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What Causes Severe Cough After Suffering From Flu?

Hi there, I have just had the flu for about a week now. Most of the sevre symptoms are gone now but this annoying as fuck cough!! Every time i cough im coughing up thick whitesh clear saliva qnd have to keep spitting it out into a tissue. At first, i had a mucus but that has now dissapeared. Now its just thick spit. Is this part of my flu and im still slowly getting over it or is something wrong?
Sat, 30 Mar 2019
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Hello,

persistent cough after the symptoms of a respiratory tract infection have subsided is common and may last for weeks. In most cases the patient suffers an annoying cough at first which gets better as time goes by but may persist for up to 8 weeks.

Perhaps you can help yourself with a short course of acetyl-cysteine which is a mucolytic agent - unless you're allergic to it. This drug may help your lungs to produce more -and less thick - phlegm.

I don't believe there's something wrong with it. It's just annoying. If you develop fever or other symptoms then you'll have to visit a doctor for re-assessment.

I hope I've answered your question. Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Kind Regards,
Dr Panagiotis Zografakis
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What Causes Severe Cough After Suffering From Flu?

Hello, persistent cough after the symptoms of a respiratory tract infection have subsided is common and may last for weeks. In most cases the patient suffers an annoying cough at first which gets better as time goes by but may persist for up to 8 weeks. Perhaps you can help yourself with a short course of acetyl-cysteine which is a mucolytic agent - unless you re allergic to it. This drug may help your lungs to produce more -and less thick - phlegm. I don t believe there s something wrong with it. It s just annoying. If you develop fever or other symptoms then you ll have to visit a doctor for re-assessment. I hope I ve answered your question. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Kind Regards, Dr Panagiotis Zografakis