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Colour of Mucus
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A colleague has just tole me that if your mucus is clear it's uninfected. If green it is infected and if orangy then the infection is clearing. Any truth?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm no expert but I was in hospital with pleurisy a week ago, and they were fixated on the colour of anything I was coughing up! I got the impression that green/yellow was infection- ie- like pus, and clear was normal. If it was very dark it could be blood in the mucus, which is altogether far more serious. If in doubt, get a sample bottle from the chemist, cough up some mucus, and take it to the docs where they will test it for you.