Coughing with sputum and yellow nasal mucus should be checked in the hospital, such as chest or nasal X-ray, CT, and blood test, in order to clarify the cause of the disease and guide the use of medication. Common causes such as acute bronchitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, sinusitis, cold secondary bacterial infection.
1. Acute bronchitis, pneumonia: patients often manifest chills, high fever, fatigue, cough, yellow sputum, etc., occasionally with blood; sputum for bacterial culture plus drug sensitivity test, according to the results of the guidance of the clinical use of medication, commonly used drugs such as amoxicillin, azithromycin.
2. Lung abscess: caused by one or more pathogens in the lung septic infection, its typical symptoms are chills, high fever, coughing up a large amount of purulent sputum, can be given to physical therapy such as nebulization, appropriate position to drain sputum, mechanical suction, etc.; can also be given to drug therapy such as aminoglutethimide to resolve sputum, cefixime anti-infective and so on.
3. Sinusitis: Maxillary sinusitis is common, mostly caused by bacterial infection, and when the lesion is serious, it can spread to adjacent tissues, causing inflammatory reaction in the area. Patients may have a large amount of yellow nasal discharge, backflow to the throat can cause cough, cough phlegm. Antibiotics such as cefixime and penicillin can be given.
4. Cold secondary bacterial infection: When the common cold is secondary to bacterial infection, the symptoms of phlegm and yellow nasal discharge may appear. Amoxicillin, cefaclor and other drugs can be given after the blood test is clear.
In addition, bronchial dilatation secondary bacterial infection will also appear coughing yellow sputum, will also be combined with sinusitis, so coughing non-stop phlegm with yellow snot should be timely to the hospital and do the relevant examination to determine the cause of the disease, guide the treatment, do not do it on their own, so as not to miss the condition.