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Sputum symptoms

Sputum symptoms: Introduction

Further information about Sputum symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Sputum symptoms: wet cough, sputum, Bloody sputum, Increased chest phlegm, Coughing blood, Productive cough, Spitting blood, Blood-stained phlegm or other types.

Sputum symptoms: Sputum symptoms such as when coughing. See free access online books about Sputum symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 253 causes of Sputum symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Sputum symptoms:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Sputum symptoms. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Sputum symptoms:

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Sputum symptoms: Symptom Checker

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Sputum symptoms Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Sputum symptoms

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Diagnostic Guides for Sputum symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Sputum symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Sputum symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Sputum symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts
  • Vomiting
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • SPUTUM
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • Vomiting
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • Vomiting
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Vomiting
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • Vomiting
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Vomiting
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • SPUTUM
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
 

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Sputum symptoms: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Sputum symptoms

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Sputum symptoms: Related Rare Diseases

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Organs affected by Sputum symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Sputum symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Sputum symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Sputum symptoms mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Sputum symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Sputum symptoms. Of the 253 causes of Sputum symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 5 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 3 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 11 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 238 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 253 causes of Sputum symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Sputum symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Sputum symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Absence of pulmonary artery ... coughing blood
  • Actinomycetales infection ... coughing up blood
  • Acute Bronchitis ... productive cough, coughing up pus in sputum
  • Acute elemental mercury inhalation ... bloody sputum
  • Adenocarcinoma of lung ... coughing up blood
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar ... coughing up blood
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ... coughing up brown-flecked masses or mucus plugs
  • Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency ... coughing blood
  • Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... coughing blood
  • Alveolitis, extrinsic allergic ... coughing up blood with prolonged exposure
  • Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia ... bloody sputum
  • Angiosarcoma ... bloody sputum
  • Asbestosis ... coughing blood
  • Aspergillosis ... coughing up blood

    B

  • Back tumour ... coughing up blood
  • Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease ... coughing up blood
  • Blastomycosis ... productive cough
  • Blue and bloated syndrome ... productive cough
  • Bronchial adenomata syndrome ... coughing up blood
  • Bronchiectasis ... coughing foul-smelling sputum, coughing blood, coughing green or yellow sputum
  • Bronchitis ... productive cough, coughing up pus in sputum, cough with sputum

    C

  • Carcinoma of the vocal tract ... coughing blood
  • Chemical poisoning - Amidithion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Amiton ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Athyl-Gusathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinfos-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinfosethyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinophos-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos-ethyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphosmetile ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Azothoate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Benoxafos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromophos-ethyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Cadusafos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Carbophenothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorfenvinphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Chloropyrifos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorpyrifos methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresols ... blood in sputum
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresylic acid ... blood in sputum
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyanthoate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-O ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-O-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-S-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-S-methylsulphon ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Dialifos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Diazinon ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Dichlorvos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Dimethoate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Dioxathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Disulfoton ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Endothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethoate-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethoprophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethyl-guthion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Etrimfos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenchlorphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenitrothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Fensulfothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenthion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Fonophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Formothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Guthion (ethyl) ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Heptenophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Iodofenphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Malathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Mecarbam ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Methacrifos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Methamidophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Methidathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Metiltriazotion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Mevinphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Monocrotophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Nitric Acid ... coughing up blood
  • Chemical poisoning - Omethoate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Oxydeprofos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Oxydisulfoton ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Parathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Parathion Methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Petroleum Distillates - Naphtha ... coughing up blood
  • Chemical poisoning - Phenkapton ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Phorate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Phosalone ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Phosmet ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Phosphamidon ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Phoxim ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Pirimiphos-methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Primiphos methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Prothidathion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Prothoate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Pyrimitate ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Quinalphos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Quintiofos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Sophamide ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Sulfotep ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Sulfuric Acid ... coughing up blood
  • Chemical poisoning - Terbufos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Thiometon ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Tolclofos methyl ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Toluene Diisocyanate ... coughing up blood
  • Chemical poisoning - Triazophos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Triazotion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Trifenfos ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Vamidothion ... productive cough
  • Chemical poisoning - Vanadium ... coughing up blood
  • Chronic Bronchitis ... productive cough, cough with sputum
  • Ciliary dyskinesia-bronchiectasis ... productive cough
  • Common ventricle ... coughing up blood
  • Congenital bronchogenic cyst ... coughing up blood
  • Congenital mitral malformation ... coughing up blood
  • Congenital mitral stenosis ... coughing up blood
  • COPD ... sputum
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... chronic cough with thick mucus, thick sticky mucus, productive cough with thick mucus, Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)

    D

  • Dextrocardia-bronchiectasis-sinusitis ... productive cough
  • Diffuse panbronchiolitis ... productive cough
  • Dirofilaria immitis infection ... coughing up blood
  • Distomatosis ... blood insputum

    E

  • Eisenmenger Syndrome ... coughing up blood
  • Emphysema ... cough with sputum
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... coughing blood
  • Esophageal disorder ... coughing up blood
  • Esophagus Cancer ... Coughing up blood
  • Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia ... coughing up blood

    F

  • Familial emphysema ... cough with sputum
  • Follicular hamartoma - alopecia - cystic fibrosis ... coughing blood

    G

  • Goodpasture syndrome ... coughing up blood, coughing up blood (hemoptysis)

    H

  • Heart failure ... coughing up blood
  • Hemorrhagic thrombocythemia ... coughing up blood
  • Hemosiderosis ... coughing up blood
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Clove ... coughing up blood
  • Hip cancer ... coughing up blood

    I

  • Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis ... coughing up blood

    L

  • Laryngeal carcinoma ... coughing blood
  • Legionella adelaidensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella anisa infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella beliardensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella birminghamensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella bozemanii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella bruneiensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella brunensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella busanensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella cherrii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella cincinnatiensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella donaldsonii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella donaldsonil infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella drancourtii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella drozanskii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella dumofii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella erythra infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella fairfieldensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella fallonii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella feelei infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella feeleii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella gesstiana infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella gormanii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella gratiana infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella gresilensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella hackeliae infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella impletisoli infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella isrealensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella jamestowniensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella jordanis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella lansingensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella londinensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella longbeachae infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella lytica infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella maceachemii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella maceachernii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella micdadei infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella monrovica infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella moravica infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella nautarum infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella oakridgensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella parisiensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella quateirensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella quinlivanii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella rowbothamii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella rubrilucens infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella sainthelensi infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella santicrucis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella shakespearei infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella spiritensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella steigerwaltii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella tauriensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella tusconensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella wadsorthii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella wadsworthii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella waltersii infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella worsliensis infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionella yabuuchiae infection ... blood in sputum
  • Legionnaires' disease ... productive or non-productive cough
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... coughing blood
  • Leukocytoclastic angiitis - systemic ... coughing blood
  • Linguatula serrata infection ... coughing up blood
  • Lung abscess ... productive cough, coughing pus, coughing blood
  • Lung cancer ... Bloody sputum, coughing up blood, Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
  • Lung conditions ... coughing up blood
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
  • Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia ... coughing up blood
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis ... coughing up blood

    M

  • Meadows syndrome ... coughing up blood
  • Mediastinal endodermal sinus tumors ... coughing up blood
  • Melioidosis ... productive cough
  • Mesothelioma, adult malignant ... coughing up blood
  • Mesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural ... coughing up blood
  • Mountain sickness ... blood in sputum
  • Mucormycosis ... coughing blood

    N

  • Nocardiosis ... coughing up blood
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ... coughing up blood

    P

  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma ... coughing blood
  • Pneumonia ... productive cough, cough with rust-colored sputum, blood in sputum, cough with thick yellow-green mucus, sputum
  • Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ... productive cough
  • Pneumonic plague ... blood in sputum, bright red sputum
  • Psittacosis ... productive cough, cough containing pus, pus in sputum
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis ... productive cough, chunky sputum
  • Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula ... coughing up blood
  • Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation ... blood in sputum
  • Pulmonary edema ... pink-stained sputum cough
  • Pulmonary embolus ... coughing up blood (haemoptysis)
  • Pulmonary haemosiderosis, primary ... coughing up blood
  • Pulmonary valve stenosis ... cough with pink frothy sputum
  • Pulmonary veins stenosis ... coughing up blood

    R

  • Rhodococcus equi ... coughing blood
  • Rib Tumor ... coughing up blood

    S

  • Small Cell Lung Cancer ... coughing up blood
  • Small cell lung cancer, adult ... coughing up blood
  • Smokers cough ... productive cough
  • Sporotrichosis - pulmonary ... productive cough
  • Stachybotrys chartarum ... coughing up blood
  • Stomatitis ... blood in saliva

    T

  • Torulopsis ... coughing up blood
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis ... blood in sputum
  • Tracheal cancer ... Coughing up blood
  • Tuberculosis ... coughing up bloody sputum
  • Tuberculosis, pulmonary ... coughing up blood

    V

  • Vasculitis hypersensitivity ... coughing blood

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... coughing up blood, hemoptysis (coughing up blood)

    Z

  • Zygomycosis ... coughing blood

    Conditions listing complications: Sputum symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Sputum symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    C

  • Cystic Fibrosis ... hemoptysis (coughing blood)

    O

  • Osler's disease ... coughing up blood

    P

  • Pulmonary artery agenesis ... coughing up blood

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  • Causes of Sputum symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Sputum symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Sputum symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Sputum symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Sputum symptoms:

    Subtypes of Sputum symptoms:

    Wet cough (257 causes), Sputum (3 causes), Bloody sputum (143 causes), Increased chest phlegm, Coughing blood (91 causes), Productive cough (98 causes), Spitting blood (91 causes), Blood-stained phlegm, Hemoptysis (91 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Sputum symptoms:

    Cough (1217 causes), Wet cough (257 causes), Lung symptoms (1477 causes), Respiratory symptoms (3282 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes)

    Symptoms related to Sputum symptoms:

    Wet cough (257 causes), Sputum (3 causes), Bloody sputum (143 causes), Increased chest phlegm, Coughing blood (91 causes), Productive cough (98 causes), Spitting blood (91 causes), Blood-stained phlegm

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