Coughing up Yellow gelatinous gobs after finishing antibiotics

Posted by jimpop738 @jimpop738, Apr 13 8:21pm

Is it normal to be coughing up Yellow gelatinous globs 1 month after finishing antibiotics?
I showed pictures to 2 Pulmonologist and they just shrugged their shoulders. I was most concerned about color. I never had anything like this before, until I got pneumonia last September, and ended up with one course of antifungals and 5 courses of antibiotics over 5 month period.
Most recent Sputum culture noted clusters of cocci and indicated a red exclamation mark, but overall assessment was normal.
(the sample that I provided is not as good as what i am producing now with 7% saline)

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irenea8 | @irenea8 | Apr 20 7:36am

I have taken NAC off and on. It can be very effective in thinning mucus but it also seems to produce fatigue (at least for me). My conclusion is that I could not take it daily but some people do. I also used Glutathione for quite some time mixed in my saline nebs. I think it may have helped but was never sure and it seemed that it sometimes made me more short of breath. So I stopped but may try it again since you brought it up!

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