Shortness of Breath, Cough, Enlarged Heart??

[prudens]

OK, So i've been on TRT for about 6 months now... And recently starting to get shortness of breath, cough... Is this a sure sign of Enlarged Heart??? I do have asthma,, and it is that time of the year....

 

[Megatron28]

The simplest answer is probably the most likely answer. But get an ultrasound if you are worried about it.

 

[Alpin]

a cough is a sign of enlarged heart?

 

[jjflex]

Not trying to scare you but...

The symptoms you describe could all be due to a sleep disorder, such as obstructive sleep apnea. You should discuss this with your primary physician (PP) and ask if a formal sleep study is warranted.

However, another explanation for daily shortness of breath and cough COULD be a pulmonary emboli. It is very easy to screen for this condition with a lung scan or a CT of the lungs, programmed to focus on clots. Also as Mega said a cardiac ultrasound would check the valves, function and size of the heart.

 

[prudens]

Actually my mom has sleep apnea, and my sleep sucks. I take trazodone to goto sleep.

But how does cough has to do with sleep anea though? Can you talk a bit more about the correlations? Thanks!