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Cough, Coughing Green Cough, Headache, Swollen Lymph Node. Negative Swab Test. What Could Be This?

I went to the doctor because I had a bad cough, I was coughing up green stuff and then several days later woke up to the room spinning. I ended up having a headache the rest of the day. I then went to the doctor and she said my limpnoids (sp) were swollen and to get a throat swab. So I did and it came back negative. That was Monday and I still have constant every day headaches. I'm really afraid of it may being a brain tumor. I tend to search the web and worry a lot..
Tue, 30 Jul 2013
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Welcome to HCM.Greenish sputum if thick and foul smelling would indicate a bacterial infection,but mucoid green sputum can occur naturally as a immune response to upper respiratory tract illnesses.Lymph node swelling will occur in viral and bacterial infections.Since your throat swab is negative,the throat infection is probably a viral one .This can cause various other symptoms like body pains,headache,fever, nausea apart from the cough.The spinning of the room may occur due to a labrynthine viral infection.You need to rest and take symptomatic therapy,plenty of fluids and analgesics for the headache.
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Cough, Coughing Green Cough, Headache, Swollen Lymph Node. Negative Swab Test. What Could Be This?

Welcome to HCM.Greenish sputum if thick and foul smelling would indicate a bacterial infection,but mucoid green sputum can occur naturally as a immune response to upper respiratory tract illnesses.Lymph node swelling will occur in viral and bacterial infections.Since your throat swab is negative,the throat infection is probably a viral one .This can cause various other symptoms like body pains,headache,fever, nausea apart from the cough.The spinning of the room may occur due to a labrynthine viral infection.You need to rest and take symptomatic therapy,plenty of fluids and analgesics for the headache.