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What Leads To Swollen Throat?

one day i woke up with a swollen neck and swollen throat and i could barely talk and kept coughing, i felt better after a couple of days but i m still coughing up phlegm constantly everyday and it has been a week or more since i ve been better. why could this be?

posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014

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General & Family Physician, Dr. Dr. Parth Goswami's Response

Hi welcome to HCM...

According to history it could be laryngitis , URTI or sore throat ...

Your condition improving that suggestive of it might be viral infection....
Symptomatic management done ...

Salt water gargles done ...

More water ...

Steam inhalation daily ....

If congestion there take benadryl ...

For phlegm take ambroxol cough syrup.

Take turmeric powder in milk daily ..

As cough since many days auscultation done and if needed investigate with chest x ray ...

Take care

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What Leads To Swollen Throat?

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