Coughing up yellow phlegm

Introduction Characteristics of cough caused by tracheitis: early mild cough, later converted to wet cough, can cough up yellow purulent. Early symptoms of cold, such as fever, sneezing. Yellow sticky tips may be caused by a lung infection due to the presence of a large number of pus cells. Blood tests, routine blood leukopenia in the acute phase, increased neutral proportion, sputum culture to determine pathogenic bacteria. Chest X-ray examination showed an increase in lung texture, thickening and disorder in patients with advanced disease. Pulmonary function tests, early asymptomatic, typical lung function changes such as ventilatory dysfunction.

Cause

Yellow sticky: It may be caused by a large number of pus cells in the lung infection.

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The color, odor and traits of sputum; blood tests, routine leukocytosis in the acute phase, increased neutral proportion, and sputum culture to determine pathogenic bacteria.

Chest X-ray examination, increased lung texture, thickening and disorder in patients with advanced disease.

Pulmonary function tests, early asymptomatic, typical pulmonary function changes, ventilatory dysfunction.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of coughing yellow sputum:

1, mucus purulent sputum: very likely to suffer from acute and chronic bronchitis secondary infection, bronchiectasis, lung abscess and other diseases.

2, green sputum: may suffer from Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused by lung dissipation, lung cancer, bronchiectasis and other diseases.

3, brown sputum: may be caused by chronic infarction caused by pulmonary infarction, heart disease.

4, rust color : may have lobar pneumonia. The different colors of cockroaches remind us to focus on specific health.

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