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I was diagnosed w/ pneumonia on 6/8 and had10 days of antibiotics. now, i am still coughing hard and a lot each day. is this expected and how long?
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Not necessarily: If you have been treated for pneumonia with a 10 day course of antibiotics (ended on 6/18?), I would expect your cough to have resolved. This is assuming that you haven't had a cough long before your pneumonia. Are you having other symptoms such as fever or chest pain? You should follow up with your doctor.
Answered 6/30/2014
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Not unexpected: If you have some type of lung disease such as asthma , this could contribute to the length of time you will cough. You have only been off antibiotics for ten days. Cough may last much longer than the pneumonia. Give it another week. If not better see doc.
Answered 10/4/2016
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