What Your Snot Color Means, According to Doctors
“You’ll need to talk to your primary care provider to help figure out what may be behind the color change,” says Parsons. They might ask how long you’ve felt sick, if you’ve been around someone who has been sick, and check for fever, chills, and muscle aches or pain. “These questions will help your doctor determine if you need antibiotics,” he adds.Yellow snot also indicates infection. Like with green snot, yellow snot is the collection of defensive white blood cell secretions.
in some cases. “If you’re a smoker and you’re coughing up blood, it’s worrisome,” he adds. “Your doctor may take a more in-depth health history and order a chest x-ray before making a diagnosis.”that may lead to a leaky capillary, streaking snot with red.“Sometimes people who have really significant chronic lung disease can cough up a brownish phlegm,” says Parsons. “Really dark brown, tenacious phlegm is seen in patients who have cystic fibrosis or bronchiectasis.
Charcoal or sooty looking snot tends to appear in people who work in coal mines and factories, or are really heavy smokers, explains Parsons. To combat this, he recommends wearing masks in smoky or dusty work environments., in which case medical attention is warranted.
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