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What are the symptoms of atelectasis please? existing with bronchiectasis
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Atelectasis: Usually has no significant symptoms other than the occasional cough whereas bronchiectasis can have significant coughing fever, pleuritic chest pain, thick mucous, bloody sputum, and bronchoconstriction and wheezing.
Answered 1/4/2016
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