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6 Meinungen für “When you have bronchitis and cough up phlegm, is it ok when you swallow it?”

1. jscotto772 sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 1:18 pm

   You really shouldn’t. Try to spit it out in the sink or toilet. If you swallow it, you will just cough it up again or choke on it.
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   Me…health teacher

2. collegegrllstress sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 1:46 pm

   with all the germs and whatever you have caught up in the lungs, it is better to spit it out but your stomach acid will most likely distroy all the germs and it will be fine.
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3. Cynthia G sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 2:16 pm

   It’s a fact that if you swallow phlegm from have bronchitis that you will have stomach problems, not just feeling like you want to hang your head over the toliet, but that you will more than likely have to shit a lot.
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4. Colt & Tegan sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 2:25 pm

   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.
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5. Biddy sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 2:41 pm

   You should try to spit it out but I believe that it doesn’t do any harm so don’t worry.
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6. intotheforest sagt:
   28.October, 2009 um 3:15 pm

   I have chronic bronchitis and I asked my doctor the same question. He said that I should swallow it because the stomach acid kills all the bacteria. If you spit it out, you are introducing the bacteria to your mouth and you contaminate your environment as well. Only once it made me throw up from swallowing too much. Other than that it won’t harm you.
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