What to do if you are still coughing up phlegm 20 days after being discharged from the hospital with pneumonia?

Pneumonia 20 days after discharge from the hospital or cough phlegm, it is recommended that under the guidance of the physician to use some of the efficacy of cough cough phlegm medication for symptomatic treatment. 1. Pneumonia is a relatively common clinical lung inflammatory diseases, pneumonia patients after treatment after discharge, airway inflammation is still not completely subside, so some of the patients after discharge for a period of time there is still a cough with sputum. 2. For patients with pneumonia who have been discharged from the hospital, when they have cough and phlegm symptoms, they should continue to follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication for symptomatic treatment, such as carboxymethylstilbestrol, eucalyptus pinocin enteric capsule, etc., to achieve the purpose of relieving cough and resolving phlegm; at the same time, they should also pay attention to the care of the body by drinking plenty of fluids, eating a light diet, and so on, in order to promote physical recovery. In addition, it is also necessary to exclude whether there are comorbidities, such as lung abscess, or other causes of cough, such as lung cancer. Pneumonia patients in the hospital, is generally still need to cooperate with the doctor with medication for a period of time, and pay attention to timely review, especially in the body has obvious symptoms, but also to consult a physician in a timely manner, do not blindly use their own medication.