Hard Cough

Gah! Okay my mom was sick and now I have a cold!
So now I have mucus stuck in my throat and I can’t cough it out.
I tried the boiling water method. [Inhaling steam]
I tried hot shower.
Salt water.
Everything!
Now I can’t get up and get medication at 3:47
Please help me
The best is to get expectorant from the pharmacy. But if no pharmacy is open, try some honey. The other thing, most people can increase the mucus they make with dairy products, more mucus would make it easier to cough it up (we call it more productive). Hot food (spicy) also makes the "juices flowing", thinning the mucus, make it more managible. Anything that brings tears to your eyes, and your nose running would do the same thing to the mucus in your lungs. Chillies definitely do this. Also, hot tea, perhaps with lemon?

My Phlegm has always been green, sometimes it’s clear or yellowy.

I read that it’s bad to have green phlegm, but I’m 18 years old right now and it’s been this way for about 5 years.

So how can it be bad? I don’t have any problems.

maybe you get sick all the time.

I smoke, but only about 10 cigarettes a day, and when i breath out (in the same way you do for an asthma test), and when i do you can hear this horrible gargling noise deep in my throat and lungs. I don’t want any useless advice on how smoking is bad for you, i am fully aware of it! But if anyone has a simple cure for it then i would be very grateful! Thanks.

first you need antibiotics , you have a chest infection ,

I came down with a bad head cold a few days ago and now it’s in my chest. I’m not having any other problems (fever, chills, wheezing, etc.) and I’m wondering if I should go to the doctor. Can I have a productive cough and have a simple chest cold, or does it pretty much guarantee bronchitis?

well i get this every cold I get…every flu as well, pain in the donkey actually.

I have asthma but I dont know the name of it.
When I get sick, and get cough accompanied by phlegm.

asthma is asthma. the mucous from your airways -either your lungs or you oropharynx (your nose & back of your throat). continue to use your inhaler & nebulizer as needed and follow up with your pulmonologist. a nasal rinse daily can help symptoms, too.

Does Promethazine with Codeine clear out the Phlegm? I cough and phlegm(mucus) comes out.?
When I cough, mucus(phlegm) comes out. What can I do or take to clear it out?

People say go to the store and buy Musinex? What kind of Musinex?

How do i clear out phlegm?

Promethazine with codeine is intended to stop a cough. It has nothing to do with bringing up any mucus. If you want the mucus out, you need to increase your daily water intake, run a humidifier in the bedroom where you sleep and take any form of over the counter Mucinex.

If you swallow large quantities of it, it may upset your stomach, but it’s not truly harmful. It will go into your stomach, not back into your respiratory system, so you will not cough it up again. The germs it may contain will usually be specific to the respiratory system, so they will not affect your digestion and will be killed by your stomach acid. All in all, though, it’s still a better idea to spit it out when you can just to avoid upset stomach.

what causes it because I’ve always done it?

Naw man, the morning hawk and spit into the toilet is pretty much universal. Your body stops certain functions during sleep and it builds up overnight.

I had phlegm stuck in my throat for two days, i need help, i just cant cough it up

It helps if you cough it up in the shower.

I am on antibiotics for pharyngitis and on a mycolytic for the phlegm that is too thick and too much. The medication has worked so far and especially the mucus and phlegm are dissolved, more light colored and cough-able. Now my question is , why when i stand up, i get to cough lots out and be relieved for quite some time, and while i am in my bed (as prescribed) i don’t get to cough out much. And also, logically, should i be standing up more often?
Thank you.

When you are lying down your abdominal contents are closer to you diahragm, the liver, stomach, some intestines etc. When you take a deep breath to cough the excursion of the diaphragm is restricted to a degree. This has the effect of lowering how much air you can breath in and therefore out. When you cough there is less air behind the mucous to push it out.
On the other hand, while standing, there is no restriction placed on the diaphragm and you can get more air in.
Most people the reverse is true because gravity assists in the drainage of the mucous while lying down. Your congestion is higher up. Sitting up on the side of the bed may be enough. Or standing with assistance(I don’t know your situation) when you need to cough.