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How To Deal With Dry Cough?

I have been sick for 4 days, started with dry cough causing headaches and strained throat, went to coughing up yellow then green mucus with a few days of muscle aches, mucus seems to be less but throat or brochial tubes? seem strained and raw and dry coughing with tikle in throat. Today tongue is majorly coated white
Sat, 24 May 2014
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Please meet your doctor as it loos like that the infection has spread to your chest , which is causing the yellow sputum . You will need antibiotics , and for this you should meet your doctor I would like you to start gargling with warm salt water 2-3 times a day and start steam inhalation 3-4 times a day , it will give you some relief.
please drink lots of fluids and meet your doctor soon.
Thanks
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How To Deal With Dry Cough?

Hello Please meet your doctor as it loos like that the infection has spread to your chest , which is causing the yellow sputum . You will need antibiotics , and for this you should meet your doctor I would like you to start gargling with warm salt water 2-3 times a day and start steam inhalation 3-4 times a day , it will give you some relief. please drink lots of fluids and meet your doctor soon. Thanks