to make them better


Expert:  Dr. Sunil Jalan replied 3 Days.

Hello,

Thick purulent (yellow/brown) secretion indicate infection, that's why I have advised antibiotic. you can
Please take the prescription from a local physician.
Already you are on Mucinex( mucolytic, to make secretion thin).
Feel free to discuss further
Hope this helps
Best regards

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