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Suggest Treatment For Cold And Chronic Cough
I have had a really bad cold,i am a smoker,i have been coughing a lot I went to the doctor last week,for a z pac,i am worried because my left lung is hurting,or not sure I didn t pull a muscle coughting,what should I do? im worried because my sister in law had the same symptoms and was dead a year later woth lung cancer,am I over reacting?
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
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The most common cause of acute/recent onset cough is infection with cold or flu virus.
This can be associated inflammation of the muscles and the pleura. The use of anti inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen/naproxen/cataflam.
Allergies with post nasal drip is a common cause of persistent cough but if you are a long term smoker and the cough is persistent any lesions in the lung would have to be ruled out with imaging.
I hope this helps
The most common cause of acute/recent onset cough is infection with cold or flu virus.
This can be associated inflammation of the muscles and the pleura. The use of anti inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen/naproxen/cataflam.
Allergies with post nasal drip is a common cause of persistent cough but if you are a long term smoker and the cough is persistent any lesions in the lung would have to be ruled out with imaging.
I hope this helps
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