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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.
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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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Cough is due.to bacterial. Infection mostly probably, swelling needs to be evaluated for any cardiac cause
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consult for further evaluation
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Hi,
It can be related to age, circulation, or other common causes.
Feel free to consult for further guidance.👍
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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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Kindly do connect and consult with me for better treatment plan and advice on your case
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Dr. Vetsa Sri Krishna Chaitanya
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Rajahmundry
angular cheilitis
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Dr. Avinash
General Physician
3 yrs exp
Dholpur
No relation between swelling and cough
Swelling and pain related to age
For cough- syp Ascoril ls 10 ml TDS
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Dr. Suraj Sharma
General Practitioner
4 yrs exp
Jaipur
Do consult
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Banswada Vijay Bhavani Shanker
General Physician
13 yrs exp
Hyderabad
You are saying yellowish mucous may be it's infection, you should consult for better diagnosis and need more information
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Dr. Ravi Kumar Nadella
General Physician
18 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Check 2d echo
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Dr. Gaurav Jaiswal
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Jhansi
Avoid fried and spicy food
Water intake more
Green leafy vegetables more
Fiber meal
Walk
Kindly do connect and consult
Will help you
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