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I had pneumonia about 2 weeks ago and i have continued to cough up nickle and sometimes quarter sized chunks of yellowish mucus.

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That may con-: tinue for a while as your lungs clear themselves of infection and inflammation. The mucous will turn white and then clear, and you will stop coughing in several weeks to a month.

Answered 6/7/2016

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