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Suggest Treatment For Coughing Up Of White Mucus

My husband got back from Greece on sept 30th-he had something going on like sinus and a coughing episode that started when he was eating. This was sept 27th.. anyway we came back and he got worse-tired -coughing and tired ..he went to the dr and she put him with a zpack. He started a fever during z pack and couldn’t catch his breath at night so inhaler was ordered.and levaquin for ten days chest X-ray showed right lung actelectalis with thickening transverse fissure with density.left clear-no pneumonia heart ok but chole lithiasis possibly due to calcifications..ultrasound negative of gallbladder now he can’t stop coughing-white mucus and the dr put him back on levoquin —he is schelded for c t of thorax next week—he is never sick takes no meds and is 62..all wbc look two points low— below normal but last we had was 2012- we stayed a month in Greece but as far as we know were not exposed to anything..
Mon, 2 Apr 2018
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At first, we have to wait for the CT scan chest and wait for the results. We have to take a sputum culture and drug sensitivity testing. Start an antibiotic with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid twice daily for seven days. Take one tablet of Montelukast levocetirizine at bedtime.


Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Rajat Basak
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Suggest Treatment For Coughing Up Of White Mucus

Hello, At first, we have to wait for the CT scan chest and wait for the results. We have to take a sputum culture and drug sensitivity testing. Start an antibiotic with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid twice daily for seven days. Take one tablet of Montelukast levocetirizine at bedtime. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Rajat Basak