Cough without sputum, with antibiotics for a week without effect, the patient may be viral pneumonia, mycoplasma pneumonia, cough variant asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other diseases caused.
1. Viral pneumonia: patients with viral pneumonia cough without sputum or only a small amount of sputum, treatment should be ribavirin antiviral therapy and symptomatic supportive therapy.
2. Mycoplasma pneumonia: patients coughing without sputum or only a small amount of sputum, treatment should be erythromycin, azithromycin and other macrolide antibiotics.
3. Cough variant asthma: patients only cough without other respiratory symptoms, the treatment should first clarify the allergens, and at the same time the application of albuterol and other bronchodilators.
4. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: with persistent dry cough and dyspnea as the main symptoms, the treatment is based on anti-fibrosis, such as pirfenidone, nidaneb, etc., and those with severe fibrosis need to undergo lung transplantation.
Patients with one week of ineffective medication, should promptly consult a doctor and use medication under the guidance of the doctor, do not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.