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Could Dry Rattling Cough With Stringy Mucus Be A Matter Of Concern?
I came down ill over the weekend with headache, nausea, severe fatigue and low grade fever- 100-101. I now have a very intense very dry rattling cough. Sometimes something will come loose in my lungs and I cough up long very stringy mucus. I have had bronchitis, and colds before but never anything like this... It s somewhat difficult to take a deep breath but I have attributed that to fatigue from all the coughing. Is this likely a common cold, flu, or something that I should get checked? I am feeling better but still tired and the cough is just so intense.
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Sun, 1 Feb 2015
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If you mucus is yellowish, greenish yellow, or greenish, you will need antibiotics which your physician will prescribe, you may also need broncho-dilators, mucolytic agents. Pleuritic pain also has be ruled out by examination, so visit your physician rightaway.
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