 [ Symptoms ] what doctor to see for chronic cough my husband is a bodyman collision repair on automobiles and works all day with paint and primer fumes as well as the body dust that goes along with his profession he has developed a constant cough   he can barely complete a sentence without coughing it sounds like a bronchitis cough but always gets better over the weekend when he is not at work then by lunchtime on monday it is back with a vengeance and he is coughing all the time what type of doctor should he see for this cough [ Disease ] you can start with his primary care provider but a pulmonologist is the lung specialist that he may eventually need to see there are many many different causes of a cough so see the primary care provider first hi things to think about can he remember what product he was using when this first showed up i think your find his myocarditis was from the pneumonia from what i can read about it below is some info i have found about his problem and i think this has transgressed from there chemical pneumonia is an unusual type of lung irritation pneumonia usually is caused by a bacteria or virus in chemical pneumonia inflammation of lung tissue is from poisons or toxins only a small percentage of pneumonias are caused by chemicals many substances can cause chemical pneumonia including liquids gases and small particles such as dust or fumes also called particulate matter some chemicals only harm the lungs however some toxic materials affect other organs in addition to the lungs and can result in serious organ damage or death chemical pneumonia is only one type of lung inflammation other types of lung infections are viral pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia chemical pneumonia is a type of lung irritation many substances can cause chemical pneumonia including liquids gasses dust fumes and lung aspiration symptoms and signs of chemical pneumonia include burning eyes lips mouth throat dry cough nausea abdominal pain chest pain headache and pleuritis treatment of chemical pneumonia depends on the toxic and amount of exposure hi for me unless he is the boss then this is his health were talking about time for a new start in another job away from chemicals fumes dust and all the rest that goes with the job working in a body shop if you love your husband like you do then there is no other way he can go he may have a big love for his job but his job in slowly killing him  has he thought of still being in the industry but working from the other side ie not in the workshop its either this or he works in a full face mask which would be fed by oxygen so he is breathing clean air all the time he is in the workshop this could be a way out for him to carry on working in a body shop as for finding what was the cause then that is how this answer started do hope this helps in some way good luck hi his first call would be his own doctor and let himher take it from there its either that or get him to an er does he not wear a dust mask at work with all this dust he really needs to watch this i had a college many years ago a tiller just as dusty he went off one and we never sore him again his close buddy when he come back said he was dead it