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Started fridat with sore throat and no voice now coughing every minute and mucus. cough syrup/dayquil/benadryl isn't helping. why? what to do?
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Sore throat: Probably a virus a common cold. Drink fluids and rest. Yellow or greenish drainage with a fever, think bacterial infection that needs an antibiotic. See your internist or family doctor if persistent over the next week. Hang in there.
Answered 4/30/2017
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