Sunday, 8 April 2012

*Cough* *Cough*

Chronic cough can be caused by allergy, but it's not always the case.

Recently I saw a young man who had a chronic cough. I did a chest X-ray, and it showed a tumor that was eventually diagnosed as germinal cell cancer. Luckily for him, this tumor is very treatable.

Another case was a middle age man who was diagnosed with tuberculosis from the chest X-ray. In another case, a man with a prolonged runny nose turned out to have a cancer of his throat.

The lesson is to do at least some simple tests to rule out other conditions before thinking of allergy.

My learning continues

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