question: I have had the flu and then pneumonia and was in hospital. I have had a lot of coughing and diagnosed with coughing pneumonia. I have now been back at work with only a little bit of cough using an inhalor with albuterol. Today I started getting ichy ears and a little bit of a sore throat. I am coughing up green yellow phelgm. lol i meant coughing asthma. sorry