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What Does Prolonged Cough Imply?
Hello, my husband is 40 years old and has had a cough for about 4 weeks, after seeing the doctor today he was put on antibiotics for a small infection on his left lung though after a chest x-ray he was told he has a shadown on the right lung, we are to wait until the antibiotics finish and then have another chest x-ray. Please give me your opinion as what this may be.
Thank you so much
jana.
Thank you so much
jana.
Tue, 31 Oct 2017
This can be pneumonia. It takes 4-6 weeks for pneumonia to go away on chest xray. He should be treated for pneumonia and repeat xray in 6 weeks. If he continues to show shadow then he should get CT chest and possibly bronchoscopy.
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