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Suggest Treatment For Mucus,cough And Drainage

My husband has had a lot of mucus, cough, drainage for a week now. Coughing with slight exerstion. Now coughing up globs of gray or brownish mucus. He IS NOT a smoker. 5 days ago he packed a moving truck in Florida in 90 degree weather & then drove it for 2 days to Md. I believe he got heat exhaustion that day as well as the other. He looks really tired & worn out.
Tue, 28 Oct 2014
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Hello,
This is Dr. Klarida Papaqako answering your question.

The symptoms you describe are those of a possible Upper respiratory tract infection. Cough with mucus is normal, because its a symptom that clears the lung airways. It may continue for up to 3 weeks, until the lung airways regenerate their mucous.
Drinking lots of fluids is recommended, and if that does not help mucolitic cough syrups may be used as an alternative.

If your husband has fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, and is not getting better, then I would recommend doing a X-ray and consider treatment according to examining doctors evaluation. Pneumonia may come as a complication in these case, and it needs treatment with an antibiotic.

Hope this helps,
Regards.

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Suggest Treatment For Mucus,cough And Drainage

Hello, This is Dr. Klarida Papaqako answering your question. The symptoms you describe are those of a possible Upper respiratory tract infection. Cough with mucus is normal, because its a symptom that clears the lung airways. It may continue for up to 3 weeks, until the lung airways regenerate their mucous. Drinking lots of fluids is recommended, and if that does not help mucolitic cough syrups may be used as an alternative. If your husband has fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, and is not getting better, then I would recommend doing a X-ray and consider treatment according to examining doctors evaluation. Pneumonia may come as a complication in these case, and it needs treatment with an antibiotic. Hope this helps, Regards.