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I have be coughing up phlem every morning for a few years. i am not a smoker, have never been a smoker and do no live with a smoker. why could that be?
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Many possibilities: Chronic post nasal drip, allergy, acid reflux, some inflammatory conditions. See an ENT doctor and be examined and reassured.
Answered 6/10/2014
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