Hi, I have a chesty cough for five days; started a dry one, then with yellowish secretion. I took Benilyn but it didnt seem to help; I still cough a lot. I also lost my voice two days ago, can only whisper now; have heavy pain in my chest and mild fever.Do i need to take antibiotic?Thank you
Thanks for your questioning my opinion you are suffering from upper resp tract infection and lower resp tract infection yellow sputum means bacterial infection, so you need to visit a Pulmonologist who can request for a sputum myogenic culture and accordingly start the antibiotics and other decongestants as needed if he wants he can start you on empirical antibiotics as per the infection he suspects antibiotics are must hold the infection in my patients I do the same steam inhalation will help a lotthanksfeel free to ask more questions