If you have had covid

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If you have had covid or know someone who has had covid, can I ask what sort of cough they had. My Dad has tested positive and is coughing up green flem and thinks its normal in covid and doesn't want to bother the dr. Thank you

I've had covid and was coughing up green gunge. Definitely get a test.

Oh just reread your post I didn't need antibiotics

I had a dry cough. No phlegm.

Thanks ladies... one of you did one of you didnt 😁 Anyone else have a cough?

Yes dry cough.

Mine was like a dry hacking cough. But my chest was bad with it.

I had a cough. Not the continuous cough we expect though. Not always dry either. More clear / white phlegm for me.

I just felt like my throat was sort of scratched and that made me get a dry cough.

I just had a tickly cough, but I wouldn't say green phlegm, on it's own, is a cause for concern, I quite often get that with a cough/cold.

I thought green phlegm was indicative of a chest infection, I’m asthmatic and that’s what I have previously been told, I think it might be worth contacting the doctor as they can prescribe antibiotics remotely if they feel they’re needed.

I suppose it depends how much there is as well.

Thanks everyone.
He doesn't have a temperature and his oxygen levels are ok. I will keep an eye on him.

I am currently positive and I started with a headache which wouldn’t go and the cough kicked in after a few days - it’s dry with a very bad sore throat

My friend had covid AND a chest infection - so antibiotics clear the infection & you feel stronger to fight the covid

I had a chest infection and needed antibiotics. I was much better once I had started them.

I had a few phlegmy days in the middle, when I was hacking really hard to shift something, but it was white. The rest of the time it was a dry cough.

Green gunge suggests a secondary bacterial infection. He could look at NHS online in the first instance, that will take him through triage questions. He might then be advised to ring 111 or his GP.

I had a pathetic, very occasional tickley cough for a couple of days. That was it.

My Covid symptoms started with sinus pain and I ended up with a cough and a lot of phlegm. The phlegm was clear but I also had blood in it a couple of the days, no doubt from coughing so much. I should have called 111 but didn't. Luckily I was ok.

I had headache, sinus pain and then cough started. Which was very phlegm but not green. No sore throat or anything

The rest of household all got sore throats, some got coughs but not all. Everyone got a headache. However they got no sinus pain or phlegm.

You need to ring his Dr ! Green phlegm is a sign of an infection, it may or may not be Covid but still needs reporting to his GP

It is possible he has had Covid and now has a secondary infection so asking the doc about antibiotics would be a wise move.

As others have said, could well be a secondary infection. DH and I had it back in March. He is basically never ill and had a high fever and terrible cough, for me it was loss of taste and smell, cough and chills. We fought it on our own for about 10 days, but I clearly remember DH started coughing up green phlegm and I had awful green mucous (sorry gross) like a sinus infection. We rang our GP who instantly prescribed antibiotics for us both over the phone - we started feeling much better, and stronger to fight the Covid. It really made a huge difference to us both.

Ps Hope your dad starts to feel better soon.

It was a kind of small dry breathy cough, no phlegm.

Dry cough. With pain on breathing.
Only time I've coughed up green chunks was a bad chest infection.