Hi, My mother-in-law have heart problem, her feet are swollen especially her left ankle & feet, but now she have a very bad cough that she cant get rid of, she have taken cough medication, antibiotic, but this cough still wouldnt go away this is what i want to know when fluid build up around your heart even in your lungs, could there be something else wrong, or to much fluid have build up in here lungs & around her heart the reason she is coughing
Hi, Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor, I am Chat Doctor. Fluid retention in patient with heart prob indicate failing heart ... patient with heart failure may have acute exacerbation due to many reasons like infection, non-compliant with med, uncontrolled HTN etc. Heart failure is a condition in which heart unable to PUM enough blood lead to fluid retention in body n lungs too. If u were my patient I would run some tests like chest day to look for resp infection, ECG, echo etc. so that I can find out what causing heart to fail n how much heart is functioning now... cough will resolve if fluid is removed from lungs that can be done with diuretics and also will prescribe medicine that will help heart to work efficiently ... I hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask. Regards.