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Swelling ankles tightness in throat coughing milky white sputum. no pain anywhere?

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Dr. Rupesh Parikh answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

Sounds serios: Could be heart failure or bad pneumonia ; rec to go see a doctor right away and at least get an xray of your chest done.

Dr Oliva agreed

Answered 7/3/2013

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Culture of sputum: Chest x-ray and culture of sputum needed to assess possibility of tuberculosis.

Answered 12/11/2012

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