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What Is The Treatment For Cough And Cold?

i have been coughing for about a month and i have been takng coughing medicine too but its not getting better . i started to have runny nose after about 2 weeks of my coughing . so now i have been coughing and a runny nose . but today , when i blow my nose , yellow stuff always comes out . usually , its clear but instead of clear is always yellow . i think its an infection . whats wrong with me ?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

After an acute upper respiratory tract infection, it is possible have a cough that persists for a few weeks.

It is due to the lingering effects of the virus.

It is also possible that you may have allergic rhinitis and allergic sinusitis contributing to your symptoms.

You may want to consider the use of a topical steroid nasal spray and nasal decongestant to help with the nasal discharge.

The use of a mucolytic would help with breaking up the mucus so that is is more easily expelled.

I hope this helps
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Any cough symptom if persistence since more than couple of week then this need to be brought to investigation, and x-ray chest, blood examination, sputum examination, would be necessary, to rule out the underlying cause, some time allergic condition may long last, but still symptom need to be investigated, take care.
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What Is The Treatment For Cough And Cold?

HI, thanks for using healthcare magic After an acute upper respiratory tract infection, it is possible have a cough that persists for a few weeks. It is due to the lingering effects of the virus. It is also possible that you may have allergic rhinitis and allergic sinusitis contributing to your symptoms. You may want to consider the use of a topical steroid nasal spray and nasal decongestant to help with the nasal discharge. The use of a mucolytic would help with breaking up the mucus so that is is more easily expelled. I hope this helps