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My wife is getting black carbon type of spots in sputum. xray normal. sputum test normal. what could be the problem?

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Black sputum: Typically either old blood or pollutant like cigarette smoke. Probably worth a chest xray and an MD evaluation.

Answered 8/6/2014

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