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Suggest Treatment For Mild Cough And Breathlessness

Posted on Fri, 15 Jul 2016

Question: constantly getting out of breathe when I do little things even.. what can I do for this?

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Do you have cough or chest pain?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
You are having breathlessness on little exertion.
This is commonly seen with heart and lung related diseases.
I want to know few more things about your illness.
So please let me know
1. Do you have cough?
2. Do you have chest pain?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 hours later)

I do have a slight cough and sometimes I get an aching pain in my left boob area. This past week I was in ER with left leg swelling they ruled out blood clot in my chest and leg.. but the ct scan mentioned suboptimal opacification of the pulmonary arteries and smaller segmental emboli cannot be excluded. can that be why I'm out of breathe?

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Do you smoke?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, these blood clots (pulmonary embolism) can be the cause for your breathing difficulty.
Please let me know
1. Do you smoke?
2. Since how many days you are having these symptoms?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (23 minutes later)

no I don't smoke... could the the suboptimal opacification of the pulmonary arteries been a blood clot at one point but dissolved and didn't show ad clot on ct scan? I've have this issue since Wednesday this past week

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May I ask you some personal questions?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, this can be true. But it is not 100% true all the time.
Can you please tell me
1. Was there any mention about pulmonary infarction?
2. May I ask you some personal questions because pulmonary embolism in your female is very critical?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (16 minutes later)

sure. and no mention about pulmonary infarction

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Are you taking any oral birth control pills?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Thanks for your permission.
Please let me know
1. Are you sexually active?
2. Are you taking any oral contraceptive pills?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 hour later)

I am but haven't been in couple months and no I am not on any form of contraceptive

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Do you have any coagulation disorder in past?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Birth control pills can cause thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. So I asked to rule out this possibility.
Please let me know
1. Do you have any coagulation disorder in past?
2. Does any of your family member is having similar kind of disease?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 minutes later)

no not that I am aware of I only have polycystic ovary syndrome and mild anemia

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Do you have normal menses?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
So you are having PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome).
This can cause hormonal imbalance.
So please let me know
1. Do you have regular menses?
2. Are you taking any hormone pills?
3. Have you checked for homocystiene levels?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 minute later)

no to all of them

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You should get done detailed blood testing for screening of hypercoagulatio

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Homocysteinemia is the most common cause for hypercoagulation. So you should definitely get done blood level of homocystiene.
Also ask for detailed blood report for other causes of hypercoagulation.
Are you obese?
Please reply me answer of above asked question, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 minute later)

yes but I think the pcos has contributed to that as I was thin before I got that..

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Have you checked for lipids?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Since you are obese, you should definitely get done lipid profile because dyslipidemia can also cause pulmonary embolism.
So please let me know
1. Have you ever undergone lipid profile?
Please reply me answer of above asked question, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 minute later)

no I havent.. they haven't said I have any clots. I just didn't know what the suboptimal opacification of pulmonary arteries ment. (my dr said it was nothing but I feel she's wrong) I've never had any these symptoms until this past week when my leg swelled up and stuff

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Tell me your height and weight.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern and situation.
No, this kind of report is noted normal in 26 years old female.
They should thoroughly investigate this.
Please let me know
1. What is your height?
2. What is your weight?
3. Have you checked your oxygen saturation while breathlessness?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 minute later)

5'4 300 lbs and no I havent

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Are you serious that your weight is 300 lbs?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
Sorry to ask you further. Are you sure about your weight?
Is it 300 lbs?
Please confirm this.
I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (3 minutes later)

umm yes.. I explained I put on a lot weight due to the pcos I used to weigh 220 and the had developed a tumor on my left ovary and put on a lot weight with that and then the pcos

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You are in very severe obesity grade.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Sorry for reconfirmation.
Honestly speaking, you are in very severe grade of obesity. I have calculated your BMI. It is 53.
This is very high.
Obesity itself can also cause breathing difficulty.
If PCOS is the cause for your weight gain then you must have hormonal imbalance.
So please let me know
1. Are you taking treatment for PCOS?
2. Have you ever undergone hormone levels?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (5 minutes later)

yes I know I'm serverly obese. that's XXXXXXX for you too everyone here is obese! but no we were going start treatments but I became anemic from extended menstrual cycle very very heavy. everything was put on hold. again like I said I did t have the breathing problems til this past week

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You initially said that you are not having menstrual abnormality.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
You initially said that you are not having menstrual abnormality and now you are saying that you had heavy menses.
Anemia can also cause breathing difficulty.
Please let me know
1. How old are these anemia and heavy menses things?
2. What is your hemoglobin level?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar