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I have had a 3 day flue and yesterday started coughing up a lot of very dry, hard, and solid chunks of green phlem. why is this?
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You have: Most likely have upper respiratory viral infection . When the virus invade the tissue , body reacts by mobilizing the defense mechanism including cells and secretion . The coughing is also body defense mechanism to get rid of excess secretion that interfere with breathing
Answered 2/11/2016
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