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Dry cough thats been around for 3 weeks?

My boyfriend has a very bad cough and we went to urgent care and all the doctor gave him was cough medicine..it mostly went away but it's been 3 weeks and he still has this dry cough..he only gets it at night like before he goes to bed..and everytime he coughs he feels like he has to throw up... And he does...what else besides cough syrup can he take to get rid of this..please help...

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  • 8 years ago

    the worst I can think of is lung cancer. I'm no expert at this but I think it's a respiratory infection caused by inflammation in the airways

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