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A member asked:
What can it indicate coughing up yellow stringy phlegm, my chest is tight, feels as tho i've been punched in chest & back.
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Bronchitis: This sounds like bronchitis. If you have been coughing a lot, then the pain in chest and back is due to this. The yellow just sign of infection. If it becomes chronic, you may need treatment, but most bronchitis will resolve without antibiotics within a few weeks.
Answered 5/10/2018
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