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Suggest Remedy For Breathing Difficulty And Coughing Up Of Mucus By An Elderly Person
my father is 94yrs age is having trouble with breath when walking is on heart medication but seems to bring up lots of mucus from the mouth and has awful taste in his mouth recently had shingles also want to know if mucus would be related to heart and lung function has low kidney function as well his doctor is watching the blood test for now.
Thu, 24 Dec 2015
It is mostly due to some chest infection for which you can take some antibiotic like moxikind-cv or levoflox after an expert opinion along with diominic-dca or wikoryl for chest discomfort and congestion. Take syrup asthakind or brozedex for cough. Do warm water gargles and take steam inhalation.
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