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Hello doctor!
Doctor tell me is there any way to reduce cough for patients with pulmonary hypertension?
Looking forward to the doctor's advice, thank you!
Truong Thi Hoai (1996)
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Hello!
With the question “Is there any way to relieve cough for patients with pulmonary hypertension? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Pulmonary hypertension has many causes: Heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis,... To treat cough for the disease. Patients with pulmonary hypertension also need to be based on the cause to prescribe.
When treating the cause of pulmonary hypertension, the symptoms of the disease will be reduced, and the problem of cough will be easily controlled. Another problem is that there are many types of cough suppressants that can't be used, or have to adjust the dose for some subjects: Children, the elderly, people with chronic respiratory failure.
Therefore, for a patient with an underlying medical condition, which is pulmonary hypertension, you should periodically see a specialist and when the patient has respiratory problems such as: Cough increases, cough persists ,... then you can contact for advice and prescribe the most effective treatment
If you still have questions about how to relieve cough for patients with pulmonary hypertension, you can go to the hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and consultation. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wish you a lot of health.
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Answered by Master, Doctor Nguyen Ngoc Bach - Respiratory Specialist - Department of General Internal Medicine, Vinmec Times City International Hospital
