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Past few days my mother is having lotof cough cont. it gts worse at night.earlier v thought its chest congestion but its swollen wind pipe.?wht to do

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Or heart failure?: She needs to see a physician if she has not already... This could be serious...

Answered 3/23/2013

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A member asked:

Past few days my mother is having lotof cough cont. it gts worse at night.earlier v thought its chest congestion but its swollen wind pipe.?wht to do

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Joseph Shen answered

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