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Can having a cough be contagious after a month
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Yes, if it is TB: Yes, if the cough is due to tuberculosis (TB) it is very contagious without treatment. This is also true for pneumonic plague, which has thankfully, been "eradicated" in modern times.
Answered 5/10/2016
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Depends on germ: Some germs will trigger such lung irritation that they can leave you coughing long after they are gone. Some forms of bronchitis can make you cough for weeks after the germ is gone.Treated and cured whooping cough can trigger adults to cough for 3 months.Yet TB is a slow burning disease that can trigger cough for years and be contagious continuously.
Answered 5/10/2016
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