What Are the Most Common Causes of Yellowish Sputum?

Yellow sticky sputum: It may be caused by a large number of pus cells in the lung infection.

Cough up yellow sputum

Yellow sticky sputum: It may be caused by a large number of pus cells in the lung infection.

The color, smell, and sputum of sputum are one of the basis for diagnosis of certain respiratory diseases.

Differential diagnosis of coughing yellow sputum:

1. Mucopurulent sputum: It is very likely to suffer from secondary infection of acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess and other diseases;

2. Green sputum: It may suffer from the dissipating period of lung sputum caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lung cancer, bronchiectasis and other diseases;

3. Brown sputum: it may be caused by chronic passive congestion caused by pulmonary infarction and heart disease;

4. Rust-colored sputum: May have lobar pneumonia. The different color of sputum reminds us to focus on specific health.

The color, smell, and sputum of sputum are one of the basis for diagnosis of certain respiratory diseases.

Treatment: Choose antibiotics according to the doctor's opinion, so as not to develop pneumonia.