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Persistent cough
My husband is 37 years old and works for merchant navy. Last 7-8 years he has been getting cough very often and it doesn't heal soon. It would last for over a month and slowly subside. He smokes not very frequently may be one pack a month. He is overweight and has cholesterol slightly on higher side. He works out well in gym and sweats a lot too. Now since last two months he has severe cough with normal phelgm. we consulted an ENT surgeon who asked for TC DC, ESR, IGE and chest xray.. All reports are normal and with almost one month of medication the cough is still not better... We live in area with lot of dust and pollution... Just too worried with the cough which is not getting better. Please suggest what to do next
Dr. Gummadi Anish Reddy
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Specialist
8 yrs expBangalore
As per your description your husband maybe experiencing cough variant asthma. If the chest x Ray is clear as you mentioned kindly get a pulmonary function assessment done which will tell if he is experiencing the persistent cough due to any hyper reactive airway disease. Hope you find this information useful.
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Hi. I understand your concern s. He will need to undergo a detailed examination and investigation
Consult a pulmonologist for the same at the earliest
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