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The past two weeks i have had excessive phlegm. i cough loads of yellow phlegm and also have a blocked nose. i feel like i gasp for air sometimes too?

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Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Be checked: Your symptoms could be related to a sinus or chest infection. Gasping to breath after coughing is a symptom of whooping cough. Be assessed and managed. All the best.

Answered 5/27/2016

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A member asked:

The past two weeks i have had excessive phlegm. i cough loads of yellow phlegm and also have a blocked nose. i feel like i gasp for air sometimes too?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Katharine Cox answered

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