My father 60 years old having persistent cough from last 1 year. From lungs to kidney, we checked all of his body, consulted plenty of doctors specialists of GP, Kidney, ENT, Pulmonologists, Diabetologists, Thyroid specialists and etc. Nothing helped! He has type 2 diabetes but that is bow completely removed. He just diets from sugary items and his diabetes is controlled. Just his BP is irregular going up and down. He is having a very very terrible cough from the last one year! Now it is becoming more & more terrible day by day, so I doubt that it is a heart problem. He is not taking ACE inhibitors. He is not recovering with normal cold or antibiotic medicines. He has taken all anti biotic from A to Z. I really doubt it will be a heart issue. His 2D Echo is also clear. Thank You, So the case remains yours. Kindly advise!

Dr. Nitin SahuEndocrinologist35yrs exp

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Sorry to learn that your father is having a cough which refuses to go away You have mentioned that you have consulted a large number of specialist but without any relief The most common causes of a chronic cough are: postnasal drip asthma, especially cough-variant asthma, which causes a cough as the main symptom acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) chronic bronchitis infections, such as pneumonia or acute bronchitis ACE inhibitors, which are medications used to treat high blood pressure smoking There are also less common causes of a chronic cough, which include: bronchiectasis, which is damage to the airways that causes the bronchi walls in the lungs to thicken bronchiolitis, which is an infection of the bronchioles, the tiny air passages in the lungs cystic fibrosis, an inherited condition that damages the lungs and other organs heart failure lung cancer pertussis, which is also known as whooping cough sarcoidosis, which is clusters of inflamed cells that form in the lungs and other parts of the body Please reconsult your physician in this regards.  

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