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Lynn Nazareth, Research Scientist in Olfactory Biology, CSIRO

Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health

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When you’re sick you’ll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it’s thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown.

What can this phlegm – also called mucus, snot, sputum, catarrh and booger – really tell us about our health?

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