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Does rattling in chest always mean pneumonia? feeling better today - no more fever/sneezing/body aches but i have rattling cough with little producton

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Rattle: In the lungs means your mucus is breaking up , making it easier for you to hack up your phegm.It is not pneumonia.

Answered 1/10/2017

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