What causes sneezing, watery eyes, throat pain and coughing?
Patient: Sir, My eosinophil count is 25. I have been suffering from cold, cough, frequent sneezing, watering of nose and eyes, aching of throat, etc. The moment I get up in the morning I start sneezing and watering of nose and eyes continuously. Anytime I rub my nose I start sneezing frequently. Even in late I would get up and get sneezing frequently with water coming from nose and watering of eyes. I have been taking anti histamine medicines like Le Zyncet, cetzine etc. I have also tried with a full course of eofiles. But these are of no use.  Can you kindly help me. Can you advise me some ways of naturopathy. Will change of food habits help in this regard.  Kindly help. Regards Kishore Chandra Satapathy Bhubaneswar, India e-mail:  YYYY@YYYY Doctor: Hello Kishore Chandra Satapathy,Thank you for asking at HCM.I went through your history and would like to make following suggestions for you:1. Were I treating you, I would suggest you intranasal corticosteroids (mometasone or fluticasone propionate) for at least 2 weeks. I would also suggest you montelukast and levocetirizine/cetirizine for at least 4 weeks.2. Personally I would also suggest you allergy testing which will help you identify the substances causing troubles to you as well as know the measures to avoid them.3. Daily nasal irrigation with nasal saline sprays and regular nasal steam inhalation (please be cautious to avoid burns) will help you and will hasten recovery.4. Please avoid exposure to dusts, smokes and air pollution as much as possible. 5. Regular breathing exercises, plenty of warm fluids and nutritive diet rich in vitamins and minerals (adequate amounts of green leafy vegetables, fruits, sprouts, etc) will also help you in long run.6. As you have asked for naturopathy treatments, apart from breathing exercises and healthy food, regular Yoga & Pranayama also will help you.7. In naturopathy, fasting is considered an important measure for treating allergies but you should perform it only under a naturopathy practitioner's guidance.8. Instilling one-two drops of refined sesame oils into each nostril may be useful as a simple remedy. However, please consult a naturopathy/ayurvedic practitioner to avoid any adverse consequences.Hope above measures will be helpful to you.Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.Wish you the best of the health.Thank you & Regards.