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To: gundog
Congestive heart failure can produce a persistent cough.

My son and my mom both had CHF. The wet cough and swollen legs was a clue. Lasix drove out the excess fluid for both. My mom was treading a fine line between CHF induced coughing and kidney damage from Lasix trying to compensate. In the end, another cause of the wet cough appeared for my mom...cancer in both lungs. She passed a week after that diagnosis.

Another cause for cough is blood pressure meds. Lisinopril causes a dry cough as well.

14 posted on 09/17/2021 10:08:28 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

He coughs when he lies. Just like Hillary did.


15 posted on 09/17/2021 10:09:16 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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To: Myrddin

“Congestive heart failure can produce a persistent cough.”

Left ventricle less than optimal, lungs congest. Resulting in fluid retention which gives people fat ankles Etc but he doesn’t look like he’s retaining fluid.

One of the prescriptions for that is HCTZ which will ckear up fluid retention,

The restricted ventricle causes systemic compensation. The bidy keeps compensating because it’s out of whack for whatever reason.

Take tobacco smoking, people assume it’s lung cancer or heart disease but what kind of happens in a lot of cases is that people are restricting their oxygen levels when they smoke and for the system to get O² in sufficient quantities the heart has to work harder to pump more blood. The Heart compensates over time and with chronic use of tobacco by physical enlargement and so many smokers actually have quite a few complications from enlarged hearts due to smoking and the body’s compensation for the lack of O²


19 posted on 09/17/2021 10:21:42 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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