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black and grey specks in sputum

by ewok6339, Nov 19, 2004 12:00AM

Tags: sputum, respiratory, chest, child, infection, pulmonologist, scared, smoking, years, Chest x

i have had black and grey specks in my sputum for over 5 years. I told my doc and was given a chest xray 5 years ago which was clean. Another xray done recently is also clean. Recently I got a chest infection and lots of coughing. Doc ordered another chest xray which also came up clean. When I was a child 20 years ago, I was exposed to absbestos. As a stupid teen/ college student I smoked cigerettes and quit in 1997 (after smoking for 8 years) I also continued smoking pot almost daily until a year ago. After my recent clean chest xray, the doc now says he would like me to see a pulmonologist because of the black and grey speckles in my sputum. I am only 31 and now am scared silly? How serious can this be? I am concerned that I was not sent to a pulmonologist 5 years ago.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

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by National Jewish

, Nov 24, 2004 12:00AM

The black and gray speckles in your sputum could be from the asbestos exposure or from a combination of smoking and the asbestos exposure. Age 31 is a good time to determine what is going on. It may not be serious. Since you have quit smoking, the problem may eventually go away completely.

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