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Cough Producing Purulent Sputum (Yellow or Yellowish-Brown Sputum, Accumulation of Pus)

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Cough Producing Purulent Sputum (Yellow or Yellowish-Brown Sputum, Accumulation of Pus)

ID 3738

A cough that is accompanied by the coughing up of mucus from the lungs (productive cough). Thick yellow phlegm usually indicates the onset of infection.

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