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Fever, Severe Cough With Strings Of Mucus, Weight Loss, Taken Erithromycin Regimen, No Improvement. Should He Return To The Doctor?
My husband has been sick with fever (now gone) and a bad cough for 9 days. It s been a dry cough but today he is coughing up strings of mucus like little ropey strains . What could it be? He finished today a 5-day regimen of erithromycin. He s lost 8 lbs and he s just not feeling any better, day after day. Should he return to the doctor?
Sat, 13 Oct 2012
good evening , yes ur husband should return to the doctor. erythromycin is a time tested antibiotic, if its not acting on him , the doctor should review him, he may need a chest x ray, a sputum for routine testing , a throat swab for culture , and a complete blood count.
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hi julie,
if fever still persist then you shoud go to doctors immediately, but if only cough(dry) then dont worry to much. But as you have said mucous is coming so there is a matter of lttle worry but not immediately just wait if it persist more than 2 week then you should do a SPUTUM TEST. Any way keep close watch contact your doctor if you find following signs-
1. Fever
2. Blood stained cough
3. Cough with mucous more than 2 weeks.
if fever still persist then you shoud go to doctors immediately, but if only cough(dry) then dont worry to much. But as you have said mucous is coming so there is a matter of lttle worry but not immediately just wait if it persist more than 2 week then you should do a SPUTUM TEST. Any way keep close watch contact your doctor if you find following signs-
1. Fever
2. Blood stained cough
3. Cough with mucous more than 2 weeks.
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