Clear Mucus

Hi, I'm new here.  For the last two weeks I've had a dry, ticklish cough.  It's not a hacking sort of cough, just a dryness, and I've had a lot of clear mucus with it.  I'm getting alarmed.  I am a smoker and know I should quit.  Does this spell doom?

[National Jewish]

You probably have a viral upper respiratory infection but your cough is most likely also related to your smoking.  Smoking is a common cause of cough, especially if it persists.

A cough can be a side effect of a group of medicines used to treat high blood pressure called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.  In a person who has a normal chest x-ray and who doesn

[Sebastians Mom]

I think you answered your own question. Here's some information from the American Lung Association about Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/copd_factsheet.html

Approximately 80 to 90 percent of COPD cases are caused by smoking; a smoker is 10 times more likely than a nonsmoker to die of COPD.

You can quit...I was a smoker and have been smoke free for 6 years. Good luck to you!

[AvaDoll]

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