I’ve been coughing and can’t seem to cough up the phlegm anymore and it’s making me gasp for a breath of air..

26.September, 2009

I’ve been sick for about 10 days, been to the doctor twice already and been told it’s nothing more than a cold. At first i was coughing up alot of yellow phlegm and for the past week or so I can’t seem to cough up the phlegm anymore and its causing me to choke on my spit and lose my breath. The dr gave me an inhaler on my last visit, but i don’t have asthma. What can i do to help the phlegm come up, this is driving me crazy.

Hello…
Dymond is right on the money… The inhaler is a bronchodilator which will open your airways enough so that you can clear the mucous that is trying to be coughed out.
The mucous cannot come out becaues it is thick, with a mucolytic/expectorant like guafenesin,Mucinex, etc that will thin out the secretions so that they can be coughed out easier. Make sure that you drink plenty of water as this helps with thinning secretions too. Yellow phlegm is a sign of an infection (Old Dead White Blood Cells) turn yellow and that is what you are coughing up. Follow up with MD if not better in about 2-3 days. Good Luck…

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5 Meinungen für “I’ve been coughing and can’t seem to cough up the phlegm anymore and it’s making me gasp for a breath of air..”

  1. elitesouthwest sagt:
    26.September, 2009 um 5:27 am

    find a better doctor
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  2. dymond sagt:
    26.September, 2009 um 5:37 am

    Find a cough syrup with an expectorant.Vick’s formula E is a good one.It will help break up the phlegm so you can bring it up.The doctor gave you an inhaler to open your bronchial tubes and help you breath easier not because he thought you had asthma.
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    nurse for 18 years

  3. aura_60970 sagt:
    26.September, 2009 um 6:21 am

    Try Mucinex – you can get it at walmart. They’re pills, but they work relatively quick and worked good for me. Especially since I don’t like how cough syrups taste. Ugh..

    Good luck! :)
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  4. mysticalscorpio0 sagt:
    26.September, 2009 um 6:34 am

    bronchitis?
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  5. datsanuf sagt:
    26.September, 2009 um 7:02 am

    Hello…
    Dymond is right on the money… The inhaler is a bronchodilator which will open your airways enough so that you can clear the mucous that is trying to be coughed out.
    The mucous cannot come out becaues it is thick, with a mucolytic/expectorant like guafenesin,Mucinex, etc that will thin out the secretions so that they can be coughed out easier. Make sure that you drink plenty of water as this helps with thinning secretions too. Yellow phlegm is a sign of an infection (Old Dead White Blood Cells) turn yellow and that is what you are coughing up. Follow up with MD if not better in about 2-3 days. Good Luck…
    References :
    RRT/RCP California
    Registered Respiratory Therapist/Respiratory Care Practitioner.

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