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Taken Mucinex For Severe Sore Throat And Cough With Green Phlegm. Can It Be Related To Previous History Of Bronchitis?

So on November 23rd I started developing cold symptoms. They would persistently get a little worse. By Friday November 29, I was fine. My throat was a little bit dry and I would occasionally cough, but other than that my cold was pretty much done with. The following day my cold got worse. I felt like I had a severe sore throat. On Sunday, it only got worse. I was coughing and I could barely speak. I felt like I had a massive amount of phlegm in my throat. On Monday I started coughing up this very thick green phlegm. It wasn t at all runny. It was very very thick. Not only that but when I blew my nose I also got that same green phlegm. So I went out and got mucinex to thin out the phlegm, I can t say it really helped or not. I did start feeling very weak and like I could pass out. I figured it might be the expectorant in the Mucinex. So the following day the phlegm was so thick I felt like I couldn t breathe. I started gagging until I hacked it up. Then I thought that was it. To my surprise I started hacking up more. That whole day I hacked up about a good 10 chunks of mucus, not to mention I was constantly blowing green thick mucus out of my nose. I decided not to take Mucinex fearing that it would only make me feel weak like the other day. Turns out it wasn t the mucinex, I still felt weak and developed a headache. My face started feeling very flushed and I felt very hot. I felt as though I had to stick my head in the freezer, at the same time thought I also felt cold. So this morning again i had this very thick green mucus in my throat that i coughed up and I still have more. I was wondering if there is any need to see a doctor or if this well go away on its own? I have this headache at the moment I don t know if its because of all the coughing. Also if it helps I m an 18 year old female. I have had bronchitis last year. Please get back to me soon. Thank you.
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
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dear user
with your symptoms it looks it is acute exerbation of bronchitis that is acute bronchitis .
first consult with doctor .
take chest x ray .
you need to start complete treatment .
proper antibiotic .
mucolytic cough syrup .
as your sputum color is green to brown black not right sign showing severe infection. start with antibiotic .
there might be need of sputum culture.
maintain hydration .

hope this will help you
dr neha
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Taken Mucinex For Severe Sore Throat And Cough With Green Phlegm. Can It Be Related To Previous History Of Bronchitis?

dear user with your symptoms it looks it is acute exerbation of bronchitis that is acute bronchitis . first consult with doctor . take chest x ray . you need to start complete treatment . proper antibiotic . mucolytic cough syrup . as your sputum color is green to brown black not right sign showing severe infection. start with antibiotic . there might be need of sputum culture. maintain hydration . hope this will help you dr neha