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Cough, in someone who may have an infection
Cough, in someone who may have an infection
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 22-year old female asked:
When i cough, i can taste mucus. It has this weird and disgusting taste to it. Does this point to signs of infection? Or is it normal?
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A female asked about a male:
Persistent dry cough since december dr didn't know what it was saw no signs of infection but gave meds the cough slowed down but is back to constant?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for Covid 19. I have work within his vicinity within 1 meter. I am not showing any symptoms. My wife who gets a bad infections in her chest often has developed a cough. What should I do?
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A 40-year old asked:
How can you treat a chest infection/cough?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can you have a chest infection without a cough?
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A 26-year old female asked about a 20-year old :
What type of infection can cause you to cough up blood?
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A 38-year old male asked:
My kidneys hurt when i cough. Is this the sign of an infection? What else could it be?
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A 20-year old female asked:
How can you tell if your chest infection has gone deep Into Chest when I cough I feel like it's gone deep in
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A 22-year old female asked:
Is minimal koch's infection contagious even though i don't have a cough? Will an employer still hire me even though i have minimal koch's infection?
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A member asked:
My one year old was diagnosed with a upper resipitory. Infection. It is caisimg him to cough until he screams and cries. Is this normal? No fevee
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A 43-year old female asked:
Whenever I cough the phlegm that comes from inside has a funny taste which is there after I got an infection cold last week. What can it be? Advice.
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A 46-year old female asked:
Had a throat infection.Now developed a cough?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can kidney infection cause a cough?
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A 29-year old asked:
How can I tell whether I have a bad cough or a chest infection?
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A 40-year old asked:
If you have a chest infection or bronchitis do you have to have a cough?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I have a barky cough and getting bits of green mucus. Could this be an infection?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have a persistent cough that has lasted over 10 years and I have an unknown infection could this be related?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Pain in the chest without cough and no other symtopms.Chests clean and blood preasure normal.Could that be infection?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Back in March I had an infection that caused dry cough along with chest pain. Cough lasted 2 months but chest pain hasn't gone away. Suggestions?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Painful cough causing chest pain and some barking for 4 days, some mucus. Very bad uncontrollable coughing fits for 3 nights for an hour. Infection?
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A member asked:
Sinus infection no congestion or cough?
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A 28-year old male asked:
M indian.If expectorant oral cough syrup can't stop my coughing even after a week, try some other cough syrups or may be some infection inside stomach?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Hello doctor. My wife has cough when she laughing. But some one told me this problem may be HIV infection. So I am afraid about this problem please.?
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A 32-year old male asked about a male:
He got flu & stuffed nosy, light cough, eating very little, may b due to throat infection, no fever.
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A 40-year old asked:
If i cough up yellow mucus does that mean infection?
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A 29-year old female asked about a female:
How do I treat a wet cough after a viral infection.
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A 55-year old female asked:
Day surgery in few days. Have sinus infection with some cough.
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A 73-year old female asked:
I have a wicked cough do to a sinus and bronchial infection. I have them on avelox.
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A 30-year old male asked:
Is there any foods or vitamins that increase resistance against infections(cough & cold) in babies?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Iam 16 years old and always had a productive cough and chest infection every year in winter.Is it normal?
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