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Dry cough. Chest x-ray shows haziness in lower lung. Prescribed antibiotics. Lung infection?
Hi Doctor.For the last 20-25 days, I am having dry cough . No fever. I did the chest x-ray and it says Haziness found in right lower lung para-cardiac region. I did total Blood count test as well and found everything normal except Platelet count as 0000 and Lymphocyte as 3.07 thou/mm3 (ideal range written is 1-3). I went to a doctor and he has written some antibiotics. I am worried because I am a smoker. But I have promised myself that I will stop smoking from now. Can it be a sign of lung infection or Virul infection or Pneumonia? Kindly share. Thanks
Asked On : Thu, 27 Dec 2012
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hi there, dry cough in a smoker is quite common due to bronchitis, your blood counts are not abnormal. It is good that you have decided to quit smoking, for now it just looks like nothing serious and a course of antibiotics should take care of your infection if any. It could be a viral infection, or just irritation to your bronchus due to the smoking. Doesn't appear to be pneumonia and so relax. If your symptoms do not subside even after this line of treatment then a repeat x-ray may be taken and you can get your sputum analysed for gram staining and cytology for any malignant cells ,for now this treatment is fine, take care.
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