Chronic Cough
Five things my patient should know
- Cough more than 4 weeks is called chronic
- There are many reasons for chronic cough like TB, cancer, acidity etc
- Proper clinical diagnoses is required for treating these cases
- Please don’t neglect chronic cough as this may be a clue for many dangerous diseases
- Our clinic pin pointedly identifies the cause of chronic cough
Frequently Asked Questions
Ans: please visit a pulmonologist. Causes of chronic causes may be many starting from TB, cancer, acidity etc. so we need to investigate you by some basic tests like X-ray, CT scans
Ans: If cough is present for more than 2 weeks it should definitely be investigated and chronic cough means if the cough presents more than 4 weeks