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My dad always feels cough
My dad is 63 years old diabetic person.
He always has cough / dry cough. Any reason ?
Home remedies ?
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Diabetic patients are more prone to bacterial infections than normal. So it is possible that there might be an underlying infection.
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Initially get a chest X-ray.
Consult for further evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Pritam Duttagupta
General Physician
12 yrs exp
Kolkata
Is he a smoker or ex smoker? If yes, that can be cause of chronic dry cough. Otherwise need to consult doctor for evaluation for COPD, ILD etc.
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Dr. Aman Gangwani
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Kanpur
Get a hrct and consult
As he is a diabetic there moght be an underlying infection
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Or residual damage from previous infection
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