I've been getting this slight cough since May and I don't usually cough a lot, but I feel like there's some chest congestion. Could it be that there's thickened mucus there? This seems to happen once a year now for about the past 5 years. Normally, I just take regular cough syrup and it goes away, but this time I haven't taken anything. Should I be worried or do anything different?

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Dr Ranjith Darla

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3+ Yrs

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take tablet mucinac for 5 days twice a day

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Answered 04/07/2025

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