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Is Stuffy Mucus Common During Bronchitis Infection?

I have taken septra 800 2@ day for 7 days and now been on Cipro 500 2@day for 5 days and still have bronchitis symptoms, I am still coughing up stuff yellowish green mucas, shouldn t I be getting better or is it normal for this to be going on for this long? I have also been taking breathing treaments.
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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bronchitis or chronic bronchitis is related to copd that is a result of smoking

in case you have lower resp tract infection or bronchitis which is causing the symptom you need to visit a Pulmonologist who can request for a sputum culture and sensitivity that can lead to the identification of the disease causing organism and accordingly the sensitive drugs can be started .
I my patients I usually do the same

you may disscuss all these modalities with your Pulmonologist so that he can guide you better

if it's chronic bronchitis a spirometry is needed to stage the diseases and accordingly inhaled medications need to be started

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Is Stuffy Mucus Common During Bronchitis Infection?

bronchitis or chronic bronchitis is related to copd that is a result of smoking in case you have lower resp tract infection or bronchitis which is causing the symptom you need to visit a Pulmonologist who can request for a sputum culture and sensitivity that can lead to the identification of the disease causing organism and accordingly the sensitive drugs can be started . I my patients I usually do the same you may disscuss all these modalities with your Pulmonologist so that he can guide you better if it s chronic bronchitis a spirometry is needed to stage the diseases and accordingly inhaled medications need to be started thanks feel free to ask more questions