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Orange Flecks In Phlegm

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Dr. Naveen Kumar MD

When I cough up phlegm there's small orange bits in it. What does this mean please? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

: eversince i quit smoking i have noticed some clear phlegm in the morning with XXXXXXX colored flecks...almost like speckled looking phlegm...not much...about a pea size everyday in the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.    Saatiish Jhuntrraa MD

after I climax from sex I cough up orange Phlegm and do so for about two hours after sex. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saatiish Jhuntrraa ( Sexologist)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

Frequently Very small, flecks ,of dark red, sometimes very dark, (brown/black) in urine. Not every time. But frequently. Flecks very small and hard. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr.  Indu Kumar MD

Have lots of black flecks in stool ... View answer

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Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

bits in his phlegm....Is this as a result of the bronchoscopy, dried blood etc or something more ... phlegm. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

has a few tiny gray flecks in it. Should I be concerned? And no, I am not a smoker and I live in a ...I have been coughing up yellow phlegm for about 3 weeks with no other symptoms other than... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Vasudha Jayant Athavale MD

antibiotic yesterday when I started coughing up orange phlegm. I am on holiday in Indonesia and luckily had brought some antibiotics with me as a precaution. But why would I cough up orange... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. A.K. Srivastava MD

I ve been coughing for about 5 weeks now, not getting any better with a week of Prednisone or my regular asthma inhalers. Sometimes I have small orange-flecks in my sputum. I am currently not on ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. A.K. Srivastava ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Manu Wilfred MD

Hi. Thank you- My query is - what caused me to have Orangey-coloured translucent phlegm. Then, some time later my son who is in is fifties and is a runner, told me he had this sort of phlegm. I had not... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manu Wilfred ( ENT Specialist)