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Chronic hives for a year and now persistent coughing attacks

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My wife suffered with chronic hives for about a year without a clear diagnosis. At times she would suffer from allergic type reactions including throat closing and angiodema. Currently the hives have go e into remission but over the past 3 months she has suffered from a cough that now consists of thick mucus and at times results in trouble breathing, fever from the exacerbation, and fatigue. Original chest x-rays came back negative and all testing has come back negative on allergies. She does contine to have a slighlty elevated white blood count. But no one seems to be able to figure her condition out, any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

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  • pam81116
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    Hi Kevin. if you are wondering if it could be Bronchiectasis, the difference i would say is the mucus gets stuck and will not come up with normal coughing most of the time . i hope some one can help you . 

                                   Pam.

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      Thank you for your reply. Typically the mucus is extremely difficult for her to get out. She coughs unproductively around 98% of the time and then eventually something might come out and it can be as little as the size of a couscous grain. She feels it stuck in her chest and at times her throat which ends up causing more coughing. 
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