Sputum

[anng18]

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice, before I speak to my Dr. on Monday. I've had two lots of antibiotics and in between finishing one lot of anti-biotics and starting the next lot I had to do a sputum test, which for some odd reason I found very difficult. Anyway the results came back as satisfactory and it was described as mucopurulent and the Dr. wants to speak to me. Since I did the last sputum test, just over a week ago and completed the antibiotics on Monday, my sputum has gone a deep yellowy green again. I have emphysema - FEV1 - 30% and was wondering do I ask to do another sputum test or what?

Any advice would be most welcome. I find this site so useful - it keeps me sane.

Regards,

Anng

[Hidden]

Inform your doctor's and let them decide. Personally that is what I would do

[anng18 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your help. It is so annoying when you get these fluctuating illnesses, but I can feel that I'm going downhill.

[Hidden in reply to anng18]

I am sorry you are going through hell right now. I hope you get the answers you are needing.

[Kristicats]

I would take a sputum sample with me so your GP can send it off pronto.

[anng18 in reply to Kristicats]

Hi,

That sounds like a very good idea and I wouldn't feel under pressure. If I did the sample first thing in the morning, do you know how long the sample would last, before it is tested?

[Kristicats in reply to anng18]

Best to do it on the morning you go see your GP. Your first cough up in the morning is probably the best.

[Grayjay in reply to anng18]

Hi, Best to do it while it's fresh but you can keep it in the fridge for a day or two.

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[anng18 in reply to Grayjay]

Thanks for that information.

[Spacecat1 in reply to anng18]

My doctor said sputum test in the morning and to have it at the surgery no later than 11.0am so they can get to the hospital as soon as they can

[DeanSamson]

Hi anng18

Sputum is the vein in my lift also. But thematic have become to learn is that my mucus is always darker in the morning and after i have hacked it up it gets lighter this for me is caused by the allergens I have took in through the night and doesn't always necessary mean infection for me. Sorry your going through a bad time. I always find the antibiotics make my mucus really firm and hard to get up. Good luck Dean

[anng18 in reply to DeanSamson]

You could be right. It is very unusual for anyone to give me anti-biotics so quickly. I normally have to have really suffered before I get any.

Thanks for trying to help me.

[gingermusic]

I was always told that they can only get the correct result from a sputum sample if given in before the start of any antibiotic not during or after

[anng18 in reply to gingermusic]

Hi Ginger,

I wondered about the effects of having anti-biotics on a sputum sample. I'll see what the Dr. says tomorrow. In the meantime, I seem to have developed the hacking cough that loves night-time. Thanks for your help.