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Q: Severe Coughing
asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 15th, 2006
my husband is 50 has been sick 8 days had fever 101 has gone down severe coughing no phlem cant ly down has to sit up in chair to sleep has pain in right side going to the back. He just keeps coughing with a few minute breaks then it starts up again and it wont stop. What can this be?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on January 23rd, 2006
Cold, Flu and Viral Infections Answer A172
Coughing without phlem is usually the result of pharingitis but your husband's chest pain has to be checked. An auscultation, ECG and X-ray of the chest can be requested to this end.


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