You should visit your doctor, particularly if this has been going on for several days. If you smoke, you should consider stopping.
The presence of phlegm in your mouth when eating could be due to various factors, including allergies, acid reflux, or respiratory issues. While white phlegm is often less concerning than other colors, persistent coughing and phlegm production can indicate an underlying condition that may need attention. It's important to consult a healthcare professional for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment to address your symptoms.
The yellow comes first then the white comes after. :)
Phlegm is a mucus-like substance produced in the respiratory tract, while sputum is a mixture of saliva and mucus that is coughed up from the lungs. Phlegm is typically clear or white, whereas sputum can be yellow, green, or bloody, indicating infection or other health issues.
Phlegm helps to trap foreign materials such as dirt, microbes and pollutants from going further into the body. Phlegm comes in different colors from shades of green to white.
Black-looking phlegm can be caused by old blood that either ran down your throat from your mouth or nose due to a cold or dry membranes or from similar old blood in your bronchial tubes from a lung infection or bronchitis. Having bloody sputum (phlegm) is called hemoptysis. Phlegm can be colors ranging from white to black and the color is often, but not always, in streaks in the sputum. Yellow, brown, green, red, pink, and black phlegm are all reasons to see your doctor to determine the cause. See the related question below for more information about causes of black phlegm.
Black-looking phlegm can be caused by old blood that either ran down your throat from your mouth or nose due to a cold or dry membranes or from similar old blood in your bronchial tubes from a lung infection or bronchitis. Having bloody sputum (phlegm) is called hemoptysis. Phlegm can be colors ranging from white to black and the color is often, but not always, in streaks in the sputum. Yellow, brown, green, red, pink, and black phlegm are all reasons to see your doctor to determine the cause. See the related question below for more information about causes of black phlegm.
In medieval medicine, the colors associated with the four humors were black bile (melancholic) - black, yellow bile (choleric) - yellow, blood (sanguine) - red, and phlegm (phlegmatic) - white. The balance of these humors was believed to affect a person's health and temperament.
Phlegm is formed when the mucous membranes in your body try to fight infections. Phlegm is made of mucous, dead bacteria and virus, and dead white blood cells.
When your dog or cat or horse coughs up mucous; this means they have been "hyperventilating; hyperventilating is during hot weather the animal "breathes with the tongue hanging out...what happens is: when your dog "hyperventilates...mucous begins to collect @ the back of the dog's throat; so your dog "coughs up this mucous; if your dog or cat cannot cough up the mucus; then open the dog's mouth and scrape the mucous out of the dog's mouth with your fingers; then wash your hands...
It is most of the time white, but it can be different colors to.
Yes, at the first stages in puberty it is usually yellow and will turn white as time goes on.
Yellow and white mixed together make a light, pastel shade of yellow.