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I have reciently got over a cold and still hav a blocked nose and coughing up clear plhegm with brown / rust coloured spots in do i have a infection?

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Do you have fever?: If you do not have fever, you are not likely to have a bacterial infection. The resolving viral infection can cause the symptoms you are having. Please quit smoking at the earliest!

Answered 3/24/2020

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A member asked:

I have reciently got over a cold and still hav a blocked nose and coughing up clear plhegm with brown / rust coloured spots in do i have a infection?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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