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  2. Sputum - Wikipedia

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    Whitish gray sputum color against a white color background (such as a white sink surface) tends to indicate either a specimen from someone who is dehydrated, and/or from an older person, and/or a specimen with a mixed, modest number of eosinophils and maybe some acute inflammatory neutrophil cells (this last choice tends to suggest chronic ...

  3. Doctors Are Begging You to Pay Attention to This Early Lung ...

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    Both oncologists say that other signs of lung cancer include coughing up blood or rust-colored sputum (mucus), hoarseness in your voice, feeling weak or tired, recurrent lung infections like ...

  4. Hemoptysis - Wikipedia

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    The origin of blood can be identified by observing its color. Bright-red, foamy blood comes from the respiratory tract, whereas dark-red, coffee-colored blood comes from the gastrointestinal tract. Sometimes hemoptysis may be rust-colored. [citation needed] Lung cancer, including both non-small cell lung carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma ...

  5. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is associated with rusty colored sputum. [27] Pneumonia caused by Klebsiella may have bloody sputum often described as "currant jelly". [28] Bloody sputum (known as hemoptysis) may also occur with tuberculosis, Gram-negative pneumonia, lung abscesses and more commonly acute bronchitis. [24]

  6. Phlegm - Wikipedia

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    The color could provide important clues about a person's health. [1] Yellow or green: Indicates an infection often by a virus or bacteria. The color is caused by an enzyme produced by the white blood cells combating the infection. Clear: Indicates allergies. Mucous membranes produce histamines and make more phlegm. Red: Indicates dry air.

  7. Bronchitis - Wikipedia

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    The color of the sputum does not indicate if the infection is viral or bacterial. [4] Determining the underlying organism is usually not required. [4] Other causes of similar symptoms include asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, and COPD. [2] [4] A chest X-ray may be useful to detect pneumonia. [4]

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  9. Tips pour in over 5,000 drone sightings. Reason to worry ...

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    Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on drone sightings for Tuesday, Dec. 17. For the latest news, view our story for Wednesday, Dec. 18. The FBI has received tips involving over 5,000 ...