PS Sputum Colour / Colour Change can, I guess, also serve as an additional signal that an exacerbation may be about to occur, which you can then better prepare for by whatever means you see fit.
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Good guide though if I may can I emphasis the MAY in all the blurbs?!
If it’s normal for you and the GPs aware then you don’t need to worry. For example I get thick yellow gunk when my asthma is uncontrolled (no illness), and I rarely get a colour change between bacterial and viral infections (bacterial tastes worse tho 🤢) which is basically the same colour as my ‘asthma’ sputum 🙈 (tho they’re both a lot more difficult to bring up B>V)
I also know someone who goes green on any illness (no bacteria required!) and she has no resp/medical conditions
If it’s abnormal or if you feel rough/symptomatic see your GP! But if you want to try and work out what’s going on the guide will probably apply to most!
I knew white was! It’s funny though because I took a sputum sample to clinic on Tuesday and I thought it was just white until the physio commented that it was kind of greenish lol
I did as I have had the most severe chest infections then in which I also feel very ill.
The last time I had no warning - no change in colour, no cough, cold, or any breathing difficulties one minute and the next felt terrible as though I was dying. x
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