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My husband has been quite bad with a cough...3 negative covid tests though. It's a dry, tickly cough, rather than productive, but it's constant and quite severe. He is better at night surprisingly.
He's now had it a few months and it has got worse, if anything, so I was finally able to convince him to go to the dr.
The dr. rightly didn't prescribe antibiotics as he's had no fever, etc, and instead sent him for an x-ray last week.
Tonight around 8pm he had a phone call from the dr. to say there were changes on his lungs (unclear areas?).
The doctor then asked him to get bloods for his kidneys and he also said the hospital would be calling him to arrange a CT scan to see what's going on asap.
Can anyone tell me why they've asked for blood tests for his kidneys if it's his lungs that are showing changes/white areas on an x-ray?
Is there something that would affect both?
I know this would just be speculation and guesses but I feel like I need to be aware of as many possible answers as I can.
The dr. also said that despite the negative tests it may be that he's had covid already....I'm assuming that's because its known to affect/damage the lungs?
Any ideas greatly appreciated 🙏 🙂 Thanks.