Duster coughing, maybe feline asthma, maybe enlarged heart

My cat Duster having a coughing attack. I thought it was feline asthma. The vet said it could be that, or possibly feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart). X-rays showed a lot of either inflammation or fluid in his lungs.

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• Duster
• feline asthma
• cat coughing.

[joshb6206]

I'm really sorry to hear about your cat.  Pretty certain it's just the asthma on mine.

[AmandaKuhnhenn]

i wish the best for your cat :)

[joshb6206]

@AmandaKuhnhenn Thanks. It absolutely did end up being feline asthma. A bronchial dilator plus some steroids cleared it up.

[mymayapapaya]

I hope it's not hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. My cat coughed just like that and I thought it was furballs :( turns out it was that heart thing you mentioned which caused him to form a blood clot and it traveled down and caused his legs to be paralyzed and a lot of pain so we rushed him to the emergency and after pain meds were given to him and a diagnosis was made we had him put to sleep :( I just wouldn't want your cat to suffer like that so I wonder if they can do an ultrasound on your kitty?