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[|Human|] Hi I ve been caught with the flu and asthma for the past week but got worser in the past 4 days iv got a persistent cough runny nose watery eyes and sneezing aswel and just wondering what can I do because I need to get better for my kids the 3 of them are sick as well
[|AI|]  Hello. Glad that you asked about you condition. As you know flu is a viral infection and does not have a specific treatment that can be offered. Some doctors can give anti-viral Chat Doctor.  Flu is usually a self limiting disease and should start getting better in a few days. What you can get treated for is your asthma. Keeping your asthma at bay would definitely make the flu symptoms better as well. I would recommend you to take your regular asthma medication exactly as you have been advised. If you are on no treatment then you need to see your doctor or preferably a pulmonologist who can start you on the medications. He will most probably start you on an anti-allergic initially along with a single or a dual inhaler depending on how bad your asthma is, after listening to your chest. He might also give you an antibiotic if he finds or suspects an infection in your chest. Your treatment might also include a short course of steroids if he thinks you need immediate relief from asthma symptoms. So as you can see there are a lot of options as to what can be done. All these options necessitate that you need to be examined to assess how bad your asthma is. Apart from the medical treatment, what you can do at home is to keep yourself warm, keep the home ventilated to keep the air fresh, have hot