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Hi doctors. how do i know if i have a chronic sore throat infection?
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Duration, phlegm: Diagnosis if chronic should be made on exam by MD, with cultures and exam of the sinuses if sore. Color of phlegm is important. If yellow, green= infection needing antibiotics
Answered 3/22/2020
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