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Swelling in legs and frequent dry cough
Swelling in legs during morning time while walking and sitting legs down. and and frequent dry cough with little yellow mucus.
At your age, swelling in the leg with cough is suggesting more towards heart issues but can be other causes also like kidney issues, venous insufficiency etc . For this you need a thorough evaluation.
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Your symptoms are suggestive of chronic heart failure
Please share details of your symptoms, get ecg, echo. Kidney function tests, x ray chest, share results, then I can help you further to heal.
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The combination of leg swelling and a persistent dry cough with yellow mucus in a 69-year-old is a combination that needs urgent evaluation. Leg swelling with cough can be a sign of heart failure (where the heart is not pumping efficiently, causing fluid to accumulate in the legs and lungs), or it could be a respiratory infection alongside venous insufficiency. At 69, this should not be left without a proper clinical examination and ECG.
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Please see a doctor in person urgently â get an ECG, chest X-ray, and basic blood tests done. Feel free to consult me directly on Practo for a detailed evaluation as well.
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No relation with swelling leg n cough.
Urine complete n microscopic.
R u a hypertensive??
It may be age related or dependent edema when u hang. So not to hang legs, put legs onchair. In rest put three pillows under leg.
Tab lacilacton one in alternate day after breakfast for ten days means five tab .
Ab phyllinsr200 two times after food for five.
Ambrodil s syr5 ml twice n 10ml at night.
Steam inhalation with Vicks or eucalyptus oil two times before meals
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Essential evaluation:
BP, SpO₂
Chest X-ray
ECG ± Echo
Kidney function test (RFT), LFT
CBC
Symptomatic care (till evaluation):
Keep legs elevated while resting
Reduce excess salt intake
Steam inhalation for cough
Adequate hydration
Medications:
Avoid self-starting diuretics or cough syrups without diagnosis
Antibiotics only if infection confirmed
Bottom line:
This is not a simple cough + swelling case—needs systemic evaluation to rule out heart or kidney involvement.
Do consult for proper evaluation
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Red flags (urgent review needed):
Breathlessness / orthopnea
Rapid increase in leg swelling
Chest discomfort or fatigue
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