My dad (60 years) has kidney failure for one year now (both kidneys damaged) due to wrong medication received from a doctor, he was on pd for a few mths after his catheter was infected, he has now began doing hemo once again after a surgery to get his fistula running. For about 6 months or more he has a severe cough that isnt going away, what can we do?
Hi, Please get at least a Chest X-ray PA view done. Also, a few tests like CBP with ESR might be contributory. If there is no major problem as seen on Chest X-ray, he might improve with symptomatic treatment alone. Also, I hope his cardiac function is normal. In some patients with borderline cardiac dysfunction, the heart status gets worse after a fistula has been created, and this could contribute to cough and breathlessness. Again, this can be easily detected on chest X-ray, and if required, 2D Echo.