A member asked:

How can you tell if you spitting up mucus from lungs or throat and nose?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Sputum: A sputum analysis can suggest the origin based on cell content, otherwise hard to tell. It all be a combination most of the time.

Answered 10/18/2018

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