Why isn't it in other colours? What gives phlegm the colour?
2006-06-14 17:11:19 · 9 answers · asked by seasoned tea 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Phlegm is actually an expelled blob of mucus produced by respiratory tract lining cells, infection causing organisms and immune wastes. Phlegm is not always green, it could be in all shades of green-yellow and also white. In fact the color of phlegm is the first indicator of what kind of infection you have. If the infection is bacterial, it is in the shades of greenish yellow, if the infection is viral, it is white to cream. This is a broad indicator before a phlegm analysis confirms.
2006-06-14 17:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by parugeorge 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Green or Yellow means infection. Eww. Get sum antibiotics.
2006-06-15 00:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew that guy in grade school..now that i read your details and checked my own phlegm (good spelling bee word) i think you should 911-it
2006-06-15 04:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Spud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green usually means you have a bad infection. Clear and gray are O.K. Yellow is not good either. You must be very sick if it is green.
2006-06-15 00:14:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a sign of infection
2006-06-15 00:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by nytrauma911 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria. Think of algea in a swamp. Think of all the moist warmth in your throat and nose. Same conditions as a swamp. Well, that is why it is green.
2006-06-15 00:15:29 · answer #6 · answered by debbyloveslife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it contains bacteria!!!!!!!! Usually its clear with allergies..yellow with a common cold..but if its green..it has bacteria and is contagious!!!
2006-06-15 00:14:24 · answer #7 · answered by nativekinda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dirt and bacteria stuck in ur throat.
2006-06-15 10:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by Jade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infection
2006-06-15 00:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by carly d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋