Scar Lesion On Both Lungs Causes Coughing? Posted: 08-26-07 04:46am
My mom has an extensive scar lesion due to
healed tuberculosis with residual chronic
cavities in the upper lobes of both lungs.
She's having continuous cough on and off
since many years ago. The CT scan of her
chest's fine but the doctor could not find
out the reason of her cough. Can anyone
help here?
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Re: Scar Lesion On Both Lungs Causes Coughing? Posted: 08-29-07 04:34am
westher
wrote:
My mom has an extensive scar
lesion due to healed tuberculosis with
residual chronic cavities in the upper
lobes of both lungs. She's having
continuous cough on and off since many
years ago. The CT scan of her chest's fine
but the doctor could not find out the
reason of her cough. Can anyone help
here?
Usually, due to acute or chronic
infections our airways can be damaged.
Your mum suffered from tuberculosis and
obviously her bronhi have destructed walls
resulting in dilatation. The dilated
bronchi are characteristic for condition
known as bronhiectasis and its cardinal
symptom is a chronic productive cough.
Also she needs to be exam for chronic
bronchitis, asthma, upper airway cough
syndrome due to a variety of rhinosinus
disease and gastroesophageal reflux
disease.
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westher
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Re: Scar Lesion On Both Lungs Causes Coughing? Posted: 08-30-07 01:35am
We saw another doctor recently and he
suggested her doing physical therapy to
cough out her mucus to prevent infection.
We were told that there's nothing else she
can do. Does anyone has any suggests on
how and what she can do to cure the
coughing? Many thanks in advance.
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Re: Scar Lesion On Both Lungs Causes Coughing? Posted: 08-30-07 06:03am
westher
wrote:
We saw another doctor
recently and he suggested her doing
physical therapy to cough out her mucus to
prevent infection. We were told that
there's nothing else she can do. Does
anyone has any suggests on how and what
she can do to cure the coughing? Many
thanks in advance.
Coughing is normal response to presence of
mucus. Your mum has airflow obstruction
and impaired clearance of secretions. If
she cough out her mucus she'll have less
chances for complications such as
recurrent infections. She can use
antibiotics as prevention from infections.
Accumulated fluid can be eliminated with
postural drainage and chest physiotherapy.
Using steroids can help with reducing
sputum production and decreasing airway
constriction. For some cases of
bronchiectasis, surgery is recommended.
Your mum can also try some herbal syrups
and honey to ease her cough.
All best to you and your family!
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Re: Scar Lesion On Both Lungs Causes Coughing? Posted: 08-31-07 08:45am
Thank you so much! The mucus that she
coughs out also contain some blood which
we are quite worry that it can get more
serious with times. In her situation, does
her cough infectious to others?
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Posted: 09-04-07 02:15am
Hi!
If your mum is coughing only small amounts
of blood with sputum, you should not
worry. The blood is probably coming from
ruptured lung small blood
vessels(capillari) due to high pressure
that develops while hard coughing. You
should ask for prompt medical attention
if she starts to cough large amounts of
blood.
I'll suggest you to keep a distance while
she coughs because she is very pron to
infections and she can have one anytime.
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