Brief Answer:
It indicates blood that has been not freshly bled.

Detailed Answer:
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If there is bleeding inside lungs vessels (may or may not be a major issue) it stays over there and after sometime with irritation of the ongoing disease process when the patient coughs, the blood comes out with the sputum that may be coffee ground colored.

This term is utilized more for coffee ground vomitus, as that is more a common disease in population. That is due to the gastrointestinal bleeding and that bleeding when stays in the stomach, turns into this coffee ground color and comes out with vomiting.

Don't worry. Say your son to keep taking the medications and it will settle down once infection goes away. This is from infected, inflamed lung tissue.


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