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Suggest Treatment For Sinus Infection And Painful Cough
I have a sinus infection and either it s moved into my chest/lungs or a separate infection has started still have the sinus infection taken 3 rounds of antib s I taste sick when I cough up also when I pull it through my nose now my back or lungs are starting to hurt from coughing I can t seem to get this stuff up also I m HIV+ what should I do?
Fri, 11 Sep 2015
Hi thanks for your query.
Since you are HIV positive get your sputum tested for AFB(tuberculosis),sputum culture both for bacterial and fungal infections,get a chest x-ray and consult a pulmonologist or gen physician.
Hope you are helped and feel free to ask any further questions
Since you are HIV positive get your sputum tested for AFB(tuberculosis),sputum culture both for bacterial and fungal infections,get a chest x-ray and consult a pulmonologist or gen physician.
Hope you are helped and feel free to ask any further questions
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