What causes congestion in lungs with difficulty in breathing and chemical taste?
Patient: I have had congestion in my lungs for about a month now and the past week the congestion is really getting bad and have a very strong bleach or chemical taste and its hard to breath sometimes because its very hard to cough enough to clear it . I am 26 with 2 babies so its important that I look into this. Doctor: thanks for asking your question I completely understand your question cough , chest pain , congestion are seen in variety of disordersit seems like a lower resp tract infection in your caseyou need to consult a pulmonologist who can request a chest X-ray, sputum for pyogenic culture and spirometry if needed and evaluate the cause.a pulmonologist can prescribe you with some drugs like an antibiotic - cefexime for a week and a leukotreine inhibitor or antihistaminic like a combination of moteleukast and fexofenadine and a bronchodilator. cough syrup with ambroxol, dont panic feel free to ask more questionsmay god bless you with good health