over a month. He has a history of bronchial trouble and has had pneumonia in the past.
His doctor just keeps telling him it's a 'bad cold' and gives him antibiotics. He said the last chest xray was 'clear' (It was taken over a year ago)
So he came home from this doctor again last week with a prescription for yet another antibiotic - still can't sleep at all due to the constant hacking and looks like hell.
What is this doctor missing?
Thanks for reading
My father who is 87 had a chronic and unremitting cough with wheezing and short of breath and nose bleeding over two months. He refused to go to see the doctor. Simply put he hates to go to hospitals. My mom asked me to come and help him. His tongue was red. His pulse was rapid. This means heat in the body, especially in the lung. I treated him with acupuncture treatments. His coughing reduced from every 5 minutes to once in two hours and no improvements further. Once cough started, it lasted a few minutes with wheezing. I made herb formula to strengthen lung qi and yin and remove heat in the lung. Chronic coughing exhausts both qi and yin of the lung according to traditional Chinese medicine theory. Wow, what a result. I was surprised by myself. My father told me he felt a relief with a first herb drink. No more cough since then. This happened 4 days ago. Try acupuncture first. If it doesn't work like my father, then ask herb. Some acupuncturists prefer both same time. With my experience, x-ray may not show any abnormalities and antibiotics may not work in your uncle's case. If you have further questions, call me or post again.