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My Husband Is 80 Years Old And Has CHF And

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Posted on Thu, 11 Apr 2019
Question: My husband is 80 years old and has CHF and COPD. Today he is having extreme chills with nausea. He did have a cold last week and is still coughing occasionally. His cardiologist recently added lisinopril to his medications. Is it possible that he is reacting to this new medication?
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Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service!

I passed carefully through your question and would explain that cough could be related to lisinopril adverse effects.

But the chills and nausea do not seem to be related to lisinopril. A lung infection can not be excluded either.

For this reason, I recommend consulting with his attending physician for a physical exam, a chest X ray study and some blood lab tests (complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation and D-Dimmer levels for pulmonary embolism).

A chest angio CT scan may be needed, in case of suspicions on a possible pulmonary embolism.

Hope to have been helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist
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My Husband Is 80 Years Old And Has CHF And

Brief Answer: I would recommend as follows: Detailed Answer: Hello! Welcome to Ask a Doctor service! I passed carefully through your question and would explain that cough could be related to lisinopril adverse effects. But the chills and nausea do not seem to be related to lisinopril. A lung infection can not be excluded either. For this reason, I recommend consulting with his attending physician for a physical exam, a chest X ray study and some blood lab tests (complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation and D-Dimmer levels for pulmonary embolism). A chest angio CT scan may be needed, in case of suspicions on a possible pulmonary embolism. Hope to have been helpful! Kind regards, Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist