A member asked:

I got bronchitis and i drank my antibiotics but my cough hasent went away and i still have a lot of mucus.recently my chest startedto hurt.please help?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Two issues: One: usually a doc treats you empirically for the most likely "bug" causing the bronchitis but you might have a bug that is resistant-is not killed by that particular drug. He can get a sputum culture and send it to a lab. Two: Even after having killed the bugs you could still have some residual cough secondary to the damage done. That your body will cure with tincture of time. Discuss it w/ doc.

Answered 4/14/2016

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