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Do antibiotics help for coughs and rales that worsen days after pulmonary embolism?

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Yes: Yes ,they can help

Answered 10/30/2018

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Depends: Cough is a protective mechanism that allows retained mucus or foreign material to be brought up from deep in the lung. If the cough is part of a bacterial infection antibiotics may help. If it is simply part of a viral cold or mucus trapping with your other lung problems it will not.

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