Why am i coughing so much

[mskanji]

Hi, Every year I get this bout of coughing it happens 2 or 3 in a year, cough is so intensive that I need to visit my doctor he would give antibiotics and steroids and I would use steam to clear my passage ways and if I am lucky it would go away then come back in some months I have been to hospitals to no avail still suffering if anyone out there can help please let me know thank you.

[Buenchico]

It could be an allergy. (Some types of hay fever don't produce the sneezing and itchy eyes that most people associate with it. You can get flu-like symptoms and coughing instead).

Have a word with your pharmacist. Let him know what (if anything) your doctor has already prescribed. Then ask him if he thinks it's worth trying an antihistamine.

Chris

[Sqad]

It might well be an allergy...ask your doctor if he will do some blood tests and possibly refer you to an allergist.

[Cowtipper]

My allergies have caused a general breakdown of defense systems and allowed bacterial infections several times so that was the first thing that occurred to me too.