A
big part of pulmonary fields
Is knowing what a sputum’s color means
So we thought we would take time to recite
Colors you might find for your learning delight
White sputum – could be the lungs are
clean
White sputum – or asthma might be seen
But we can tell you that white is not
The only color cultivated from a crop
So to feed your learning appetite
Half a dozen more for further insight
Gray sputum – comes from a cold or flu
Gray sputum – might be hay fever too
Yellow sputum – it might be bronchitis
Yellow sputum – or bronchiectasis
Black sputum – could be from smoking crack
Black sputum – a nasty thing to hack
Red sputum – blood’s somewhere in the tree
Red sputum – think CA or TB
Orange sputum – might be Pneumococcus
Orange sputum – or Klebsiella pus
Green sputum – think Pseudomonas first
Green sputum – Mycoplasma’s the worst
We started thinking it was kind of mean
To end this song on the color green
Because we don’t wish to be impolite
Here’s one more color then we’ll say good night
Brown sputum – look for dehydration
Brown sputum – and now the song is done |
