Disease having to do with a bad cough and being overweight??

Dale Mccoun: You don't really give much information. Many lung diseases have a cough associated with them. Asthma, copd, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronciectatisis, and pulmonary fibrosis just to name a few. The shortness of breath makes it very hard to breath and may result in the person having to use prednisone, a corticosteroid to help them breath which will result in weight gain. The forced inactivity will do the same if the oral intake exceeds the energy expenditure. Please provide more parameters....Show more