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What Can Cause Greenish Yellow Mucus In The Cough Of A 7-year-old?
My grandson is 7 years old. He feels a bit warm, but not terribly. I have given him some Children s Tylenol. However, about every 15 to 20 minutes he gets out of bed and coughs up greenish-yellow rather thick looking mucus. It s not barf from his stomach, but rather from his throat or lungs. He s very lethargic and has been lying around all day and hasn t eaten anything. He doesn t have a cold - no runny nose, not a cough either. What could this be?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
You have mmentioned that he "coughs up greenish-yellow" phlegm/mucus, than this is cough and probably is caused by acute bacterial bronchitis or from a bacterial tonsillofaringitis. Your son needs a physical examination(tonsills and lungs) to decide the diagnosis. You can continue giving him Tylenol 3 - 4 times a day, as long as he has fever or pain. He has to rest, drink plenty of flluids. After the examination the doctor might put him on antibiotics and mucolytics.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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What Can Cause Greenish Yellow Mucus In The Cough Of A 7-year-old?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. You have mmentioned that he coughs up greenish-yellow phlegm/mucus, than this is cough and probably is caused by acute bacterial bronchitis or from a bacterial tonsillofaringitis. Your son needs a physical examination(tonsills and lungs) to decide the diagnosis. You can continue giving him Tylenol 3 - 4 times a day, as long as he has fever or pain. He has to rest, drink plenty of flluids. After the examination the doctor might put him on antibiotics and mucolytics. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.