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  2. Sputum - Wikipedia

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    Frothy pink – may indicate more severe pulmonary edema. Antibiotics may not be necessary at this time. Clear – pulmonary embolism (clear to frothy); COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (clear to gray); viral respiratory infection (clear to whitish and sometimes a hint of yellow); asthma (thick and white to yellowish).

  3. Leukorrhea - Wikipedia

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    Leukorrhea is also caused by trichomonads, a group of parasitic protozoan, specifically Trichomonas vaginalis. Common symptoms of this disease are burning sensation, itching and discharge of frothy substance, thick, white or yellow mucous. [5] [9]

  4. Hemoptysis - Wikipedia

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    Blood-laced mucus from the sinus or nose area can sometimes be misidentified as symptomatic of hemoptysis (such secretions can be a sign of nasal or sinus cancer, but also a sinus infection). Extensive non-respiratory injury can also cause one to cough up blood. Cardiac causes like congestive heart failure and mitral stenosis should be ruled ...

  5. Rouleaux - Wikipedia

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    This is a nonspecific indicator of the presence of disease. [1] Rouleaux formation on patient vaginal swab wet smear. Conditions that cause rouleaux formation include infections, multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, inflammatory and connective tissue disorders, and cancers.

  6. Swimming-induced pulmonary edema - Wikipedia

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    Swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE), also known as immersion pulmonary edema, is a life threatening condition that occurs when fluids from the blood leak abnormally from the small vessels of the lung (pulmonary capillaries) into the airspaces (alveoli).

  7. Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), also known as surfactant deficiency disorder (SDD), [2] and previously called hyaline membrane disease (HMD), is a syndrome in premature infants caused by developmental insufficiency of pulmonary surfactant production and structural immaturity in the lungs.

  8. Pink’s Health Struggles Over the Years: Hip Surgery, Illness ...

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    Pink (whose real name is Alecia Moore) didn’t specify what the situation was, but days later she postponed two additional shows in Vancouver, Canada, due to a res Pink’s Health Struggles Over ...

  9. Bronchiectasis - Wikipedia

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    The mechanism of disease is breakdown of the airways due to an excessive inflammatory response. [3] Involved airways become enlarged and thus less able to clear secretions. [3] These secretions increase the amount of bacteria in the lungs, resulting in airway blockage and further breakdown of the airways. [3]