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Chronic dyspnea
My father is going through coughs a lot sometimes and have shortness of breath he gets hypertensive and his bp levels are always high recently he had a gall bladder surgery it was removed he often developed some allergies also...
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Allergic airway disease should be ruled out
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some antihypertensive medications are known to cause the cough..plus gerd can be there because of gall bladder surgery..that can also worsen his cough..kindly check and connect here
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Dr. Pudi Mounika
Pulmonologist
3 yrs exp
Tirupati
Chronic dyspnea could be due to many causes like heart failure, interstitial lung diseases,anaemia...Is that an episodic dyspnea or chronic continuous dyspnea..if it is episodic, could be due to the history of allergies also ...if he is a chronic smoker,it might be due to COPD ...and history of any pedal edema or periorbital edema or generalised edema need to be known..
Advised to get an x ray chest PA view, 2d echo,ECG,Hb,LFT,RFT..if everything is normal can go for PFT for further evaluation..
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Ecg,chest x ray,echo,CBC,LFT,RFT,PFT with bronchoreversibility
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Dr. Bhavya Sri Mothiki
Pulmonologist
5 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Is the cough associated with sputum, any exacerbating factors? Was he a smoker. Is he on any anti hypertensives, as they can also cause cough, as allergic history is there, has he taken any medication for that.? What is the range of BP
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Take a chest xray and spirometry
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can take tab allegra m once daily for 5 days meanwhile
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl consult.
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Dr. Fatima Mamnoon
Pulmonologist
12 yrs exp
New Delhi
Get his cbc , chest xray and igE level , consult a pulmonologist . Start syp rapitus 10ml three times a day for 7 days meanwhile
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