![]() ![]() this was just my second visit with him, last time he tried to tell me i never had asthma, now I do, he is rather flaky, but seemed calmer this time and like really listened. Now the lung stuff, though, does anyones mucous smell bad? My doc is checking me for bronchiectasis I already have copd of some emphysema and chronic broncitis. While I am doing my 45 minute coughing stint in the morning I also shake really bad, have no idea if the two are related I was sent to JOHN HOpkins for the shaking and they hardly did a thing and sent me a way saying it was probly pyscosomatic. If you have chronic broncitis it can be yellow at times. If you are coughing up green mucuous that is bad, that is infection. it is so embarrassing for my poor teenaged daughter., I did used to smoke, but my lungs are clear on the xray, most of you sound like you need inhalers or tests, please try to push for more help. O my! Have you been to a doctor, a pulmonologist? I have a horrible cough like that when I wake up and he is FINALLY doing a cat scan and said something about mucous tests, and antibiotics, mine is mostly white, but also comes from my sinuses and in the morning is so thick I feel llike I am going to puke. I am tired of being sick, tired and having my whole body hurt because of coughing. I feel horrible and completely miserable. My husband is at a loss for what do, and so am I. ![]() I have tried OTC Sinus and Flu medicines with no avail, Mucinex did nothing for me either. I can only sleep in reclined positions because if I am flat on my back, I start to choke. I can't go out in public or visit anyone (or have anyone visit my house) because I know its irratting to others listening to my cough up phlegm. I have a headache along with all this that won't go away, and my chest and throat always hurt. I can't go out anywhere because I feel so miserable. I can't do anything without violently coughing up phlegm (walking, chaning positions, doing laundry etc). I sometimes gag on the phlegm until I need to swallow it, which can cause me to gag even harder. If teh phlegm is too thick to cough up, I have to swallow it until I cough again (which makes it even harder to get up). I try to sip water in between coughs or immediately afterwards. The coughs can start as small regular coughs then progresses to full chest cough. Coughing fits can last anywhere from a few seconds to the point where I get tears in my eyes, gag, choke, and then throw up. Sometimes when I eat or drink, I start to gag and choke. I can not fully rest, and if I do, the phlegm wakes me up, start coughing for at least 30 minutes before it stops. When I start to cough, I grab tissue to put over my mouth to cough out phlegm, but sometimes 1 or 2 tissues is not enough, and need a cup (sometimes I can cough up 1/2 a cup) or cough for at least an hour. I always have tissues, or be near a sink or garbage can. I clear my throat all the time, sometimes every few minutes Theres not a moment that goes by in which I don't feel the phlem in my chest and throat. If I'm not coughing, I'm clearing my throat, because phlem is always there, no matter how much I cough up. Sometimes it gets stringy and I start to choke on it. I dont smoke, and I am 48 years old and a housewife. My doctor has no idea what causes it, my x-rays and scans have all been clear. For about the past 8 months, I have done nothing but cough up phlegm.
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