A member asked:

Its been 2 months after quitting smoking and still occasionally coughing brown phelgm.is this a dangerous sign or shud i wait till it stop.

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Discovering Damage: No. This is normal. This brown garbage you are coughing up is what your lungs have had to live with while you smoked. it is the visible evidence of the damage you did your lungs. Let them clean themselves out and heal.

Answered 6/21/2018

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