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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Cough And Breathlessness
Hard to swallow liquids,coughing,sound of fluid in the lungs breathing heavy with little movement. 70 years old, my husband. Smokes for 60+ years, mod. Drinking of beer everyday. Vietnam vet. Please help, he won t go to doctor and when he did he was told he had a cold. This has been present for 1 year + and sx s are getting worse. He was given at that time Doxy, cough syrup with codeine .
Mon, 9 Mar 2015
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Looking at his history this could be a case of lung cancer or a lung abscess
his symptoms and history of smoking is very much suggestive of a long cancer
in my opinion you should visit a pulmonologist for the examination and investigations like X ray or CT scan chest as well as sputum culture and microscopy
meanwhile you can advise him to do steam inhalation and a cough syrup like Bromhexine
Hope this addresses your question
wishing you bot a very good health
thanks for posting your question
Looking at his history this could be a case of lung cancer or a lung abscess
his symptoms and history of smoking is very much suggestive of a long cancer
in my opinion you should visit a pulmonologist for the examination and investigations like X ray or CT scan chest as well as sputum culture and microscopy
meanwhile you can advise him to do steam inhalation and a cough syrup like Bromhexine
Hope this addresses your question
wishing you bot a very good health
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