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Dear doctors, my mum is in her advance stage of parkinson. how do you remove phelm from her congested lungs ?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

There are drugs: Which will decrease the volume of the secretions. That is the best approach.

Dr Raff agreed

Answered 6/11/2013

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