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I had my tonsils taken out 7 days ago and now im having excessive coughing and chest congestion?
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Call your surgeon: Please call your surgeon. It is not unheard of to get an infection in the respiratory tract after surgery. Other causes are possible. Your surgeon needs to know about this and can tell you the best next steps for you to take.
Answered 2/28/2017
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See your ENT surgeon: You are still within the "30 day window" after surgery to where the surgeon should be handling all the complications of the surgery (like pneumonia). So, I suggest that you speak to the ENT or general surgeon who performed the procedure. Were the tonsils actively infected? How was the anesthesia performed? Anything get into the lungs? There are too many questions to be asked (or answered) here.
Answered 3/1/2017
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