Hello! I am 23 years old, a smoker (quit about a week ago), and started with a cold about two weeks ago. After the cold symptoms went away, I developed a cough. The cough is phlegmy, with a yellowish/brown tint to it and has lasted. On a few occasions, I noticed a pen dot sized speck of bright red blood and it scared me, so I went to my doc. He asked me a series of questions, listened to my chest and lungs and said I sounded clear. I just found out I am pregnant, so as part of my routine blood work, a CBC was done. Doc said my white blood cell count was slightly elevated. He came to the the conclusion that I had bronchitis. He told me not to worry about the blood, just irritated the lining from coughing a lot.
It's been three days since I've started the antibiotic (amoxi-clav), my cough is still present (going on a little over a week), although it does seem to be lessening somewhat. It is the worst in the morning, and all the times I've noticed the blood it has been in the morning. I still have the brownish phlegm (mostly streaks/spots of it, surronded by clear/white mucus, it looks like **** from smoking). My chest has never felt sore or tight through this whole thing. Being the hypochondriac that I am, I went to the immediate care center by my house this morning as a reassurance, and the doctor told me the same thing. She said to ease my mind we can do a chest x-ray, then saw I was pregnant and nixed it.
I'm worried I have something serious, does anyone think this sounds like a typical case of bronchitis or do you think I should be concerned?