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Diagnosed with bronchitis today, started antibiotics (z pack). fever still present but trending downward. at what point am i ok to go to work?
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Depends: when you no longer have fever, and when your cough is not going to cause you problems at work (so it depends on what you do in your job)
Answered 3/9/2016
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