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How can you distinguish between a smoker's cough and bronchitis?
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Comparison: Smoker' s cough will stay about the same while bronchitis in top of smoker' s cough will bring increased sputum production, sometimes fever, increased shortness of breath.
Answered 5/31/2015
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