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anyone know if sputum bacterial growth can make breathing worse or other symptoms????

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Not being rude or difficult, Colby, but you’ve had a lot of replies to all your other posts now, all confirming that a chest infection, which is all bacteria in sputum means, can cause a variety of respiratory symptoms including wheezing, tightness, and breathlessness. These symptoms make breathing more difficult. More generally, a chest infection will often cause a productive cough, with sputum sometimes being yellow or green, and n addition to chest and potential breathing symptoms may or may not cause other things like fatigue, lack of appetite, and fevers. If you are concerned about your breathing, I would advise you to speak to a doctor: have they admitted you for the IV antibiotics you said they were going to give you yet?

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I think you’ve made it clear enough now Charlie

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if you have nothing nice to say dont say anything

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I was talking to Charlie not you

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yes aiming it at me 👍

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