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I just was diagnosed with strep throat monday an was given a penicillin shot so now my voice is back but now my chest feels tight an i'm coughing y?
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Ck with PCP: You might need further antibiotics.How much penicillin did you get?
Answered 9/28/2016
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Maybe not strep: Strep infections rarely trigger cold like symptoms - cough or runny nose. You may have had a viral infection instead of or with the strep. The penicillin shot (if long acting from) will cure the strep. The virus will be cured by the body.
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