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Any doctors here? (ref: coughing phlegm)

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Lifer
I posted this on another forum as well, so I'll just copy/paste.

Hi all,

The following may not sound pretty, so read at your own risk.

Well, with all the stress and moving around I had to go through during the last 2-3 past weeks, I caught a cold about 2 weeks ago. I had a runny nose, and had a sore throat (light), but all that is gone now (just very little clogged nose in the mornings). For the last 5 days, I am spitting out phlegm every now and then. I have to try to get it out of my throat. I know this is a normal thing, but the problem is, it is in a weird color, like burgundy, almost black. I am a little scared to be honest, so I don't know if I should be worried or not. I am a NON-smoker, I occasionally smoke cigars (once a month maybe, haven't smoked one since december'05) but NEVER inhale them. I don't know what the deal is... I would post a picture but some may find it too graphic... so any ideas?

Thanks!
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I'd go see a doc asap man... specifically an ENT doc, that sounds like dried blood.

edit: some guesses: chronic sinusitis, deviated septum?
 
You need to get it checked out. Black phlegm= not good. Could be blood (old, dried). Also sounds possibly like bacterial infection. It wont heal on its own, get an xray and Rx from doc...STAT
 
Not good. If it was coming from a bloody nose at night (from dry sinuses) it would be red from being moist while held in the mucus. See a doctor.
 
Thanks all, I am going to a doctor tomorrow, don't know how I am going to get any sleep tonight... really scared/worried 🙁
 
do you taste blood in the back of your throat?
(blood has a metallic taste to it)

one way to know if it's blood is this (it's kinda gross):

take the phlegm and rub it really hard between your fingers or hands or something. If it smells like rusted metal, it's blood. THen go see a doc.
 
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Just go to a real Doctor man...

Even if someone on here said they were, I wouldn't take their advice...
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he's only been in the states for about a week, so he doesn't have any insurance yet...
 
I know this will sound gross but pictures to help those of us in the medical/nursing field out? You can PM me the pic if u dont wanna post it.
 
Perhaps <---NOT A DOCTOR, your new environment contains an allergen which is so irritating your mucous membranes that you're bleeding a bit.

I have a constant slight nosebleed every winter. Drives me fvcking crazy.

BTW, go to a Dr.
 
And let me get one thing thing straight, this is sputum right? as in it's coming from your lungs/nose? this isnt stomach contents, correct?
 
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
And let me get one thing thing straight, this is sputum right? as in it's coming from your lungs/nose? this isnt stomach contents, correct?
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no it doesnt come from the stomach

i'll try to take a picture when i congest some

the weird thing is it sometimes comes as in normal color, yellow/almost white and yet sometimes in this color described above (which scares me) 🙁
 
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