Question: I'm working in Benin, and the first 4 of us on the ground had a cold+sinus congestion for about 4-5 days followed by 2-3 days of being fine, in turn followed by continuous hacking/coughing (with lesser congestion not causing as much pain), with some occasional yellow phlegm (note, only a few times per day out of all the constant coughing). The last 4 days or so my coughing has become much less frequent, approximately 2-4 times an hour, sometimes only once an hour. However I am still bringing up yellow phlegm. This morning I had heavy yellow phlegm when I blew out of my left nostril and I coughed up some yellow phlegm traced with blood. I am on day 6 of 7 taking ciproflaxin. As far as I can tell I am not wheezing/trouble breathing nor do I have any fatigue, confusion, nor have I had a fever this entire time. If it was not for the yellow phlegm / blood in phlegm I would have thought I am almost better to be honest. However the blood streaked yellow phlegm has me pretty concerned at this point. My current armpit temperature is 35.5 degrees Centigrade. I had gone to a local doctor about 8 days ago when the coughing was worse and he could not detect anything in my lungs at that time from listening to me. He prescribed Binozyt 500mg 3 tablets, but I'm unsure if I may be allergic as I have never taken it before and since there is no epinepherin where I am at, I wanted to wait until I got back to the capital to try it in case I have a reaction.

Thank you Dr. Dangwal, to be honest this morning, after blowing my nose, and for the first time since this all started, having yellow come out of the nose; the following cough is the only time I ever had blood streaked phlegm. My subsequent coughs today were clear or slightly yellow.