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What Causes Excessive Mucus In The Throat While Having Asthma?
I am a 83 year old woman. I have asthma and for l0 days I have had so much mucus It rattled and I couldn t get it up. Urgent care gave me antibodic, predsone and now over the counter Mucus Relief . They said when you can t get up the mucus it forms an infection. it has been l0 days and only slightly better. Could this be a form of pneumonia
Fri, 26 May 2017
Yes it can be pneumonia you chest xray will differentiate which pneumonia it is. You must follow up with your doctor and ask him/her to have your xray done
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