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Persistent phlegm...but not stuffy in head or chest..?

I seem to have a glob of phlegm in the back of my throat but my neither my nose nor chest feel congested, and I don't feel sick....it just won't seem to go away no matter what and I don't know if there is any over-the-counter stuff I can get to help break it up...any ideas?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    just take liquid cough medicine.. dayquil is good

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    5 years ago

    "Jonah" is an fool. are not getting antibiotics despite the fact that if it particularly is not bacterial. not even 'in basic terms in case.' Now, Stuffy nostril, headache. Congested Chest and head and feeling of dizzyness, adverse cough and sore throat. The chills are a symptom of a fever, which might point out that your physique is actively struggling with it off. do you comprehend how presently the sore throat all started? If it became after the cough with tips from some days, it may be FROM the cough. If it preceded the cough, then it might hint on the hassle-free chilly. in the journey that your cough is efficient, and is sending up a rusty colored mucus, then you definately probable have pneumonia. i'd particularly lean in direction of pneumonia, because of the fact it seems such as you have that. circulate to a doctor, tell him your warning signs, and choose for a chest x-ray, which will the two verify or rule out pneumonia. The throat swab lifestyle would be waiting to handle strep, yet I doubt it particularly is that. stable success.

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