This is too scary to say, Dr. Chen would like to ask those people instead, you have seen a few people who have a cold and do not vomit some white or yellow phlegm, colds are still a self-limiting disease, as long as there are no serious complications, even if we do not take medication and injections, 7-10 days are likely to be self-cured.

Therefore, before answering this question, we should not take the blackmail first. Spitting yellow phlegm may not be light, spitting black phlegm may not be heavy, spitting white phlegm kills, then the only possibility is that the white phlegm is half spat out, not spat out, airway obstruction occurs, and asphyxiation and death are still possible!

However.Normally, it is true that a healthy person of ours has no phlegm or contains only a small amount of thin phlegm (less than 100 ml), and the color is also usually colorless and clear or a little off-white.

And these small amount of phlegm, is not useless, it as our human respiratory secretions, our usual nose, mouth and other respiratory inhalation of some dust, bacteria and other microorganisms have a very good adsorption effect, together with the discharge of the body, in a sense, it isIt also protects the lungs.。

Of course, once our respiratory tract is diseased or has some inflammation, the color, amount, character and even smell of the phlegm may change. In the clinic, we doctors often use the different colors of phlegm to help us diagnose some diseases.

In particular, the following seven colors of sputum should be taken into account in order to consult a doctor, which may suggest that you are suffering from certain diseases

The first, yellow-green pus sputum.This is very common in our patients with long standing colds or bronchitis!There is one thing that you should pay particular attention to: once you notice that our sputum changes from thin, to pus, and also appears yellowish-green, the best thing you can do is to go to the hospital to have a film taken and a sputum culture done, because this could be an early symptom of pneumonia.Of course, things like chronic bronchitis, respiratory diseases caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, tuberculosis, and even lung cancer may cause patients to spit up thick yellow-green sputum.

The second, black phlegm.People who have black sputum are often asked about their medical history in our hospitals, and we can find out that it is more or less related to their environment, occupation, etc. For example, people who have lived for a long time in places with poor air quality, smoke and dust, like some miners and coal workers. For example, people who have lived for a long time in places with poor air quality, lots of smoke and dust, such as some miners and coal workers.Prolonged exposure to carbon dust, coal dust, lime, etc. leads to a form of pneumoconiosis, and their sputum tends to be black.

The third, white phlegm.As we have just mentioned, normal people can have a small amount of white phlegm, so don't be alarmed by the appearance of white phlegm, which is very often normal. Of course, if we have a cold or bronchitis, the amount of white sputum may increase, which is also due to some inflammatory reaction, and the white sputum will disappear after cure. Of course, some people who have been engaged in the production of plaster and white ash for a long period of time may also have the situation of spitting white phlegm.Therefore, the appearance of white phlegm is not as exaggerated as the questioner mentions, and a white phlegm is fatal.

Fourth, fishy odor, brownish sputum.This sputum can be related to having parasites in the lungs, like schistosomiasis is one of them. Of course, there are also amoebic liver abscesses and pulmonary embolisms that can cause this brownish sputum.

The fifth, rust-colored phlegm.It is mostly seen in people suffering from lobar pneumonia, and of course, such patients often also have symptoms such as dyspnea and chest pain. The presence of rust-colored sputum, a chest X-ray,, and a sputum smear test are indispensable. If it turns out to be really lobar pneumonia, anti-infective treatment is also necessary.

Sixth, red blood-streaked sputum.This kind of blood is not much, basically is due to the upper respiratory tract infection, coughing caused by small capillary rupture caused, we should not worry too much!

But if it is persistent, a lot of bloody sputum, then we should pay attention to, like bronchial dilatation caused by hemoptysis, upper respiratory tract bleeding, pulmonary heart disease, tuberculosis and other diseases may lead to, to promptly investigate the cause.Pay particular attention:If you are over 40 years old and have blood in sputum for a long period of time, accompanied by chest pain, fatigue and sudden weight loss, you should be alert to the possibility of lung cancer.

Seventh, brick-red jelly-like sputum.It is usually accompanied by chills and high fever, and the possibility of bronchitis and pneumonia should be suspected.

Therefore, we should not underestimate a small spitting action, more than one look to see if there is the above color of phlegm, usually found in their own phlegm color, taste, amount of change, we should pay attention to, timely medical treatment is very necessary!

Some people say that "spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm will kill you", which is too alarmist. However, sputum as the most intuitive symptoms, to a certain extent, can reflect the severity of the disease, but only by virtue of the color of sputum to determine the condition, but too arbitrary. Today the author will give you a talk about the sputum of those things.

How is sputum formed?

Sputum is a secretion of the human respiratory tract, and when a person breathes in the air, he or she is easily exposed to dust, bacteria, and viruses. In order to prevent these dusts and microorganisms from entering the body and causing danger, the human respiratory tract utilizes mucus to keep these dusts and microorganisms in the respiratory tract, and then through the body's coughing reflex, these dusts and microorganisms are expelled from the respiratory tract through the mouth.

Clinical significance of sputum?

Sputum is defined as secretions from the trachea and bronchi or exudate from the alveoli. Sputum is rare in healthy individuals, but can increase in pathological conditions when the respiratory mucosa is irritated by various factors. Since bacteria, tumor cells and other disease-related markers may be present in sputum, sputum examination is also valuable for the diagnosis of certain respiratory diseases and the observation of their efficacy.

The color of sputum can change in pathological conditions, but lacks specificity. According to the latest edition of China's "Diagnostics" textbook, the clinical significance of sputum color change is mainly as follows:

(1) Yellow and yellowish-green sputum may be present in diseases such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, bronchodilatation, lung abscess and tuberculosis;

(2) Red, brownish-red sputum, possible lung cancer, tuberculosis, bronchial dilatation and other diseases;

(3) Rusty color, possible presence of acute pulmonary edema, lobar pneumonia, pulmonary infarction, and other diseases;

(4) Pink frothy sputum, possible left heart failure;

(5) Rotten peach-like grayish-yellow sputum, possible schistosomiasis;

(6) Brownish sputum, amoebic lung abscess, schistosomiasis may be present;

(7) Gray, gray-black, possibly due to the environment (miners, boilermakers, chronic smokers, etc.).

Overall, the color of sputum has a certain significance in the direction of disease diagnosis, but it cannot be used as a criterion for judging the severity of the disease. In daily life, if you find that the color and taste of your sputum change abnormally, you should pay close attention to it, and it is important to go to a regular hospital in time to seek medical treatment!

I'm a healer and I'll answer! I heard someone say that spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm will kill me.

The question is a bit overstated. There is already a lot of information on the Internet about what phlegm to spit in response to physical health, and a lot of experts have already explained it, so I won't go into that, but there are still a lot of people who have misconceptions about the color of phlegm, so let's talk about it today.

Spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm kills you.

The human body is an organism interacting with the outside world, especially the respiratory system, every minute and every second in the inhalation of oxygen, exhalation of waste gas, which can not help but be stimulated by the external environment, a common reaction is to cough, cough sputum, not only the patient will cough, cough sputum, and even a lot of normal people will cough, cough sputum, cough, in fact, coughing is a kind of self-protection reaction of the body, the purpose is to discharge the airways of the poisonous substances, as long as the coughing As long as the degree of coughing is not too big, in fact, the body is still favorable, but because of the reason of the disease, a lot of coughing beyond the normal scope, and the combination of coughing phlegm, these coughing phlegm is often a response to the extent of the disease.

Common cough sputum is yellow sputum and white sputum, mainly related to infection, especially yellow sputum, many respiratory tract pathologies will appear, such as bronchitis, bronchodilatation, colds, pneumonia, etc., this type of sputum production is related to the metabolism of disease-causing bacteria, in general, as long as the infection will be controlled, the patient is basically no big deal, so there is a certain reason why yellow sputum reacts to the symptoms of light.

As for spitting white sputum may kill, this statement I do not agree, in fact, white sputum is also related to infection, compared with yellow sputum, white sputum may also be a little bit milder, commonly found in some mild colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases, in general, spitting white sputum patients as long as the oral administration of a little bit of antibiotics can be improved.

Here to focus on spitting black sputum, in fact, the reason why black sputum, and sputum mixed with blood related, which is often a clinical danger signal, especially for some lung cancer, tuberculosis, bronchial dilatation of the patient, once coughed up black sputum, we must immediately go to the hospital for treatment, it is likely to be the blood vessels of the lungs out of the problem, if not dealt with in a timely manner, followed by hemoptysis is also likely to be, so compared to the yellow sputum and white sputum So, compared to yellow and white phlegm, black phlegm may kill the patient.

Yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting up white phlegm kills you is a typical folk saying with the characteristics of the times, a certain degree of scientific validity, and certain limitations.Let's look at it specifically.

Phlegm is removed by coughing; otherwise, phlegm retained in the airway is not beneficial to the person, but it can cause various microorganisms to multiply and grow, resulting in airway infections, inflammation, and even deterioration!

What does it mean to say that spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm will kill you?

I. Yellow sputum

Yellow sputum is common in bacterial infectious diseases, such as acute bronchitis. China's Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Cough (2015 edition) state that foreign evidence suggests that patients with suspected acute bronchitis do not need to be routinely given antibiotics, and antibiotics are recommended for patients with acute bronchitis who cough up yellow pus sputum. Yellow sputum is also common in lung abscesses (with high sputum volume), and pyothorax with bronchopleural fistula. Also common cold or viral colds tend to cause yellow sputum; therefore, yellow sputum is generally considered to be mild.

II. Black sputum

Black sputum is common in people who smoke and live in environments with severe air pollution, such as cooking on coal stoves, boiler workers, and coal miners. These people have dust deposits in their lungs, so the sputum tends to be black. People who have smoked for many years, people who have had respiratory diseases for many years, or people who have damaged the lobes of their lungs are also prone to black sputum after a long period of time.

III. White sputum (foamy mucus sputum)

White sputum (frothy mucus sputum) is commonly seen in patients with chronic bronchitis. A large amount of white foamy sputum is a characteristic manifestation of alveolar cancer. It is usually coughed up by people with bronchial problems. If the white sputum coughed up is in the form of white foamy sputum, then we have to be alert to the possible malignant changes of the alveoli, so the folk have always believed that coughed up white sputum is very fatal.

However, if it is simply white phlegm, such as clear, thin white phlegm, it may be caused by wind-cold, or by viral as well as allergic irritation, which is also milder. So there are some limitations to the fatal folding of phlegm.

In addition to these three colors of phlegm, it is also necessary to have these colors of phlegm, which is also a manifestation of the disease.

Red phlegm:

Commonly found in tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, lung abscess, bronchial stones.

Rust-colored phlegm:

Commonly associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia.

Brown sputum:

It is common in patients with heart disease and cardiac insufficiency.

Yellow-green or emerald-green sputum:

Common in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) infections.

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First let's understand how phlegm is formed.

When inflammatory lesions occur in the respiratory tract, the composition of the respiratory fluid changes and phlegm is formed.

Sputum contains mucus, foreign bodies, pathogenic microorganisms, various inflammatory cells and necrotic epithelial cells. The liquid in sputum is mainly secreted by mucus-secreting glands and cup cells of the bronchial mucosal epithelium.

The secretion of the glands is innervated by the vagus nerve, and stimulation of the vagus nerve can increase the secretion of the glands. In addition to being innervated by the vagus nerve, the secretion of the cup cells is also increased when they are stimulated by the inhalation of dry air, irritating gases, and so on.

But once the respiratory tract is diseased or inflamed, the color, quantity, shape and smell of the phlegm will change accordingly.

Therefore, different colors of phlegm present different diseases. Color of phlegm, identify diseases

1. White sputum

Mostly clear sputum or slightly white, thin, usually caused by colds or mild bronchitis, or some dust inhalation can also appear white sputum.

White cold phlegm:

Mostly white in color, rather thin, sometimesFrothy sputum with fear of cold and preference for hot drinksSymptoms such as. This is the result of cold gas offending the lungs, causing the fluid in the lungs to coalesce into phlegm. To help expel phlegm, it is advisable to warm the lungs and dissolve phlegm, disperse cold and expel drinks.

White wet phlegm:

White thin watery, phlegm more, easy to cluck out, mostly in the body fat and often drink alcohol. This is caused by the prevalence of dampness in the body, dysfunction of the lungs and the spleen, or dysfunctional transportation caused by uncontrolled diet.

2、Yellow-green purulent sputum

Mostly due to caseous pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, respiratory infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pneumococcal pneumonia, acute lung abscesses, tuberculosis, and diseases such as lung cancer and bronchiectasis

3. Brownish sputum with a fishy odor

Usually indicates an amebic liver abscess that crosses the diaphragm and connects to the lungs, or the presence of a parasite in the lungs, i.e., pulmonary juxtaposition of schistosomiasis (lung fluke), or it may be a pulmonary infarction, chronic passive pulmonary depression (congestion) due to heart disease, or degenerated blood contained in the lungs after hemorrhage

4. Rusty sputum

Mostly lobar pneumonia, caused by S. pneumoniae, S. staphylococcus and S. pneumoniae, often accompanied by dyspnea, chest pain, chills and fever. Common triggers include exposure to cold, exertion or rain, drunkenness, etc.

5. Grayish-black sputum

Pneumoconiosis is mostly caused by inhaling large amounts of dust or long-term smoking, as well as long-term exposure to carbon dust, coal dust and lime. Especially coal and boiler workers who live in a lot of smoke and charcoal dust, their sputum is often gray-black in color

6. Red sputum

Red, blood-streaked sputum, most often seen in tuberculosis or bronchiectasis, which may also occur in the usual case of inflammation of the pharynx, upper respiratory bleeding, and the early stages of lobar pneumonia

Whether it is lung disease or lung cancer we must pay attention to, 4 ways to teach you to raise the lung cough phlegm

1, homemade lung water at home to nourish and moisturize the lungs

Phlegm is bad for the lungs.

Nourish the lungs we make our own lung-supporting water at home, it's very simple, we take the sun-dried ding and rock cinnamon petals, sun-dried and mixed together into a clove rock cinnamon black tea, and then the pot poured into the water, boiled over high heat, into the clove rock cinnamon black tea, changed to a small fire simmering for 15 minutes to dry the warm meal 2 cups can be.

Lilac whole plant can be used as medicine, its young leaves, shoots, flowers can be prepared health tea, with heat detoxification, cough expectorant effect. Can treat bronchitis, chronic pharyngitis and other diseases. Bark, trunk and stems and branches into medicine, with anti-inflammatory, antitussive, diuretic effect, rock osmanthus has dispersal of cold to break the knot, phlegm cough effect, can treat cough and asthma, phlegm, chronic bronchitis and so on.

2、Prevent upper respiratory tract infection

Acute exacerbation of pulmonary heart disease is mostly induced by upper respiratory tract infections. Therefore, all patients with pulmonary heart disease or chronic bronchitis should be strictly prevented from upper respiratory tract infections. Usually to strengthen the exercise, more outdoor fresh air environment for breathing exercise, increase lung capacity, enhance the body's immunity; pay attention to the cold, prevent cold air stimulus

3、Scientific and reasonable diet

Reasonable diet can be more intake of high fiber and fresh vegetables and fruits, balanced nutrition, including protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, trace elements and dietary fiber and other essential nutrients, meat and vegetables, food varieties diversified, give full play to the complementary role of nutrients between food, to prevent lung disease is also very helpful!

4. Pay attention to ventilation

We should pay attention to open the window every day, do not smother yourself, especially in summer, the weather is hot, the air conditioning is often open, rarely open the window does not breathe, if in the smoking, so it is easy to appear indoor air does not circulate the phenomenon, and this is also easy to lead to respiratory difficulties in our lungs, which can lead to the emergence of pneumonia, if necessary, we can also open the indoor air freshener.

Cough and sputum have always been the most common symptoms in respiratory medicine, and the color of sputum can often reflect the severity and type of disease.Is the description "yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm will kill you" correct? I can only say that it is too false!

First.Everyone usually coughs up white sputum at the beginning of a fever and cold, right? Are they all critical? Will it kill you? Obviously not!

phlegmThis one.Mainly seen in heavy inhalation of coal carbon method or chronic smokers, there is a relatively rare disease:"Idiopathic pulmonary ferritinosis."The cough is accompanied by dark sputum!

yellow phlegmThe first one is the coughing up of yellow sputum, which represents a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract, and the second one is the white sputum, which later changes to yellow sputum, which indicates that the disease is getting better!But coughing up yellow sputum does not mean that the disease is mild!

The color of the phlegm also manifests itself in the following ways:

1. ferruginous sputum: Lobar pneumonia (pneumococcal infection);
2. profuse yellow pus: Lung abscess or bronchiectasis;
3. Brick reddish brown jelly-like sputum: Klebsiella pneumoniae infection;
4. pink foamy sputum: Pulmonary edema, left heart failure;
5. Pus and phlegm with a bad odor: Inhalation lung abscess (anaerobic bacterial infection);
6. Red sputum, blood in sputum: Tuberculosis, bronchiectasis and lung cancer;
7. tan sputum: Amebic lung abscess.

Medicine is very rigorous, a certain number of people always like to post things like this to attract attention, when you read these things, do not easily believe these words, or to trust doctors and science!

The above represents personal opinion only, a like or follow would be a great encouragement!

This is a very good question! As you know, phlegm is a mucus that is secreted by our respiratory tract, after it has been irritated.

Everyone, from childhood to adulthood, who has not coughed up phlegm? However, when it comes to identifying diseases through the color of phlegm, it is not as simple and easy as coughing up phlegm.

Below, I'm going to join the gang and talk about some things about phlegm, just for reference.

3 Elements of Disease by Phlegm: Composition, Color, and Trait

First.phlegmaticingredientVery complex, it contains both a variety of proteins pooled fluid; and contains necrotic shedding of mucosal epithelial cells; it contains both foreign bodies into the respiratory tract; and contains a variety of pathogenic microorganisms and inflammatory cells and so on.

Secondly.phlegmaticcolorVarious, yellow, black, white, green, red and other different colors, mainly due to the infection of different pathogens due to the following examples:

Staphylococcus aureus infection foryellow phlegm；

Streptococcus pneumoniae infection forred phlegm(Iron embroidery color);

Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa for theyellowish green sputum；

Candida albicans infection forphlegm(Rasping);

infected with certain viruses forphlegm(slimy).

Finally.phlegmaticTraits.There is thin sputum, sticky sputum, foamy sputum, jelly sputum, and so on.

It follows that the basis of phlegm isComposition, color, properties, of which the composition is the core; because whether it is the color of the phlegm or the nature of the phlegm, they are all due to the different composition of the phlegm, only that we cannot identify the composition of the phlegm with the naked eye, and the results can only be obtained through laboratory analysis in hospitals.

In addition to this, phlegm disorders need to be comprehensively identified in relation to the amount of phlegm and the odor of the phlegm.

From phlegm, you can't just look at the color, regardless of the trait

If the color of phlegm is to be used to identify the disease, then the traits of phlegm cannot be set aside to look at the color of phlegm in isolation.

For example, the sameyellow phlegmButthin, yellowish sputum与thick yellow phlegm, is not the same;

Another example is the samephlegmButsputum与Jelly black phlegmAnd again, it's not the same;

Then again, the samephlegmButthin, white sputum与foamy white sputum, is even more of a different matter.

So, is there any truth to the saying that spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting up white phlegm can kill you?

To figure this out, we need to understand what yellow sputum, black sputum, and white sputum indicate.

Yellow sputum, black sputum, white sputum, what do they indicate?

1. What does coughing up yellow sputum indicate?

Although there are many causes of coughing up yellow phlegm, the most important tip-off is that something may be going on in our body that isinflammations。

The most common inflammatory diseases are pneumonia, lung abscess, sinusitis, acute tracheobronchitis, COPD combined with bacterial infections, and others.

Coughing up yellow sputum doesn't necessarily mean it's mild.Because if the tumor is located in the lumen of the bronchial tubes and causes obstructive pneumonia, secondary lung abscess, etc., the sputum coughed up may be exactly yellow sputum.

2. What does coughing up black sputum indicate?

If you are coughing up black phlegm, then there are 3 main reasons why you may be coughing up black phlegm.

One is dust:Inhaling large amounts of dust because of pollution from ambient particulate matter.

Second, smoking:Chronic inflammation due to respiratory irritation such as long-term smoking.

Three is bleeding:Because of the presence of old hemorrhagic lesions in the respiratory system.

So, it's not necessarily a heavy cough with black phlegm.

3. What does coughing up white sputum indicate?

If you are coughing up white phlegm, then there are 2 main reasons why you may be coughing up white phlegm:

One is Candida albicans infection:In diseases such as bronchitis, early pneumonia, bronchial asthma, and alveolar cell carcinoma caused by Candida albicans infection, this white sputum is characterized as white, sticky, and drawn into filaments.

The second is the period of respiratory viral infection:For example, in acute tracheobronchitis and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sputum is initially white mucus sputum.

So it's even less likely that coughing up white phlegm will kill you.

To summarize: yellow sputum suggests inflammation; black sputum suggests dust, smoking and old bleeding lesions; white sputum suggests Candida albicans infection and the early stages of viral infection.

Therefore, the argument that spitting yellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting up white phlegm will kill you is too absolute, lacks medical basis, and has no scientific justification.

In conclusion: the severity of the disease cannot be judged solely on the basis of the color of the sputum, but rather on the basis of clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and the cause of the disease.

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Spitting yellow phlegm has inflammation, spitting black phlegm has cancer, and spitting white phlegm really kills you. In fact, this is unscientific, no matter whether it is from the top of Chinese medicine, or from the top of Western medicine, more or less it is a generalization.。

In daily life, there are a lot of folk sayings, it is necessary for us to use the scientific perspective to identify in order to be able to see the essence of their pathology, today I give you to say, about these several colors of phlegm pathological characteristics, I hope to bring you a little help.

First: first we need to understand what phlegm is

Generally speaking, normal sputum is white but transparent, the main thing is that the presence of human phlegm is relatively small, most of the phlegm is to play the role of moist airway throat, phlegm is what we often call phlegm, when the body is subjected to external stimuli when the production of a kind of secretion.

Phlegm has different shapes, smells and colors, depending on the condition of the body at different times. For example, when a person has a cold, the phlegm has a variety of components, including foreign bodies, human mucus, fallen epithelial cells, inflammatory cells and pathogenic bacteria. The mixture of these things is called sputum.

Second: Different diseases can be determined according to the color of different phlegm.

Generally speaking, phlegm is also the "barometer" of disease, and we can often see in our daily lives that the human body presents different symptoms in different seasons and in different states of illness.

Let's say, for example, when we have a cold, the first thing we do is to have a clear runny nose and white sputum, which often starts out as a viral cold and is treated with medication for a period of time.

The phlegm of the human body gradually turns into a pale yellow color, and then slowly turns into a yellow color, and sometimes the phlegm becomes very thick and yellow, and when you cough and want to spit out the phlegm, it is very difficult to spit out, and do you know the reason for this?

This is because the human body after the virus attack, the human body becomes very weak, at this time, often in the virus is about to cure the recovery time, the bacteria will take advantage of the situation, resulting in a second cold, often in the countryside, many herbalists say, if the cold from the clear nasal discharge, into yellow nasal discharge, or yellow phlegm.

That's a sign that you're going to get over a cold, which is not unreasonable, because some people with viral colds, if the resistance is very good, then basically for viral colds, basically in 7 days after the automatic recovery.

If the immune system is a little bit poor, then there may be viruses and bacteria cross, the human body to attack, of course, in the course of the disease, the yellow sputum and yellow snot, is also an indication of the near recovery, but also indicates that there are still a lot of toxins and bacteria in the body, the human body is also constantly in the fight against the bacteria, and thus the production of some of the foreign body, as well as inflammatory cells and so on the mixture, indicating that the end of the recovery stage.

Two: We spit pink frothy phlegm, for example(mainly due to a type of infection called Klebsiella pneumoniae), then we need to pay attention to, this may be what we often call acute heart failure, or some other diseases such as myocarditis, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and other problems affect.

the thirdIf the color of the sputum we spit out is bloodstained, then there is a greater possibility of lung cancer in the lungs.

Fourth: If you spit out thick phlegmThis thick sputum, accompanied by a nauseating odor, indicates the presence of a lung abscess. This thick sputum is most commonly caused by bronchitis, bronchiolitis dilatans, staphylococcus aureus infections, etc., and is usually the most common disease in the middle and late stages of the respiratory tract.

Fifth: If the spit is rusty in colorIf you have lobular pneumonia, it is possible that your lungs are filled with secretions due to the dilation of the capillaries around the alveoli, causing congestion, and then they contain a lot of red blood cells, which infiltrate into the alveoli and cause them to become more and more red blood cells.

Over time, this causes an inflammatory reaction that destroys the red blood cells, and these destroyed red blood cells are lysed and release ferritin-containing components that are mixed with the phlegm, so that when people spit out their phlegm, they find that it is the color of rust.

Sixth: If the color of the spit is blackIf the sputum has black spots, then we mainly consider chronic pharyngitis, rhinitis or most likely bronchitis, because these inflammatory diseases can directly lead to capillary rupture, resulting in black sputum symptoms.

On the other hand, if the sputum is black, then the patient must have smoked, or inhaled a lot of irritating gases for a long time, and the smoke was inhaled into the tiny bronchial tubes, and then mixed with the secretion, thus forming the black sputum phenomenon.

Seven: If the color of the patient's vomit in the mouth is yellowish-greenIn the case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, it is basically due to a bacterial infection, and the presence of a purulent secretion in the sputum causes the sputum to be much more colorful, where clinically we can consider that an anaerobic bacterial infection is more likely to be present, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, which can cause a green sputum.

Its eight: white phlegmThe main consideration is that allergic coughs can cause white sputum, and respiratory infections can also cause infections, and viral infections can also cause white sputum, such as viral dry coughs, which can also produce a small amount of white sputum, and in the case of white sputum coughs, the characteristics of the cough is that the cough is very obvious at night, and the amount of white sputum is very large.

Second: Analysis of the color of phlegm and various disease problems from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

In Chinese medicine, inside the human body, there is phlegm, especially colored phlegm, indicating that there is fire inside the human body, and very exuberant, affecting the lungs fluid damage, resulting in heat inside the lungs, the formation of a yellow phlegm. The main manifestations of the human body, fever, flushed face, chest tightness and shortness of breath, stools are very dry, easy to form constipation, the throat area will often have the sound of phlegm, tongue coating is very yellow and very thick and greasy.

And white phlegm is expressed in Chinese medicine is, because of the internal cold and cause gas and liquid coagulation, stagnation, and this cold has been the body's yang qi injury, and caused damage, resulting in the gas can not operate, water and gas liquid cohesion into phlegm, generally we treat white phlegm in the clinic, are regulating ah the spleen and stomach is the main role to achieve the role of transporting and transforming gas.

In general, in Chinese medicine, phlegm is basically related to the spleen and stomach, if phlegm dampness indicates that the body of the spleen and stomach problems, thus affecting the body can not transport the elimination of qi and liquid, so that these qi and liquid condensed into a thick substance, and finally presented to us as a kind of pathology features

Prevention and health care:

For phlegm or respiratory infections, bronchial infections, we must, in our daily lives, maintain their own dietary hygiene, do go out and wear a mask, to prevent germs, harmful gases, into the human respiratory tract, in addition to the usual daily life, you should eat some edible pears, or honey, rock candy and so on, some cool detoxification of fruits and food, conducive to the smooth flow of the airway.

In addition, you can eat some, batch of cream, or white radish, can be achieved in the paragraph bizarre, phlegm effect.

soybean milkDrinking a little bit of it at breakfast can moisturize the lungs.

sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii (formerly Momordica grosvenorii), grown in Guangxi and used in Chinese medicine: Luo Han Guo can treat cough and phlegm, moisturize the lungs and regulate the qi, and can well keep the airways open.

dried orange peel used in Chinese medicineIf it's really bad, I can take a little bit of Chen Pi, which can be very effective in removing phlegm and relieving coughs from colds and coughs.

In addition, resolutely can not eat some, spicy and stimulating food, it is recommended to eat more vitamin C and other foods to improve immunity resistance, strengthen exercise, to ensure that a full sleep time, try to avoid going to the crowded air environment of the more harsh places.

In conclusion, in fact, for the color of phlegm, many people are one-sided understanding, that is, half-knowledge, many said that the conclusion, are talking about the process of the disease or the surface phenomenon, not after the overall analysis of the disease, but rely on the self-feeling to judge the severity of the disease, which is unscientific, so, for the color of phlegm。

We can conclude that it is normal to have phlegm, especially normal phlegm, which has a normal moisturizing and protective effect on the human body, but when phlegm is harmful to the human body, for example, when it is increased due to certain illnesses, then we have to analyze the condition in detail, and not generalize the whole picture.

And as the color changes, the disease is also changing, for example, yellow phlegm is light This is not necessarily light, for example, it is the induction of another disease, spitting black phlegm is heavy, but it can be early intervention, spitting white phlegm is fatal, this is a complete exaggeration, because the human body's condition is not necessarily very serious type, at least we can find out we can intervene early and treatment.

In short, the external expression of disease can be well detected by human beings, but we still need to use certain scientific theories to make conclusions and analyze them in depth, so as not to scare ourselves. I hope this helps.

Early symptoms of lung cancer are atypical, but a small number of them manifest as coughing up white sputum, and if they continue to be unrelieved, they should go to the hospital for examination in time!

Coughing up white sputum for a long time should be taken seriously!

This is a 68 year old man with a recurrent cough and coughing up white sputum for 4 years, which has not been examined or treated, and which has worsened in the last 20 days and has started to show blood and small clots.

Had a CT scan.Extensive mucinous adenocarcinoma in the right lung with multiple metastases already, and a large number of cancer cells were found on puncture examination.

Most mucinous cancers develop very slowly, this old man should have had cancer 4 years ago, if he had come over for a checkup at the time, he would have had a chance for surgery, but unfortunately it's too late now ......

Early symptoms of cancer are atypical and can include chest tightness, coughing, coughing up sputum, and occasionally blood in the sputum; the most valuable is a CT scan of the chest.. The focus should not be on sputum differentiation, which is unreliable! For example, many patients with severe tuberculosis can have yellow pus sputum, and patients with milder forms of pneumonia can have large amounts of white sputum.

This is a miner who worked in a gold mine for 20 years and often coughed up black phlegm, typical of pneumoconiosis ......

A viable way to emphasize lung health is toMiddle-aged and elderly people, have a chest CT checkup every two years; or if symptoms of respiratory symptoms such as chest tightness, coughing, coughing up phlegm, chest pain, etc. are not relieved for a short period of time, consult a respiratory department in time for a chest screening.Don't be like the old man at the beginning who dragged his feet for 4 years ......

Early stage lung cancer can be cured!

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The color of sputum often represents the lungs or the lower respiratory tract has some diseases, so sputum generated more, such as yellow sputum, green sputum often represents the possible existence of infections; black sputum may be exposed to dust, smoking more; pink foamy sputum on the heavier, may represent the possibility of heart failure, and sometimes coughing up white foamy sputum also represents the possibility of heart failure, but does not mean that these sputum problems, it is a little rumor. Make a "spit white sputum will have to die", this is a bit of a rumor tendency ......

Let's not take pink frothy sputum and white frothy sputum, but just theYou can't make a comparison between yellow sputum and black sputum.For example, a well worker due to constant contact with dust, so there will be black impurities in the sputum, as long as the contact with the well worker more will find this problem, many workers from the well after the well, spit sputum in the black impurities, although in the future these workers may face the risk of aspiration lungs as well as tuberculosis, but as long as these problems do not occur, many people are alive and kicking! Can we say that they are seriously ill?

Another example is a patient who has had a severe intrapulmonary infection, has had to be bedridden, and is hospitalized coughing up yellow or green sputum, so can we say that this patient's sputum is yellow and therefore lighter?

Today we're going to give you some insight into the correlation between the color of phlegm and disease!

What is phlegm? Where does it come from?

indeedsputumIt's what the respiratory tract secretes when it's irritated.liquid, also known as phlegm, the components of which containmucus、monstrosity、Pathogenic microorganisms, inflammatory cells, necrotic epithelial cells, etc.。

in ourThe surface of the respiratory tract itself is covered with mucus.of the respiratory tract, so that it can play a better role in keeping the airways moist and also isolate some foreign bodies. This mucus is mainly made up of respiratorycup-shaped celland in the respiratory tractglandularSecreted. There is also a very important structure in our airways called cilia, which can be thought of as little brooms in our airways that are designed to keep our airways clean. These cilia transport dirt out of the airways at a rate of 10-20 μm per minute.When there is inflammation in the airway, or when there are problems with cardiac function, there is an increase in the production of mucus, especially when there is an infection, and the mucus contains bacteria and impurities or white blood cells, which form the痰液。

What does yellow sputum, green sputum, black sputum, brown sputum, pink sputum, and white sputum represent?

●When weCoughing up yellow or green sputumtime, which is usually an indication that our body is fighting off an infection.The color comes mainly from the white blood cells in our bodyIf a friend has a disease in which the sputum starts to change from yellow to green, then it is likely that the disease has worsened. Diseases that cause patients to cough up yellow or green sputum are usually seen in the following ways:

First, bronchitis: At the beginning of the disease there is often a dry cough with some clear or white sputum, but over time it is possible to cough up yellow or green sputum, which may indicate the presence of an infection.

Second, pneumonia.Inflammation in the lungs leads to an increase in mucus secretion, and coughing up phlegm is a classic symptom. Pneumonia is often accompanied by fever and shortness of breath.

Third, sinusitis: To be honest, our children in the northeast of that child more or less will have some sinusitis, this weather is really cold, when I was a child, everyone coughed up phlegm is green, simply do not care too much.

●Rust-colored sputum or brown sputum, what disease does it usually represent? Normally.bacterial pneumoniaIt can lead to chlorine-brown or rust-colored phlegm;Bacterial bronchitisAs the disease progresses, rusty, rust-colored sputum is also produced. There are also肺脓肿of patients are likely to cough up brown sputum, this is due to the presence of pus cavities in the patient's lungs, which are usually severely infected and surrounded by inflamed tissue, so the patient coughs up brown or brown sputum, some of which has stale, dark red blood in it. Dr. Hsieh had seen many plates of this color during his thoracic surgery rotation when he first graduated.

●White phlegm is common.。Viral bronchitisIt can lead to white phlegm, and if it is secondary to a bacterial infection, it can lead to yellow and green phlegm.chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysemaIt's what we often hear as slow obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which narrows the patient's airways and causes the lungs to produce too much mucus, which is then coughed up as white phlegm.Another more serious condition that can cause white foamy sputum is congestive heart failureWhen this happens, the heart has problems pumping blood, and a lot of blood pools in the lungs, which can become edematous and cause the patient to cough up white, frothy sputum.If this happens, you should seek prompt medical attention。

●Coughing up black sputum is most often seen in pneumoconiosis.As Dr. Hsieh's side of the country is a mining area, he sees a very large number of such patients. Also people who smoke sometimes have black impurities in their sputum.

●pink sputum or reddish sputum.Most represent blood in the sputum, sometimes the same as white foamy sputum, which represents a more serious problem.

First, tuberculosisTB will slowly erode the patient's lungs. Tuberculosis will slowly erode the patient's lungs, when the erosion destroys the small blood vessels will be manifested as blood in sputum, if the erosion to the larger blood vessels, the patient will have hemoptysis, and more patients may even be life-threatening. Nowadays, most of the patients who are treated for hemoptysis by interventional techniques have tuberculosis.

Second, congestive heart failureHeart failure can lead to blood clots in the lungs. Heart failure leads to stagnation of blood in the lungs, which results in white frothy sputum and pink or red sputum.

Third, pulmonary embolism. When a thrombus embolus from another part of the body becomes dislodged and embolizes an artery in the lungs it can lead to an embolism in the lungs, and the patient may also cough up bloody sputum or blood in the sputum, like theThis condition is life-threatening, and patients experience severe breathing difficulties as well as chest pain.

Fourth, lung cancerThe first thing is that the hand rolls are not a good idea, but they are a good idea. In fact, we are in a lot of movies and TV dramas, has formed such an impression, is coughing as long as the hand rolls on the blood, either lung cancer, or tuberculosis. In fact, this is also a certain reason, because these two cases are really more common to induce the sputum with blood in the reason.

summarize

The reason why there can be vomitingyellow phlegm is light, black phlegm is heavy, and spitting white phlegm is fatalSuch a statement is probably due to the accumulated experience of sputum formation and the change of sputum character caused by certain diseases. So it is assumed that people see some patients coughing up white foamy sputum or pink foamy sputum, and then they are hospitalized due to the seriousness of their condition, or maybe the patient passed away, and this is what they say. There is some truth to this, because once these two types of sputum, it is likely that the patient is in the advanced stages of chronic congestive heart failure, which is indeed a life-threatening condition. Another example is that patients who cough up yellow sputum are often caused by inflammation of the lungs, and after treatment the patient is alive and well, so the perception of yellow sputum is relatively light.

But this understanding is one-sided, is not scientific, different colors of talk often represents the possibility of the same disease may also represent different stages of different diseases, can not be rough just by virtue of the color of the phlegm to decide a person's disease light and heavy.

Specific different colors of sputum may represent what kind of disease, in the article gives you a brief introduction, if you have these problems, it is best to find thoracic surgery or respiratory doctors to give you a systematic check, clear whether they have problems, especially coughing white foamy sputum or pink, red sputum friends, must go to the hospital in time for diagnosis and treatment.

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