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I have had a irritating cough for the past week and keep coughing up dark sticky phlegm had a course of antibiotics but it still hasn't helped?
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Check with your doc: This may be cough variant asthma. You may benefit from inhaled steroids. Check with your lung doc.
Answered 4/19/2013
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