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I spitted a greenish phlegm woth red spot on it 2months after my tuberculosis healed what would that phlegm means?

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Recheck: Coughing up blood at any time demands investigation. This could be reactivated TB or other respiratory fungal or bacterial disease. G get rechecked.

Answered 6/10/2014

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A member asked:

I spitted a greenish phlegm woth red spot on it 2months after my tuberculosis healed what would that phlegm means?

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Dr. Raymond Schneider answered

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