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Urgent care doctors think i have bacterial bronchitis because i have had symptoms for over 5 weeks. do you think that they are right? i have a lot of mucus production in throat, wet cough, fatigue, and some tightness in chest when breathing deep?
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There are several possibilities. You could have an acute bronchitis-either bacterial or viral (fever? change in color of sputum?). You could have pneumonia so hopefully a chest x-ray ruled that out. You could also have bronchospasm with airway inflammation that can occur after a bronchitis infection and result in continued cough, sputum, etc.This would improve w/bronchodilator and steroid inhalers
Answered 5/30/2021
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Any cough lasting longer than 2 weeks warrants investigation. It would be preferable to see a pulmonologist. Wish you good health!
Answered 5/29/2021
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