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What Causes Chest And Throat Congestion When Suffering From Congestive Heart Failure?

I have had coughing congestion in my throat and chest for yrs.my nose runs all the.Iam a breast cancer survivor and i have congested heart since the first chemo 15yrs ago i have pace maker/defiblator and i hada hole in my lung that had to fix with the glue.So i was bang up real bad from the chemo.I have tried to get rid of the mucus problem for yrs with meds steroids antibotics shots allery meds.Still it come n my throat and my chest and i sit this up my nose runs down in my face.do u have a answer
Fri, 11 Oct 2019
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Hi,

Noted your history about cancer breast treated and survivor, developed congestive heart after first Chemotherapy, have pace maker, defibrillator, has running nose so much so that the nose runs down face on sitting up and also have chest congestion.
The Running nose to this an extent one has to rule out the nasal problems including leaking CSF from brain through a hernia.
CT scan of sinuses can help with a proper diagnosis.
Heart failure causes the secretions in chest to retain and thus can cause persistent coughing.
Hence I would advise you the following:
Consult an ENT Surgeon and a Pulmonologist too for proper clinical evaluation and relevant investigations like pulmonary function, CT scan of chest and so on.Bronchoscopy can help further.
Once the cause is found then a specific treatment for your symptoms can help you better:
Continue medications for heart.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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What Causes Chest And Throat Congestion When Suffering From Congestive Heart Failure?

Hi, Noted your history about cancer breast treated and survivor, developed congestive heart after first Chemotherapy, have pace maker, defibrillator, has running nose so much so that the nose runs down face on sitting up and also have chest congestion. The Running nose to this an extent one has to rule out the nasal problems including leaking CSF from brain through a hernia. CT scan of sinuses can help with a proper diagnosis. Heart failure causes the secretions in chest to retain and thus can cause persistent coughing. Hence I would advise you the following: Consult an ENT Surgeon and a Pulmonologist too for proper clinical evaluation and relevant investigations like pulmonary function, CT scan of chest and so on.Bronchoscopy can help further. Once the cause is found then a specific treatment for your symptoms can help you better: Continue medications for heart. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon