Celiac and coughing

[Kari Kullman]

Good morning. I am new to this forum and am so glad to have found it. My mom (81) has moved in with me. She is a celiac, which we are doing well getting in a groove with that. My question is this, do any of you have a horrific cough? She has had every text under the sun completed with the final result being “allergy cough”. I’m leaning more towards anxiety. She coughs all day (I mean she really coughs to the point of loosing her breath) and all night...and has for years. Last night, when I climbed into bed with her, she stopped and didn’t cough for the rest of the night. Other little things I’ve started to pay more attention to makes me lean in this direction. Are any of you on a anxiety medication? If so, which one?

Thank you!!

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, Kari!

I have not heard of anxiety causing coughing but it seems we learn something new on this forum almost everyday.

But let's look at some more common causes.

What meds is your mother on? Does she take any blood pressure meds or diuretics? There is one of those that is famous for causing coughing but I can't remember which one it is?

Do second generation antihistamines like Zyrtek help?

Has she been checked for acid reflux?

[Wheatwacked]

Given her age and health, is she on Lisinopril or a generic for it to control blood pressure? The short time I was on it I got an inguinal hernia from the persistent cough, a known and common side effect of Lisinopril. Multiple vitamin and minerals deficiencies are often found in Celiac Disease.

[shadycharacter]

2 hours ago, Kari Kullman said:

Good morning. I am new to this forum and am so glad to have found it. My mom (81) has moved in with me. She is a celiac, which we are doing well getting in a groove with that. My question is this, do any of you have a horrific cough? She has had every text under the sun completed with the final result being “allergy cough”. I’m leaning more towards anxiety. She coughs all day (I mean she really coughs to the point of loosing her breath) and all night...and has for years. Last night, when I climbed into bed with her, she stopped and didn’t cough for the rest of the night. Other little things I’ve started to pay more attention to makes me lean in this direction. Are any of you on a anxiety medication? If so, which one?

Thank you!!

 

Be aware that acid reflux can be "silent", i e not experienced as heartburn or indigestion, but irritate the airways which could explain the coughing. 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/314531

[Jackie Garrett]

Hi Kari

Does your mum drink a lot of Tea, a lady I knew had a terrible cough for years no Dr. found the answer, I knew that Tea could affect me, not by coughing but in other ways, anyway I said to this lady try stopping the Tea, I saw her a month later and she said that it had worked, now,  I believe I know why it worked because of what happened to me, I was reacting to Histamine/ acids/ milk,  Tea is on the high histamine list, so maybe try your Mum on a low histamine diet for a few weeks ( a dietitian may help with this)and see how it goes or just try stopping the Tea, I now have herbal teas, peppermint, she probably won’t like the idea of stopping Tea, I didn’t, but it may stop her cough, I would suggest looking into Histamine intolerance, but firstly a persistent cough needs to be checked out by a Dr.  thats very important. 

[Jays911]

My biggest symptom when I get glutened is a nasty cough for 10-20 minutes. Are you sure she is not getting glutened.