Patient's question:
Recently, I've been experiencing chest pain and tightness in my chest. The hospital examination indicated a respiratory disease, but the medication hasn't been very effective. Recently, my cough has worsened. Could you please tell me what are the symptoms of cor pulmonale?Doctor's answer:
Pulmonary diseases are the best and clearest for chest CT, not necessarily expensive ones are good, only those who are skilled in them have value. Shortness of breath after climbing stairs is mainly caused by poor lung function, but it doesn't necessarily mean pulmonary heart disease. You can check the chest CT to see if the lungs have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) possibly, and then combine it with lung function and echocardiography to confirm if pulmonary heart disease is present possibly. As for symptoms, mainly cough, shortness of breath, bilateral lower limb edema, and other conditions!