OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice.
Today,helps a reader developed an asthmatic type snoring noise post-Covid.
Q)I’M a very fit 79-year-old male suffering from an asthmatic type/snoring noise on my lung, which I developed post-Covid.
It’s more pronounced when I lie down in bed.
I go abroad every year in the hope the hot weather will dry my lungs, but without success.
I am not asthmatic. Can this be cured, or is it a side effect of statins which I have been taking for over two years?
A: Many different types of sounds can be heard in the lungs, which suggest a change in the way that air is flowing, and different sounds give clues towards different things.
A ‘snoring’ type sound would suggest mucus or something else is causing an obstruction.
Have you had it investigated?
If not, then you should, initially with an examination by your GP and a chest X-ray.
Statins can cause a lung disorder called interstitial lung disease, but it’s a very rare side effect and the typical symptoms are cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, or loss of appetite with .
If you have any of these symptoms, it’s important to let your GP know, as they can overlap with other lung diseases.
As you’ve had it for years and describe yourself as ‘very fit’ it’s reassuring that it’s unlikely to be sinister.
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