Suggest Treatment For Severe Cough With Yellow Mucus In The Throat

Posted on Mon, 16 Jan 2017

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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 Answered on

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Question : my wife had a very bad infection she is coughing up yellow mucus now she's coughing up what looks to be like a foamy mucous and wheezing in her sleep

Answered by Dr. Shashi Dangwal (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
She could be suffering from Lower respiratory tract infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX,

Thanks for posting your query on HCM.

I would like to know if she has aný fever also. Is there any history of asthma? Is she a smoker? She could be suffering from lower respiratory tract infection like pneumonia. She may have to undergo certain tests like a CBC and a chest x-ray to begin with. She may also need a course of antibiotics, nebulization and other symptomatic treatment.Hence I suggest you consult your PCP or a pulmonologist who can examine her and prescribe the necessary antibiotics and other symptomatic treatment.

Feel free to ask if you have any more queries.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Shashi Dangwal (1 hour later)

she does not have a history of asthma her family does occasional light smoker occasional fevers mainly at night

Answered by Dr. Shashi Dangwal (54 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please do consult your PCP for the investigations and antibiotics.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the fresh inputs. As I have already mentioned do consult your PCP for the investigations and regarding a course of antibiotics and other symptomatic treatment.

Wishing you the best.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng