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Finished antibiotics to treat otitis media/otalgi/sinus-cong. still exp. slight ear discomfort and coughing lots of yellow phlegm. how to fix ?
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Treatment failure: Symptoms of an illness that will respond to a particular antibiotic usually start to improve within 3-4 days if the appropriate antibiotic was prescribed, and they were taken as directed. Relapse or persistence of symptoms is generally regarded as a treatment failure or inaccuracy of the original diagnosis (i.e. viral not bacterial). You may need a different antibiotic.
Answered 2/1/2015
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