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4 days, seriously bad cough, chesty. i drink a lot of water but hasn't helped. when i cough it has a sharp shooting pain in the area of my diaphragm.
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Can be serious: cannot say in your particular case, but generally, these can be the signs of pneumonia beginning. Besides antibiotics, medicines such as monteleukast lower inflammation and treat symptoms.
Answered 4/7/2016
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