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Answered by Dr. Damanjit Duggal

There is foul odor from toe nail. What to do?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your mother seems to have paronychia. Paronychia is the infection of the finger or toenail along the edge. It might be a bacterial or fungal infection. Accordingly, she will require a topical antibiotic or antifungal application.

June 20, 2024

Is it normal to cough up green mucus with pneumonia?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your doctor has made a diagnosis of pneumonia and has given you antibiotics. Your fever has subsided which means the antibiotics have worked. But since you are having green phlegm we need to find out if you require further antibiotics. For that we need a blood count, and if there is a sign of infection we need to find out which organism is causing the infection, and to which antibiotic it responds.

May 7, 2024

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