Chunks of yellowish brown mucus

[Chasity18]

I have been waking up for the past few mornings and hacking up these chunks of mucus. I would like to know what it is before I go t see my doctor, incase its nothing and I go for no reason.

[nicole1402]

hi , im 19,i have the same problem,im waking up wit an accumulation of yellowy brownish chunks in my mouth, im not a regular smoker only when im on a night out,i have no chest pains or shortness of breath i dont know wat this gunk is??

[Victoireh]

It could be from any where in your respiratory system. Most likely coming either from your sinuses and collecting in your throat over night. You don't mention any other symptoms, like coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing or chest tightness? GERD sometimes can cause problems where the stomach contents aspirate high enough up the esophagus to reach the voice chords or into your lungs. When it hits the sensitive tissue of the vocal chords it  does damage and the response is to produce mucous.

It's only been a few days, and you don't give much information to go on, so the simplest thing would be to go to your doctor and get it checked out.