What Is Sputum?

Sputum is fluid stimulated and secreted by the respiratory tract, which is also called sputum. Its components include mucus, foreign bodies, pathogenic microorganisms, various inflammatory cells, and necrotic mucosal epithelial cells.

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(Medical Terminology)

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Sputum is

The appearance of sputum is yellow, white, green, red, yellow and white, and the characteristics can be divided into foamy sputum, jelly sputum, purulent sputum, thin sputum, blood sputum and so on. Cough, sputum, asthma, inflammation

Management of nasal sputum

For people with rhinitis, more than 90% of people have rhinitis. The sputum at this time is the nasal mucosa

First, weak constitution and insufficient gas, because

Chinese medicine divides sputum into

honey

Normal people have very little sputum. When the smoker or the respiratory tract has a disease,

How to handle sputum

To remove sputum, spit sputum on toilet paper with the face down, and then wrap it well before throwing it in the trash. In addition, in the bathroom, you can also spit into the washboard or toilet bowl, but remember to rinse the sputum with water after spitting, because the bacteria remaining in the sputum may still cause infection.

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For patients who are not able to cough up phlegm on their own, they need the help of medical staff to use tools to extract the phlegm left in the respiratory tract to avoid obstructing breathing.

The dangers of spitting everywhere

"How many bacteria are there in a sputum and spitting it onto the ground irresponsibly will cause how many innocent people will be infected by the bacteria." Our city s work to prevent and treat SARS has entered a critical stage. Spreading and purifying the city's appearance and environment, the Municipal Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau has increased penalties for spitting and littering. At the same time as the punishment, medical experts explained the harm of sputum from a scientific perspective.

The director of the Department of Respiratory Diseases of the Beijing Military General Hospital told reporters that sputum is actually pus in the lungs, and the bacteria are trapped in the pus. When people breathe unclean things, these things are specially "treated" in the human's respiratory tract, and they are finally discharged from the body by coughing. So even healthy people, their sputum is not clean. And a large number of people who cough and spit are often patients with various diseases, and their sputum contains more pathogenic bacteria.

Sometimes the patient's sputum cannot be handled effectively and correctly, and even if it is spit in a public sewage system, it will pose a threat to the health of the surrounding residents. More than 200 residents of a residential area in Hong Kong were infected with SARS. According to investigations by related departments, it was believed that the excreta of patients with SARS and other sputum caused pollution of the public system.

Increase governance and punishment

In hospitals, the feces and sputum of some infectious disease patients can only be discharged into the public sewage system after disinfection and other treatments.

It is understood that Beijing's district and county urban management brigades have stepped up publicity and penalties for banning spitting. In the past 3 days, Fengtai District alone spit more than 200 cases at 8 coach stations and 3 railway stations.