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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath And Cough When Recovering From Pneumonia
My dad has pneumonia and was in hospital he s home now but he says he have shortness of breath and he is coughing a lot should I give him astavent or Dublin or prednisone or bronkese Co? I don t know please help or should I take him back to hospital they didn t give him medication to take home thank you so much in advance :)
Fri, 24 Jul 2015
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I would suggest that he may need repeat of xray chest first to rule out any complication or to see any remanant of infection.If cough persist then he should be checked again by his treating physician to rule out any complication,then it can be treated accordingly.
Regards,Dr.Maheshwari
Welcome to the HCM.
I would suggest that he may need repeat of xray chest first to rule out any complication or to see any remanant of infection.If cough persist then he should be checked again by his treating physician to rule out any complication,then it can be treated accordingly.
Regards,Dr.Maheshwari
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