Chronic Cough & Shortness of Breath
SYMPTOM
Answers for a cough or breathlessness that won’t go away.
Medimprove offers a structured workup in Buckhead, Atlanta for chronic cough and unexplained shortness of breath - especially when earlier tests came back normal but the symptoms haven’t gone away.
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When to look closer
When a symptom outlasts the usual explanations.
A chronic cough is one that lasts more than eight weeks in adults, and unexplained shortness of breath is breathlessness that basic testing hasn’t accounted for. Both have many possible causes across the lungs, airways, heart and beyond, so finding the cause means testing more than one thing.
Standard spirometry can look normal in people who are genuinely breathless, because it measures how fast air moves rather than how well oxygen crosses into the blood or how the lungs behave under exertion.
Common causes of chronic cough include asthma, postnasal drip, acid reflux and certain medications; breathlessness can come from the lungs, the heart, deconditioning, or a combination. A structured workup checks each possibility in turn rather than guessing.
Talk to a specialist
(404) 647-6369 - answered 24 hours a day
Most new patients are seen within a week
Tuesday - Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM
371 East Paces Ferry Road NE, Buckhead, Atlanta
Symptoms
Symptoms worth a specialist’s look.
See a pulmonologist when a cough lasts longer than eight weeks, when breathlessness is limiting what you can do, or when earlier tests were normal but the symptoms haven’t improved.
Diagnosis
Testing that finds what basic tests miss.
Medimprove adds DLCO, lung volumes, six-minute walk testing and quantitative CT imaging to find causes that basic testing misses, and can measure how your lungs and heart respond during exercise.
Because the equipment is in one building, most of this testing can happen in a single visit rather than over several weeks of referrals.
Spirometry
Lung volumes
DLCO
FeNO
Exercise testing
HRCT
How it works
From first call to treatment plan.
Treatment options
Treatment that follows the cause.
Treatment for chronic cough and unexplained breathlessness depends on what the workup finds, so the first step is a clear diagnosis — then a plan aimed at that cause rather than the symptom alone.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What should I expect at my first visit to a pulmonologist?
What lung tests are done on-site at Medimprove?
Why am I short of breath when my test results look normal?
Tests & services
How we test and treat it.
Consultation with a specialist
Talk through your symptoms, history, and options directly with a pulmonologist or sleep specialist.
Lung function testing
Pulmonary function testing to measure how well your lungs take in and release air.
Exercise breathing stress test
See how your lungs and heart respond to exertion, with a doctor reviewing results in real time.
CT scan of your lungs
An imaging appointment to see exactly what’s happening in your lungs, reviewed with a doctor.
Get to the bottom of it.
A structured workup, usually starting within a week of your call.
Conditions we treat
Contact
Fax: (404) 973-2722
Tue–Thu, 9 AM – 5 PM
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