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A chronic cough since 2 months

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elian
elian

My father had been coughing chronically for 2 months or more..

He had visited 5 doctors or more and entered the hospital twice but no progress..

he goes breathless sometimes and gets muscle tensions from the sharpness of the coughs..

his tone started to disappear and couldn't talk a lot for a while..

he has no allergies as we know...

he is 59 years old and was a smoker for 40 years but stopped since a month or so...

he had done a CT scan and there's nothing wrong with his lungs or so...

he takes many medicines but nothing worked so far...

last night he couldn't sleep as he kept coughing all night long...

he is hopeless and is giving up and I have nothing to do and I'm not capable of doing anything...

PLEASE HELP!

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  • helen50835
    helen50835 elian

    Posted

    Oh dear Elian i do sympathise with you i too have been having alot of problems i had pneumonia 12 week ago was really ill i too stopped smoking at that point after 36 years i also have shortness of breath muscle tension ankles and legs swelling and have had no joy from the doctors i have had chest xrays blood tests spirometer and they cant see any problems just keep saying may be anxiety im not convinced. i had to go back to work but can only manage 2 nights instead of my normal 4 i cant see any end to this at the moment hope your Dad picks up x

     

    • elian
      elian helen50835

      Posted

      My dad is getting anxiety out of the tirendess and the side effects the cough is doing to him.. did you find any solution?? I'm hopeless..

    • helen50835
      helen50835 elian

      Posted

      i havent found any solution Elian i do think that maybe some or most of my symptoms ie; shortness of breath wheezing and coughing could be allergies i was told swelling in legs were probably due to steroids i had but that was April i would have thought they were out of my system now x

       

  • kay19801
    kay19801 elian

    Posted

    Hello to you both

    I have the same thing, I stopped smoking 6 months ago and then developed this chronic cough with a wheeze and tight throat including the feeling that I have to breathe deeply all the time - have had bloods, chest xrays, spirometery test and now being treated for asthma which to be fair is not really working a great deal, I am 36 and now worry that if they refer me to Respiratory services to look for unlikely causes for my symptoms as my Dr suggested they will do a CT scan and discover some cancerous lung tumor!

    • helen50835
      helen50835 kay19801

      Posted

      i have just been to the doctors and have fluid on both lungs i am very short of breath i cant walk far without being in severe pain at bottom of back and i am swollen everywhere the doctor gave me water tablets hopefully will ease alot of the problems x
    • kay19801
      kay19801 helen50835

      Posted

      Hello Helen

      Oh my, I hope you are ok, how long has the swelling been going on for? Gosh you sound as if you are in a lot of pain? 

      I am still searching for an answer, on Preventer inhaler and ventolin inhaler as they testing for asthma even though the lung function tests points negative for asthma my peak flow is lower than what they want so I am on this preventer for 6 weeks now!

      Let me know how they tablets work for you, hope you are ok x

    • helen50835
      helen50835 kay19801

      Posted

      im ok Kay just short of breath all the time pain in my back is due to kidneys water etc i hopefully will start to pick up soon not sure what it means when doctor said crackling on bottom of both lungs suggesting theres fluid as i always thought that was pneumonia x

       

    • kay19801
      kay19801 helen50835

      Posted

      Hi Helen

      I hope you really do start to feel better & soon!

      I have had pneumonia and I think my lungs were crackling even when I breathed! Did they not send you for a chest xray? x

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