<s>[INST] I am 20 years old, 162 cm and 101.2 lbs. I am a teacher and I work almost 12 hours in a day. I had a cough for more than a week with a white secretions. My throat hurts and I cant speak properly. Its like my throat has lots of mucus. I cant sleep, too, because I need to get up every 5 or 10 minutes to cough out. [/INST] Hello, Thank you for asking at Chat Doctor. I went through your history and would like to make suggestions for you as follows:1. I usually prescribe my such patients an antihistamine like cetirizine/levocetirizine/fexofenadine for 7-14 days regularly.2. If you have such symptoms frequently, I would also think of allergy and would add montelukast to above suggested antihistamine.3. I would like to know your nose symptoms like nose congestion, running nose, sneezing, etc. If they are present, I would suggest you regular steam inhalation which may help.4. Regular warm saline gargles will also soothe your throat and reduce throat irritation and therefore cough. 5. In general, please avoid exposure to dusts, smokes and air pollution as much as possible.6. If you notice that your voice is changed, I would suggest avoiding speaking too much/too loudly and get advice from speech therapist. This is because I can understand that you are a teacher which needs a lot of use of vocal cords. 7. If you have sucChatDoctorplaints frequently, I would suggest you allergy testing for air-borne allergens such as house dust mites, molds, pollen, insect proteins, animal dander, etc. If this is your first episode, I would not think of allergy and hence would not suggest allergy testing. Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at Chat Doctor. Wish you the best of the health ahead. Thank you & Regards. </s>