What to do if a middle-aged woman is still coughing after being discharged from the hospital with pneumonia?

Middle-aged women with pneumonia still coughing after discharge from the hospital may need symptomatic treatment to stop coughing, but the recurrence of the disease may require anti-infective treatment. 1. Cough symptomatic treatment, middle-aged women with pneumonia after effective treatment, if in addition to coughing other related symptoms have been relieved, the blood routine has returned to normal, chest CT suggests that the lung lesions have obvious absorption, only simple cough symptoms, you can use cough medication symptomatic treatment, such as hydrochloric acid dioxaprozine, cotrimoxazole, and other cough suppressants. 2. recurring condition may need anti-infective treatment, middle-aged women with pneumonia after discharge from the hospital, if the cough, sputum symptoms appeared to aggravate, or fever manifestations, blood routine suggests that the white blood cell elevation, chest CT suggests that the lung lesion progression or new foci, may need to be re-hospitalized to use antibiotics for treatment, such as moxifloxacin, piperacillin and tazobactam sodium and so on. 3. Airway hyperresponsiveness: For patients with airway hyperresponsiveness, combined pneumonia will aggravate airway hyperresponsiveness, and coughing symptoms may occur, symptomatic cough suppression such as cotrimoxazole and dextromethorphan, and the application of antihistamines such as cetirizine to reduce airway hyperresponsiveness. In case of bronchial asthma, inhaled glucocorticosteroids combined with long-acting β2 agonists such as salmeterol are recommended. In summary, middle-aged women who are still coughing after being discharged from the hospital with pneumonia need to go to the respiratory medicine department for follow-up, and take the appropriate treatment plan under the guidance of the doctor.