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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie
Paula, it sounds like Mark and I have EXACTLY the same thing. Meds did nothing for it. But I also did 85 allergy tests(injections), and mold was the ONLY thing I reacted to. I suspect the carbonation in the beer is setting off his acid reflux.
And yes, it's more annoying for you. After 2.5 years, I don't even notice that I'm coughing anymore, until someone points it out to me, or I'm in a very quiet social setting.
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He didn't react to anything in allergy testing, so they just assumed he had some seasonal issues. I take it back - he did react to grass & some kind of weed, so yeah - seasonal.
The thing about the reflux is that he used he get bad heartburn & now he rarely does. I'm doubtful that it's reflux since there are no other symptoms, and he can drink other carbonated bevs like pop (that's right, I said POP, not soda!) just fine.
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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
Has he been prescribed some kind of a steroid-containing inhaler? I had a similar ailment many, many years ago. A couple of months of using the steroid inhaler totally eradicated my symptoms, including exercise-induced asthma, which I'd had since childhood. What it did was... it saved my life... I won't forget it.
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Hmmm...lemme think. No. I think just nasal sprays. Astepro & Zyrtec D work well during allergy season, and the throat-clearing did lessen but it never completely went away.
He's kind of given up.
He hates going to the doctor anyway, so it was a big deal for him to actually go & see more than one over the course of a few weeks. But at this point he figures screw it. I just worry that years down the road there will be something REALLY wrong; whether they missed something or all the years of reflux or post nasal drip will cause more serious issues.