Dr. Sridhar

Few tips- avoid any triggering factor, take folicacid regularly, eat a healthy diet, always be stress free , exercise regularly and Apart from taking symptomatic treatment we can give tablet montecLC at night after clinical examination

I will suggest you to buy a steam inhaler machine of crescent company and take a flow of steam (of plain water only) over the forehead through the inhaler and can repeat the process after eight hours as and when required and for pain take tablet paracetamol 650 mg and whenever there is mucous discharge from the nostrils I will suggest you to take one tablet of cetrizine at night.

1. Do warm saline gurgling 3-4 times daily 2. Take viscodyne d syrup 2tsf thrice daily 3. You may have to take antibiotic along with it if no relief4. Avoid smoking if you smoke

Dear lybrate user, cholesterol is naturally produced inside the body but when we take mutton, chicken, yellow part of a boiled egg, ghee, butter etc we intake cholesterol from external source. This extra cholesterol from external sources increase the total cholesterol content of human body. You should always keep your cholesterol level within normal limits as high cholesterol serves as a precursor to various cardiac diseases. Avoid the aforesaid food. Walk at least 1 hour in a day without any interval. To get rid of breathlessness at night you can take homoeopathic mother tincture grindelia robusta q, 30 drops, thrice daily, after meals, in a cup of water. If you prefer ayurvedic medicines then you can take ayurvedic arjunarishta syrup. Take 20 ml of the aforesaid syrup thrice daily after meals.

Hello, take Mephites 30 CH, 3 drops at daily night. Alpha COFF, 2 tsf, with hot water thrice daily. Revert me after 7 days.

We in india usually do not treat latent tb, where as in american and european countries they may treat it also. The reason for it are: 1. Our 40% of population is infected with tb and treating 40% of the population is not a practical task. 2. Even if an individual takes treatment for latent tb, the tb disease is so common in the community that person may still again get tb infection from a tb patient in community. Taking a good diet, regular exercise, leading a stress free life, not smoking, living a spacious atmosphere are some of the ways of preventing tb disease. To detect tb infection there are two test 1. Mantoux/tuberculin test. 2. Interferon gamma release assays (igra).

Hi. I understand your concerns. He will need to undergo a pulmonary function test which is needed for diagnosis and also to assess severity of copd based on which he will require inhalers. Consult a pulmonologist for the same. Hope your questions were answered. Thanks.

Do one LFT and CXR. Nothing more you need as a routine. If you face any prob then only do others accordingly.

If you are allergic to cold best is to avoid it. If you can't avoid it, be ready to take the treatment. By keeping yourself fit you can gradually increase the tolerance but it is very tedious process.

Hello you seem to be suffering from respiratory allergies usually allergic cough gets worse at night some patients also experience breathlessness and wheezing along with cough you need a chest xray and certain blood tests to determine the allergy levels.