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… File #51a Tuberculosis (TB) . What is sputum? Sputum (or phlegm) is mucus that you cough up … It is usually thick, cloudy and sticky. Sputum is not saliva (spit) as saliva comes …
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… cancer. Coughing up large amounts of bloody sputum. Collapse of a lung ( pneumothorax ). … and look for cancer cells. Tests include: Sputum cytology. Thoracentesis. Biopsy . Screening …
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… sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (called sputum) for more than 2 weeks. Tiredness and … test a sample of mucus from the lungs (sputum) to see if there are TB bacteria in it. … take 1 to 8 weeks to provide results. Sputum cytology . Chest X-ray . A chest X-ray usually …
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… (MRI) Mediastinoscopy Nicotine Tests Rapid Sputum Tests for Tuberculosis (TB) Sleep Studies Sputum Culture Sputum Cytology Thoracentesis Tuberculin Skin Test …
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… A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the … cough is dry. It doesn't produce sputum. A dry, hacking cough may occur toward … is not the same thing. Yes Coughing up sputum or blood No Coughing up sputum or blood …
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… up green, yellow, brown, or grey mucus (sputum) from the lungs. Fever. It may be high … is not the same thing. Yes Coughing up sputum or blood No Coughing up sputum or blood Are you coughing up blood? …
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… cough (dry or wet) for 2 weeks or longer, sputum, chest pain and shortness of breath. Sputum is mucous or phlegm that you cough up … could include a TB blood test, chest x-ray or sputum collection. A chest x-ray and sputum …
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… amount [10 mL (2 tsp)] of bright red blood in sputum Streaks of bright red blood Streaks of bright red blood in sputum Specks or spots of blood Specks or spots of blood in sputum Has this been going on for more than 2 …
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… A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the … cough is dry. It doesn't produce sputum. A dry, hacking cough may occur toward … is not the same thing. Yes Coughing up sputum or blood No Coughing up sputum or blood …
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… Overview A productive cough helps clear mucus (sputum) and foreign material from the airways. … in the cough or in the colour or quantity of sputum may mean a bacterial lung infection. A … cough is a more serious when: It produces sputum from the lungs (not post-nasal …
