What was the specialists' diagnosis?

The Specialists' Diagnosis was asthma and to try Advair and that it would more than likely relieve the cough. For my first 25 years on this earth, I have never had any hint of asthma

I feel your pain.... For the past 3 months I've had chest tightness. Breathing tests & blood tests came up normal. Chest Xray - normal. EKG and all heart related functions....normal.

I've been diagnosed with allergy related asthma.

I was given a rescue inhalter that didn't do much at all. I was given Advair for 2.5 months. The Advair helped immediately with the chest tightness but made other symptoms worsen and the original symptoms (tightness/burning)came back.

I'm currently on Singulair which has helped in many ways.... its' only been a week or so - hard to tell if this is a long term benefit. Some days I feel really good while other days ..not so good.

I honestly have NO idea what sudden allergy I have and/or what I'm eating or exposed to that I haven't been exposed to in the past 20 years. Unless my body has decided to go nutso on me.... I do have a history of lots of allergies and a couple weird one-time episodes - but this whole chest tightness thing is totally new to me. I see the doc on Oct 18th for a follow up ..

one of my elder sisters had the problem of bronchitis. it is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchial tubes, causing a persistent cough that produces considerable quantities of sputum. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi (lung airways), resulting in persistent cough that produces consideration quantities of sputum (phlegm). Bronchitis is more common in smokers and in areas with high atmospheric pollution.
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