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Post nasal drip is yellow with some black spots in it, is this bad? i have chronic sinusitis and pharyngitis. but it's not bacteria causing it.
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Not unusual: the black spots are probably some blood and this can happen. If you would have worse pain and fever get checked.
Answered 12/16/2014
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