
Suggest Treatment For Chesty Cough And Coughing Up Of Green Mucus

Although I have taken various OTC drugs for colds (NyQuil, Muscinex, etc), they don't seem to "mask" my symptoms very long--and certainly haven't "cured" them.
My coughing and sputum do NOTseem to be decreasing since the onset about 10 days ago.
With those comments, would you consider this just your run of the mill cold or possibly pneumonia. Oh! I did have a case of walking pneumonia about three years several months AFTER I had a pneumonia shot. I've not yet had a flu shot this year, but currently I don't think I have any flu symptions (i.e., fever, chills, lack of appetite, severe headaches, etc.)
Being sick is the pits! Can you give me any suggestions of a suggested diagnosis
THANK YOU!!!!
Seems to be respiratory infection.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting the query on HCM. After going through your query, I would like to comments the following:
1. Your symptoms at present are suggestive of respiratory infection /Acute bronchitis.
2. You need to visit a doctor/ Pulmonologist at the earliest, get a minimum of chest X-ray and sputum examination done.
3. You probably require a course of antibiotics.
4. Also if you are getting recurrent infections, you maybe advised pulmonary function tests by your physician to rule out senile obstructive airway disease or COPD/Asthma.
I will be glad to answer follow up queries if any. Please accept my answer if you have no follow up queries.
Regards
Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra
MBBS MD DNB MNAMS
Consultant Pulmonologist

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