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Coughing Up Yellow Mucus

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Coughing Up Yellow Mucus

Are you experiencing coughing up that yellow mucus? If you’re coughing up yellow mucus, it is often a sign of bronchial infection, but simple diagnoses can be made. If you’re coughing up yellow mucus, 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.

How Can I Treat My coughing?

Coughing is a symptom, not a disease. It is the underlying cause of the cough that needs to be treated.

You ought to talk to a family doctor if one from the following signs are associated with a cough, so that possible underlying causes may be looked into and treated where required:


  • coughing up phlegm that is green, rusty brown, yellow, blood-stained or foul smelling
  • chest pain
  • shortness of breath or wheezing
  • pain and swelling in the calf
  • recurrent night-time cough
  • whooping cough or croup
  • worsening smoker’s cough
  • sudden weight loss

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