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What Causes Edema In The Feet Along With Cough And Fatigue?
I have edema in my feet, am overweight, have a mild cough, am fatigued, have shortness of breath. when i walk i am short of breath and after i am usually ok. recently while out of town, i had alot of walking to do. the next day my back felt like i had bronchitis or pneumonia. got any ideas
Fri, 30 Jun 2017
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You have edema feet, cough along with dyspnea
Hence cardiac cause like left ventricular hypertrophy or failure should be ruled out
For that work up done as follow....
_Auscultation
_CBC
_EKG
_2D echocardiography if needed
If no cardiac cause present than chest x ray done to rule out respiratory causes
According to cause specific treatment given
Take care
Hope this will help you
You have edema feet, cough along with dyspnea
Hence cardiac cause like left ventricular hypertrophy or failure should be ruled out
For that work up done as follow....
_Auscultation
_CBC
_EKG
_2D echocardiography if needed
If no cardiac cause present than chest x ray done to rule out respiratory causes
According to cause specific treatment given
Take care
Hope this will help you
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