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Suggest Remedy For Cough With Pain In Chest And Dark Stools

Hello. My boyfriend has been experiencing a cough for close to two months. There was a time when it got better. A doctor gave him a zpack (and something else) but it didn t help. He has pain in his chest. He has a dark stool. There is nothing in the cough (mucous) I don t think. Any ideas? There is no fever.
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
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Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your boyfriend's situation and problem.
He is having chronic cough with chest pain.
So we need to rule out lung infection ( pneumonia ) first.
Pneumonia can cause pleurisy ( inflammation of pleura ) and chest pain with coughing is characteristic feature of pleurisy. And pneumonia is the most common cause for pleurisy.
So get done chest x ray first to rule pneumonia.
Also get done stool microscopic examination to rule out blood in stool because he is having dark stool.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. First diagnose himself and then start appropriate treatment.
He may need antibiotic drugs.
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Suggest Remedy For Cough With Pain In Chest And Dark Stools

Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your boyfriend s situation and problem. He is having chronic cough with chest pain. So we need to rule out lung infection ( pneumonia ) first. Pneumonia can cause pleurisy ( inflammation of pleura ) and chest pain with coughing is characteristic feature of pleurisy. And pneumonia is the most common cause for pleurisy. So get done chest x ray first to rule pneumonia. Also get done stool microscopic examination to rule out blood in stool because he is having dark stool. So consult pulmonologist and discuss all these. First diagnose himself and then start appropriate treatment. He may need antibiotic drugs.