There is no fastest and most effective way to treat yellow sputum. Yellow sputum is usually indicative of a bacterial infection and needs to be treated with antibiotics and expectorant medication.
Yellow sputum is mostly caused by bacterial infection, sputum is sticky, such as bacterial pneumonia, need oral antibiotic medication, the first choice of drugs is penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic drugs, such as penicillin V potassium, amoxicillin clavulanic acid potassium, cephalexin, cefadroxil, cephalosporin benzyl and so on.
Some patients are allergic to penicillin or cephalosporins, quinolone antibiotic drugs can be chosen, such as norfloxacin, levofloxacin, but children should not use the drug.
In addition, encourage drinking more water, can be combined with sputum solubilizers, such as acetylcysteine, aminoglutethimide and so on.
When yellow sputum of unknown cause occurs, it should cooperate with the doctor to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease and give targeted medication. Patients should not take medication on their own.