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POSSIBLE PNEUMONIA OR BRONCHITIS? ER or DR
so ive had multiple bouts of bronchitis all year last year and here I am sick again...yellow, green and red phlegm is coming out ....should I go too the ER for a chest x-ray or the DR's office where there are no x-ray machines there? my dr told me before if I get bronchitis again, go too the ER for a full chest x-ray to make sure I don't have walking pneumonia.
what should I do?
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Follow what the doctor told you to do and go directly to the ER and rule out pneumonia and other causes. I have been there. Failure to do so can be detrimental to your health. If it is Pneumonia the longer you wait to find out the bigger danger you can place yourself in with it not responding to anti-biotics or you needing to be in hospital. Yellow, green or red phlegm coming out just isn't normal and actually a warning sign. Definitely go to the ER.
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Red in the phlegm is probably blood. You need to go to the ER NOW. Because the red may be blood it means you may be bleeding internally. I'm not a doctor but my best guess is you have severe bronchitis, possibly Pneumonia.
As a first responder for over 40 years I would say as someone who might be bleeding internally you are just the person 911 services are meant for. You may be to sick to safely drive yourself to the hospital. Call 911 and let the Paramedics do the prehospital treatment's that will help you start breathing better while they transport you safely to the hospital. This is the purpose for paramedics.
Doctors have not may house call in decades, paramedics do and start treatment in your home all under the supervision of their supervising physician. My advice is call 911 NOW AND GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
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go to ER immediately if you haven't yet. I had acute bronchitis this year, New Years Day I went to ER. I had lots of coughing and phlegm for about 10 days and was using Mucinex to help with the phlegm but I was long enough I didn't realize I was getting worse until New Years Eve late when I was coughing so hard that I felt weak and about to throw up. I cannot describe how in hours I went to feeling so much worse. I told hubby I wanted to go to ER and I am not one to run to Dr. much. It calmed down enough for me to sleep but in the morning we went to ER. When a Dr. saw me, he feared it had turned into walking pheumonia and ordered chest xrays cus thats how bad I sounded. I was clear but he said bronchitis often leads to walking pneumonia and people do die from that if it gets bad enough and is not treated. I've never heard of red phlegm so that is not normal already. Don't play Russian roulette with your life, go to the Emergency cus we really have no way of knowing how many days before something like this gets bad enough to kill you.
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