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Unusual sputum after quitting smoking
by yesmam, Oct 23, 2007 06:40PM
I recently quit smoking (6 wks ago), and have had an unusual productive cough. It is thick sometimes green, sometimes brown sputum with little dots or specks of brown. I would attribute this to my lungs cleansing themselves, but I am a healthcare worker with an exposure to TB (never active just positive PPD with negative Xrays which at one time showed the TB encapsulated). I am having a couple other symptoms, night sweats and fatigue. There is no weight loss, in fact I have gained weight. I recently became employed (about 3 months ago) at a hospital who instead of doing the PPD for obvious reasons did the chest Xray. Is this something to be concerned about, or just normal cleansing of tar and nicotine from my lungs.
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by che1974, Jan 03, 2008 03:14AM
i too have the same sputum, i only quit smoking 2 weeks ago and brownish sputum came out.
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