A chronic 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
do you feel phlegm stuck in your chest that made you want to cough deeply?
or do you feel the urge to cough because your phlegm already sits in your throat?
do you have problem breathing?
do you feel expanding your chest a problem?
and do you feel itchy or discomfort in your chest/airways?
did you cough up thick mucus or thinner mucus resembling saliva?
or was it saliva that you've actually coughed up?
any phlegm you feel like coughing/stuck in chest, when you lie down after a while?
cough/phlegm worse in the morning?
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I too have had a cough and excess phelgm for about 9-10 months. Have tried everything and had all the usual tests such as chest
x-ray, ct scan, broncoscopy, etc., etc. and have been on all the usual medicines. I have discovered through some research of my own, that white foods (carbos) can cause excess phelgm. If you will try eliminating or at least cutting down on pasta, potatoes, white bread, white sugar, you might find it will help eliminate the phelgm. It has helped me considerably. I still have some cough but not to the excess it was. And most of the phelgm is not the green stuff it was, but mostly clear. Hope this helps.
I too have had a cough and excess phelgm for about 9-10 months. Have tried everything and had all the usual tests such as chest
x-ray, ct scan, broncoscopy, etc., etc. and have been on all the usual medicines. I have discovered through some research of my own, that white foods (carbos) can cause excess phelgm. If you will try eliminating or at least cutting down on pasta, potatoes, white bread, white sugar, you might find it will help eliminate the phelgm. It has helped me considerably. I still have some cough but not to the excess it was. And most of the phelgm is not the green stuff it was, but mostly clear. Hope this helps.
I too have had a cough and excess phelgm for about 9-10 months. Have tried everything and had all the usual tests such as chest
x-ray, ct scan, broncoscopy, etc., etc. and have been on all the usual medicines. I have discovered through some research of my own, that white foods (carbos) can cause excess phelgm. If you will try eliminating or at least cutting down on pasta, potatoes, white bread, white sugar, you might find it will help eliminate the phelgm. It has helped me considerably. I still have some cough but not to the excess it was. And most of the phelgm is not the green stuff it was, but mostly clear. Hope this helps.
I had a severe cold recently and while my cold is getting better, my cough is getting worse. I cough up a thick clear phlegm, and sometimes the coughing causes me to vomit just as you described. I have started spitting it out so that I don't swallow it back, but I still end up vomitting after awhile. I don't know exactly whats wrong, but I'm really not enjoying this even after a few days. (So your comment about 10 months scares me quite a bit.) I don't know how similar our situations are, but I'm wondering if you've found any solution so I can stop this as soon as possible.
thanks
I do not have any problems or discomfort with my breathing. There is no itching. I vomit a thick clear mucous. I can't really determine if it's in my lungs/chest or in my throat. Probably more in my throat. The x-rays I had taken came back clear on my lungs. If I take a deep breath, I immediately start another coughing bout. Any comments/suggestions?