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Always check the phlegm color. If it's clear, white, or pale, the infection may still be viral, and antibiotics may not be necessary. If it's yellow, green, brown, or bloody, or if you are having fevers, chills, chest pains, or have other health problems, you might need antibiotics.
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www.docflash.com/phlegm.html
www.docflash.com/phlegm.html
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It could also be a sign that an infection in the lungs is making the respiratory passages produce phlegm. ... coughing up phlegm that is green, rusty brown, yellow, blood-stained or foul smelling ... A productive, chesty cough, in which phlegm is coughed up, should be treated with an expectorant cough mixture to help loosen...
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* Your phlegm is yellow, green, brown or rust-colored for more than a week. ... A brown or rusty hue to your mucus may mean an infection, or it could be old, dried blood that lingered down in your lungs for some reason, Dr. Davis says.
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Phlegm is just a mass of mucus mixed with dead white blood cells. Clear or slightly yellow phlegm usually means the invaders have not penetrated deeply. But green or brown phlegm means more dead white cells, indicating that the organisms may have caused more damage.
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www.usaweekend.com/00_issues/000109/000109health_immune...
www.usaweekend.com/00_issues/000109/000109health_immune.html
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If you're coughing up yellow, green, or brown phlegm, your body is in the process of fighting an infection. If the color of your phlegm is brown or gray, it may be your body is expelling tars or resins built up from smoking or inhaling large amounts of dust.
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www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-phlegm.htm
www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-phlegm.htm
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Mucus that thickens and becomes discolored is called phlegm. ... Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Brown Phlegm Causes and compiled helpful research notes below...
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organizedwisdom.com/Brown_Phlegm_Causes
organizedwisdom.com/Brown_Phlegm_Causes
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This is a discussion on MedHelp about Thick Greeny-Brown Phlegm. Community members of MedHelp provide help, support, guidance and discussion around the topic of Thick Greeny-Brown Phlegm ... Especially but not limited to the mornings I clear my throat and I bring up very think and sticky greeny-brown phlegm,
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www.medhelp.org/forums/RespiratoryDisorders/messages/29...
www.medhelp.org/forums/RespiratoryDisorders/messages/2935.html
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sore throat/dark brown phlegm ... Just now I was able to draw up some blood with my phlegm albeit a small amount and I was able to do it only twice. The rest of the time is the brownish phlegm--and is highly prevalent right after I wake up as I have noticed from yesterday and this morning.
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List of causes of Brown nails and Phlegm symptoms, alternative diagnoses, rare causes, misdiagnoses, patient stories, and much more. ... Brown nails AND Phlegm symptoms: Causes of All Symptoms...
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