SMOKING SIDE EFFECTS: cOLORED MUCUS WITH BROWN DOTS. IS THIS NORMAL?

Question

I quit smoking after 30 years. Its easier than I thought but i am concerned with the color of mucus that I am coughing up (yellow or green with brown dots in it) Are the brown dots , nicotine? And is there a detoxifyer that you know of to eliminate the tobacco in my system faster?

Answer 1

Congratulations!! I quit 27 years ago after 25 years of smoking.

The brown dots are probably tar stains. I didn't think it was blood because you would have also seen some fresh red spots as well if there were burst capillaries. Be concerned if you are still coughing them up after two weeks. The best detox is water. The usual recommendation when you're not detoxing is 8 glasses per day. It would be fine to drink a glass every hour to flush toxins out of your system. Since B & C vitamins are water soluble, it wouldn't hurt to replace them by taking a B & C supplement with each meal. I like to take a mega-B and split it into many smaller portions; it's more cost effective that way.

Answer 2

Brown Spots In Mucus

Answer 3

Green And Brown Mucus

Answer 4

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SMOKING SIDE EFFECTS: cOLORED MUCUS WITH BROWN DOTS. IS THIS NORMAL?
I quit smoking after 30 years. Its easier than I thought but i am concerned with the color of mucus that I am coughing up (yellow or green with brown dots in it) Are the brown dots , nicotine? And is there a detoxifyer that you know of to eliminate the tobacco in my system faster?

Answer 5

See a pulmonary specialist - a good one- as soon as possible. Kudos for you kicking the habit--- hopefully you will now live a long and healthy life---the yellow,green with brown dots of mucous? you are coughing up the "gunk" that has collected in your lungs- the yellow green means there is an infection and you need to see a doc to get an antibiotic and a chest xray to make sure you don't have pneumonia--- it is the time of year for it. Do not go the herbal remedy way-- none of their solutions are REAL solutions when it comes to something as serious as your lungs! The brown stuff makes me think it is old blood---versus new blood being bright red--- this is why I said you should see your family doc first, who will refer you to a pulmonary specialist--(this could take at least a month) or you can fast track your way to the right diagnosis and treatment by walking into the ER-the ER doc will see you (if you saved some of that gunk in a tissue, that would be helpful unless you can cough that up at will because they will need a sample of it to test it), he will just call a pulmonary specialist and in the meantime the er can do a chest xray which you definitely need and probably a cat scan of your lungs to make sure nothing really serious is going on in there---good luck to you--- please choose the ER route-- you took 30 years to want to become healthy, I would hate to see you lose the battle by waiting longer to be treated....good luck to you!

I just read dpsht answer above who said you have lung cancer- I don't see an MD under his avatar and he has 0 percentages of good answers next to his name, so don't listen to these imbeciles who love to go from question to answer being the grim reaper just to cause people anxiety..............

Answer 6

First of all, allow me to add my congratulations to you for kicking the habit, especially after that long! You are certainly to be commended. Nicotine is a more difficult substance to withdraw from than heroin, at least for many people.
You did not say how long it has been since you had your last smoke. However, the signs you are presenting are likely to be expected. No, it does NOT mean you have cancer. Your lungs will undergo a period of adjustment and healing for awhile. During this time, you will expectorate this type of phlegm. The lungs are ridding themselves of the tars and trying to heal as best they can.
You should not get too excited about this phlegm unless it becomes all green and you began to develop other symptoms like difficulty in breathing or chest pain. It should slow down and subside eventually. It is helpful to drink PLENTY of clear liquids during this period. That will help your body rid itself of the toxins.

Answer 7

I agree...the yellow/green could be infection, and I am also inclined to think the brown may be spots of old blood. you may be coughing forcefully enough to break small blood vessels in your lung and or airway.how long have you had the cough? also, you quit smoking!!pat yourself on the back!!! but for 30 yrs, how many packs a day did you smoke? dependent on this information, AND a chest Xray, they can determine if you may have a combination of things going on. the yellow usually indicates some sort of infection, the green can be other thing.including old or chronic processes. bottom line is you need to get that junk out of there. some forms of lung disease are progress even after you quit smoking, copd(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) progresses even after you quit smoking. some aspects of this hideous disease can reverse after the irritant is gone (cigarette smoke), other parts continue. there are things you can do....FIRST, get that Xray.

Answer 8

Brown dots are blood

If you only have a few don't worry about it, If your getting 'clams" about the size of a quarter, that are mostly brown, then get to ER

Answer 9

It's probably the tar from the smoke. The nicotine doesn't deposit it goes into your blood.

Incidently, unflitered weed has more tar than filtered tobacco. It can actually cause more harm even though common belief says otherwise.

Answer 10

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I had the same thing 10 years ago, and I"m still here, cancer free as far as I know. It went away after awhile-months though. You should touch bases with a doc to make sure though. congratulations on kicking the habit