What would you do about this chest?

[Cointreaugin]

Mild asthma.

Started with a faint infection (noise in chest) which led to asthmatic coughing so I doubled my inhalers etc.

After about 10 days there was still what feels like fluid regularly collecting in one part of my left lung which I cough up. Sleep fine. I felt asthma was under control, peak flow fine etc. Gp felt it was asthmatic wheezing so prescribed a course of prednisone. No change.

Went back, Gp prescribed antibiotics. I'm 5 days in and there's still no change.

I haven't felt especially poorly or had a sore throat etc. Getting tired but I have young children and the steroids have me insomnia. It just feels like snot collects in my lung till I have to cough to move it or it growls it's been over 3 weeks now.

Sorry.

I mean - leave it another week after antibiotics then go back? Just wondering how long to expect something viral to take to clear. It's puzzling because it's fluidy deep down. I'm used to antibiotics clearing anything like that up.

Some viral things can take weeks and weeks to clear up and, as you know, antibiotics won't work for them. It's so hard to know though whether these things are viral or not.

Yeah I know. I'm happy to soldier on. Just annoying and I'm not sure if ok asthma wise. That's under control I feel thought It's just very weird. Catarrh, wasn't sure how to describe, In one specific part of my lung. I also find it hard to cough it out to look at; (always have, it just immediately goes down) doesn't taste bad.

Second Gp felt it was wise to be on abs anyway as I didn't know steroids can up the risk of infection.