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The doctor did an x-ray, and said it was normal. Then the cough became wet with white string mucus. The doctor said the lungs were trying to clear out and prescribed Spiriva to help. My husband could not take it, because it made him breathless. Now he is takeing Flovent HFA 110MCG Inhaler - 2 puffs per day, since April 20. It has helped cut down on the cough and mucus, but hasn't cleared it. He quit taking it because it was affecting his vocal chords.

I didn't realize it at first but my small room amplified the affects. I developed a very serious cough (white mucus) that didn't subside for weeks after I stopped using it all together. My problem is this... whenever I'm in the shower, I'm guessing due to very high moisture, I keep getting the same white mucus creeping up my throat. I sometimes gag and cough forcefully trying to get it out. And it always looks the same. White foamy mucus. And, it tastes salty... if that helps.

I was reading some of the other questions about the "white mucus" some say they cough up or are constantly clearing their throats! Well thats me!! I am soon to be 39, I do smoke which I know does not help the situation but no one can seem to find out what my problem is. I am constantly clearing my throat, sometimes to the gagging stage. Sometimes projectile? My doctor says I probably have some allergies but I think that can not be the entire problem. Chest x-ray looks ok for my age.

My mucus problem seems worse after eating. I cough up and need to spit constantly. I have had this prob all my life but as I age and am now in wheelchair, it has gotten worse. Dr. says I have asthma now. Could the mucus I have had all my life brought the asthma on? I have all kinds of meds from nose drops to anhalers. Nothing seems to help. I had not thought of acid reflux. This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.

I generally do not get a solid nights sleep and feel tired. Every morning I cough up white mucus for the better part of an hour. I have been the doctor route and now when my doctor sees me he is "fed up" he is frustrated since he has tried everything as he put it to dry me up. I sort of gave up and decided I was meant to live like this. Well, last week my daughter got a bad cold, passed it to me and we both evolved into what appeared to be sinus infections.

Since then my symptoms got a little better, and currently just have bumps on inside of mouth sore throat (soft palate sore), and a white tongue (whcih my doctor said was nothing bus prescribed me some antifungal thing just incase), ive also been consistently spitting up mucus, varying colours from white to yellow to green. And also had white foamy spit. Does this sound like HIV symptoms?

I have been coughing for 1 month which produces thick mucus with small white bubbles(foam). I have taken amoxilin and paracetomol tablets under my doctors prescription. However it is not cured. Now I m advised to take azythromyzine tabs.Im having throat pain too when swallowing but I think its decreasing day by day...but thick white mucus with bubbles in it scares me.Advice pls.No xray or ct is taken.

No problem there, I have had bronchitis several times. What concerns me is that a few days ago I was coughing up pink mucus. Then it turned into a peach color, now it is getting brighter with orange. Now, I did go to grade school so I am thinking yellow + red = orange. I asked the Dr. at the E.R. he didn't seem to have an answer for me and was not concerned about this. Why is my mucus a solid orange mass that I am coughing up? No, I have not eaten or drank anything that was orange or pink.

i had a TB history 4 years ago, I had a cough started on december 2007, my lung doctor prescribed an antibiotics and mucolytic for 2 weeks, my cough gets better but there still a little phlegm that cause me to cough only in the morning for almost three months now. the color of my phlegm is still white and it only lasted less than a minute when i cough. pls. tell me what are the things that causes my coughing.

I too have had this problem on and off since about 12/23. I don't have a clue if this is related to the cough/mucus symptoms or if it is another matter altogether. At first I thought it was due to eating a lot of foods during the holidays that I normally don't have. But, this has continued long after I stopped eating those foods. I've used some anti-diarrhea medications and can go 2 days being "normal" and then it hits again.

for the past week ive had a throat problem, it feels like i have something stuck in the back of my throat and it wont go away, i thought it might be allergies ive taken mucinex d extra strength, generic claritin and nose spray and nothing has really helped, ive had alot of burping and when i eat it feels like a piece of food gets stuck in my throat, i havent had trouble breathing but its just aggravating ive gone to the doctors and my doctor said i didnt have strep throat and my doctor thought i

Hey all, i'm a 23M and i've experienced a constant tickling cough for about ... actually a little over a year now. Every time i cough i produce some type of mucus that is always clear or almost white and usually very thick. I've been to a few doctors but never had any tests done really besides xrays and doctors listening to my lungs and all that stuff. I'd really like this issue to be fixed if possible would appreciate anyone's input on this especially if anyone has experienced this.

I do not smoke, i am not around people who do somoke, i dont have asthm, and yet i spit up black particles

Following a minor viral infection 10 weeks ago, with a slight cough, I began to suffer from excess mucus in the throat, causing constant throat clearing and, due to a feeling of something caught in my airways, coughing to the point where trying to shift the mucus became exhausting.Sometimes, I can remove a small amount of gluey mucus (clear to off-white in colour) which gives some temporary relief.

Mar - Started spitting out White Foamy Mucus each morning, someimtes paste. Mar - Woke up with my neck full of WHite foam.paste and had to goto Hospital. Told it might be Acid Reflux, given Somac. Also had blocked nose area and difficult swallowing. April- Saw specialist, ENT, said everything looks fine and didn't worry too much about my concern, white mucus choking me in the morning, THough gave me nasal steroid.

I frequently cough up "pure white sticky mucus. This is a relatively new thing and it has become a concern as prior to coughing it up I always get a perfume or soapy taste in the back of my throat. (Please do not insult my intelligence by asking if I had applied perfume or got soap in my mouth) I have for a very long time coughed up a nasty colored mucus due to being a smoker, so this is a real shock to me. Do you have any suggestions with credible origins that might explain this?

I spend hours everyday over the sink coughing out volumes of white sticky mucus. I sometimes choke on food from the amount of mucus that collects in my vocal cords and am unable to breathe well. Asthma & sinusitis seem the most normal explanation, however, the dr's say the don't find anything that should cause that much mucus. The only time it ever has stopped for a short while is when I was put on prednisone.

Nothing stops this excessive choking white stringy mucus except a long prednisone burst.. Iv'e seen 2 ENt's and was told there is 1% of pts. they can't help..unlucky for me. I literally hack and choke when this mucus lets go from my sinuses. My throat is clogged and I have to gag and suck it out the best I can. I use a qtip to push it thru its that thick & a tongue scapper to pull it out. The mucus is coming from way back an under my ears, using a sinus wash is not helpful at all.

hi for the past two week ive been unwell but i am starting to fell better after taking antibiotics for a sinus infection for the past five days,yesterday when i blew my nose a brownish substance coming out of my left nostral and green out the right and today the brownish substance is coming out of the right nostral and green out of the left and i can smelling a nasty smell,also a Cough could tell me what is going on please ?

It is hard and kind of spongy. She coughed up two of them. THey were each the size of peas, and white in color. They looked like cauliflower, or like two molars. When I inspected them, they were semi solid, but easily crushed and smelled like sour milk. SHe says this is what happens all the time. She says she can feel them pop into her throat and start to gag her, when she coughs and gets them out.

I have had white particles and a stringy, mucus like discharge in my urine. I have no burning or anything when I urinate. I am wondering if this is normal or something to worry about. There is a foul odor sometimes too. Thanks...

does taking advair make mucus that you cough up and mucus from from your nose turn white?

The second round starts about a half hour to hour later, of just coughing up thick flem. I have lower back problems, which are made worse from the constant coughing every morning. It consumes the first 2 hours of every morning of my life, & has for a few years now. I think my pcp thinks it is all in my head, excuse the pun, & has no idea how extreme this is.

It causes me to get where I feel like passing out. It becomes very hard to breath. When I cough thick white mucus comes out. I've been to doctors and they don't seem to know what is wrong. They blame it on allergy..

when i cough i cough up mucus thats white and has a taste of clorox but i have not been using it either what could this be? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/284323'>Coughing up white mucus in shower</a>.

My nose is running, I can't cough right,it's more of a hack than a cough, as soon as I get some mucus to break loose in my throat its right back again, giving me shotness of breath and some wheezing.As soon as I hack a little bit up the wheezing goes away for a few seconds until the mucus returns in the throat, then I start all over again. This is very uncomfortable. Doesen't seem to bother me to much when I sleep, but starts in again as soon as I get up.

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