What are you coughing up. A cough initiated from a fluid mass in the passage by which (Lower Airways) air enters and leaves the lungs may produce sputum. Sputum is the name given to the mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways in the chest.
Look at the sputum you are coughing up. Yellow, green, or brown sputum usually signifies a bacterial infection. Clear or white sputum can indicate the absence of a bacterial infection.
A light, or soft yellow tone can indicate allergy. An intensity in the yellow color and amount of the sputum can indicate infection.
The more sputum the airway produces requiring increased coughing up, the higher the likelihood for infection. Usually a cough without sputum production means that a bacterial infection is not present.
Blood in the sputum is usually associated with bronchitis ( inflamed airways) and pneumonia.
These observations are not to be used in place of the medical advice your primary doctors office can provide.
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