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Q:

At the beginning of last quarter, in January, I got sick with the same flu that everybody had. I had it for almost a month before almost all of the symptoms were gone, but the cough that came with it stayed. It is now almost four months later and I still have a lot of flem (or mucus) production, and often hack up very productive coughs. I was wondering if I am still sick from that flu, or if I have some other problem like allergies, etc... Any suggestions?

 

A:

It is most definitely not still the flu. We need to evaluate you to see if there are environmental factors or other causes for your prolonged cough. We routinely test for tuberculosis any time a cough lasts longer than 6 weeks, and usually do a chest xray.

                     ~The Doc