Every year in the spring and autumn, there is a group of people who perceive the change of seasons before the flowers and birds, and I often perceive the arrival of the change of seasons from their coughs and runny noses, and at this time, I am often still wearing winter or summer clothes. This kind of person is particularly common, and everyone may have it around them, yes, people with allergies.
When the season changes or the beginning of the seasonal changes, such people may have frequent coughs after a normal outdoor activity, and often last for more than two weeks, and even last for 1 to 2 months, especially at night, less cough during the quiet day, but as long as the strenuous activity will be aggravated, go to the hospital to check the chest x-ray and blood and there is no abnormality, mostly diagnosed as colds or bronchitis, but the use of a variety of antibiotics and cough drugs treatment, the effect is not obvious. In fact, these people may have allergic coughs or cough variant asthma, and many people may not have heard of these two diseases before.
We know that the cough of the common cold can be recovered in 5 to 7 days even if it is not treated, the duration of the disease is about 10 days, rarely more than 2 weeks, and the cough of the cold is not divided into day and night, unlike allergic cough or cough variant asthma mostly concentrated at night and in the morning. In addition, if there is a cold caused by a bacterial infection, the symptoms will be more obvious after antibiotic treatment. However, allergic cough or cough variant asthma is sometimes not typical, not too coughing during the day, it is easy to be ignored, think that the cold is not good, only eat some cough and phlegm medicine, and do not provide the above medical history when seeing a doctor, resulting in no targeted medication, cough repeatedly does not heal, and eventually develops into typical asthma or other lung problems.
The diagnosis and treatment of allergic cough or cough variant asthma should be determined by a doctor, as a layman, you only need to know some principles, you do not need to master them specifically.
1. Use of anti-allergic drugs: drugs specifically for allergic cough or allergic rhinitis can be used, such as leukotriene receptor antagonists, or H2 receptor antagonists.
2. Use of nebulized inhalation drugs: inhalation of hormone drugs to reduce the hyperreactivity of the airway, inhalation of drugs to relieve bronchial smooth muscle spasm and drugs to reduce mucus secretion.
3. Take less or do not take antibiotics: if it is clear that it is an allergic cough or cough variant asthma, there is no fever and other symptoms of infection, only as a cough, antibiotics can not be used.
4. Allergic cough or cough variant asthma Should actively look for allergens (allergen detection can be done) while actively treating, if you can avoid allergy principles is the best way.
Allergic cough or cough variant asthma, like asthma, has a complex etiology and a variety of triggers. In addition to medication, what should we pay attention to when traveling, eating, and living?
● Clothing: the temperature changes relatively largely during the change of seasons, the early spring is warm and cold, suddenly cold and hot, easy to plummet after the autumn rain, go out to carry clothes that can be added or subtracted, hot and cold to wear, do not dogmatically "spring cover autumn freeze", do not always cover an endless. You can also wear a mask when you go out, which can cover pollen, willow wool, and wind and sand in the spring; when you encounter cold air in early autumn, you can avoid directly inhaling cold and dry air, reducing the stimulation of cold air to the airway.
● Food: In terms of diet, pay attention to avoid foods that are easy to cause allergy symptoms, such as seafood. You can eat more fruits such as pears and apples, and you can also drink some honey water appropriately.
● Live: It is best not to have pets and flowers at home, do not lay carpets; children do not sleep with long-lined toys; in the bathroom and basement, dehumidifiers and air filters should be used, and the filters should be replaced regularly.
● Line: In the season when allergic cough is prone, try not to travel long distances, so as not to cause allergic cough attacks due to incompatibility in the new environment. If conditions permit, autumn and winter to live in warm and humid areas is a good choice, some friends in autumn and winter to live in the south, the onset of allergic cough will be significantly reduced.