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Aften a course of antibiotics i still have red dots on back of my throat. they doesn't hurt and i feel fine otherwise. should i be worried?
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Post tussive effects: Most likely some inflammation post coughing like pop vessels from a cough and the local inflammatory redness may take while to subside even after antibiotics did the job. No reason to be concerned
Answered 1/7/2015
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