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What Causes Cough With Phlegm?

my husband is 51 yrs old he has been an air conditioning tec for 30 yrs he has been prone to broncitis and now has a breathing problem when he eats sleeps and looses his voice after doing an attic job we do not know if this is sinus or lung for months he had a terrible mucas problem always had a cough but ut has gotten worse
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Hi welcome to HCM...

Here your father is suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
So for that pulmonary function test by spirometry needs to be done ....
It will diagnose case as well as detect severity which guides in treatment .
You might needs bronchodilator therapy ...

Your voice getting affected .
So larynx has to be examined by indirect laryngoscopy examination....
If growth seen biopsy taken .
If seems inflamned short course steroid and antibiotic given....

Avoid smoking and excess dust exposure .

Consult pulmonologist with keeping this in mind.

Take care ...
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Hi welcome to HCM... Here your father is suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... So for that pulmonary function test by spirometry needs to be done .... It will diagnose case as well as detect severity which guides in treatment . You might needs bronchodilator therapy ... Your voice getting affected . So larynx has to be examined by indirect laryngoscopy examination.... If growth seen biopsy taken . If seems inflamned short course steroid and antibiotic given.... Avoid smoking and excess dust exposure . Consult pulmonologist with keeping this in mind. Take care ...