When do you know it is a good time to see the doctor?

[Motivation_Girl]

Okay, I know this isn't like a medical site or anything but I am concern. I went running Friday morning and it was maybe 80 degrees outside but I was walking and running. I did 2 miles and then relaxed at a friends house. He made me a drink that has tomato, blueberry, spinach, peach, mango, banana, and a little squirt of I guess this yogurt and he added I think flax seed (can't remember). Anyways later Friday night I was fine until my throat started to hurt, I thought it was because I maybe ate chips too fast and it scratched my throat so I waved it off. The next morning my throat hurt SO bad like it hurts to swallow. I looked in my mouth and saw my tonsil were partially growing back (yes it is possible) so I took some ibuprofen and called it a day. But as days went by it was difficult for me to eat, it hurts to swallow, it feels like food was getting stuck in the back of my throat. The next symptom I had was a dry cough. You know those dry cough where you feel your vocal chords vibrating, my nose was running but yet I didn't cough up and phylum (mucus). When I'm cold I don't have any problems but when I'm hot I start coughing like crazy. Up to now I took Alker Seltzer cold medicine last night and woke up a little better but I coughed and my nose was running. I went to blow my nose and I coughed up a thick green mucus and then having coughing episodes. I told my friend about it and she said I should go to the doctor, but I told my mom what was wrong and she think it's just a cold. I thought it was a cold too but I'm still hoping it's a cold. I have asthma and I don't want to wait for the worse to happen when it triggers my asthma. Note: It's almost been a week since I've been sick and I usually recover within 3 days

Go to the doctor

Wait Longer

[Criscodomus]

Green mucus is a sign of infection either in the throat or sinus so it's best to go straight to the doctor. Usually when you catch a cold like that it's because you caught it by someone who had it or touched something that was full of bacteria and touched your face. There's no cure for a cold but you can kill the infection you have with antibiotics from a doctor. Don't wait any longer, make an appointment and go straight to the doctor. They can tell you more of what might be the cause and what you really have.

[mirage06]

You may want to go to the doctor because your mucus is green. Usually that's a sign of infection.

[chailey98]

When in doubt, go to the doctor. It's not worth being sick and possibly dying. That's my families motto, even though none of us ever get worse than a cold.

[jacquesvol]

a thick green mucus would send me to a doctor.

[rthomas43]

If you have to ask if you should see a doctor, you should go see a doctor.