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[|Human|] Hard to swallow liquids,coughing,sound of fluid in the lungs breathing heavy with little movement. 70 years old, my husband. Smokes for 60+ years, mod. Drinking of beer everyday. Vietnam vet. Please help, he won t go to doctor and when he did he was told he had a cold. This has been present for 1 year + and sx s are getting worse. He was given at that time Doxy, cough syrup with codeine .
[|AI|]  Hello and welcome thanks for posting your questionLooking at his history this could be a case of lung cancer or a lung abscess his symptoms and history of smoking is very much suggestive of a long cancer in my opinion you should visit a pulmonologist for the examination and investigations like X-ray or CT scan chest as well as sputum culture and microscopy meanwhile you can advise him to do steam inhalation and a cough syrup like BromhexineHope this ad Chat Doctor.