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How can we differ from bronchitis and tb symptoms?
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Check with your doc: Both can be very similar. You may need a chest radiograph and TB testing. It would not be the first case of TB mimicking bronchitis. Although simple bronchitis usually resolves within 2-4 weeks.
Answered 9/28/2016
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