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I have been diagnosed with Mitral Valve Insufficiency and have recently had brochitis. I was on Levaquin 500mg for 10 days. It is now 2 weeks since starting the antibiotic and I still have this cough. I can't lay flat in bed. I feel like I can't breathe well and start coughing and coughing. I do cough up mucous but its not bloody. I do not have a fever anymore. is there a chance that the bronchitis made my regurgitation worsse? How do I know if its just the bronchitis lingering or my MV Insufficiency worsening?
Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here. As you have mitral insufficiency, any infection in the body can precipitate heart failure. As now you are experiencing breathlessness that increases on lying down, it seems you are having some element of heart failure and for this you immediate need to see a cardiologist to confirm the presence of heart failure so that it could be treated properly with diuretics, the medicines that increases the urine output. I hope this information would be of help to you. Thanks and all the best.
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Can Bronchitis Make Regurgitation Worse?
Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here. As you have mitral insufficiency, any infection in the body can precipitate heart failure. As now you are experiencing breathlessness that increases on lying down, it seems you are having some element of heart failure and for this you immediate need to see a cardiologist to confirm the presence of heart failure so that it could be treated properly with diuretics, the medicines that increases the urine output. I hope this information would be of help to you. Thanks and all the best.