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[|Human|] For the past yeR ive had a productive cough...every visit to gp they put it down to hayfever...this carried on... recently the cough didnt go and they have put it down to gerd....now i have had a severe bout of bronchitis... could this cough of been bronchitis all along... i had the crackling sensation this time only in chest..not any other time... i am not a smoker..
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your problem. In my opinion you should consult pulmonologist and get done1. Chest x ray2. PUT (pulmonary function test). You are having crackling sound in your chest, this suggests possibility of secretions due to infection mostly. So chest x-ray is needed to rule out lung infection. You are having recurrent cough since one year. So we need to rule out chronic bronchitis. So PFT is needed to rule out chronic bronchitis. So consult pulmonologist and first diagnose yourself properly than start treatment accordingly.