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Excessive mucus without cough

Posted by hishamhussain @hishamhussain, Dec 8, 2016

Dear kind community group
I am Hisham Hussain. 40 years
I have been suffering with excessive mucus coming from lungs with out coughing 3 months ago.
I find difficulty to expel continually accumulating phlegm coming from my lungs to throat
my case get worsen day by day and i feel recently short-breathing.
what make my case get worse is that i have not cough to help in expelling mucus out so it go to accumulate into lungs and airways.
I took montelukast and xyzal medicines for 2 weeks but i did not feel any better

have you found anything that helps ?

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fracturedd | @fracturedd | Oct 1, 2019
In reply to @qurat123 "Hi My son has too much muscus in lungs . He is only 3 years old...." + (show)
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Hi My son has too much muscus in lungs . He is only 3 years old. ITS been since two year now. But no cough. When he sleep too much sound from lungs and difficulty to breath. And he sleep too much. But he moves too much while sleeping . He is very active. I live in a very cold country .i chechked him many times but they didnt take IT serious

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Eliminate milk from his diet.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Oct 2, 2019
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Hi My son has too much muscus in lungs . He is only 3 years old. ITS been since two year now. But no cough. When he sleep too much sound from lungs and difficulty to breath. And he sleep too much. But he moves too much while sleeping . He is very active. I live in a very cold country .i chechked him many times but they didnt take IT serious

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@qurat123 Welcome to Mayo Connect. This must be very disturbing. When my son had a bad cough I was scared to death. My first question is what has your pedi said about this and his he on any medicines?

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wrliu24587 | @wrliu24587 | Feb 11, 2020

Hi all, unfortunately I'm back again. The Breo only seemed to help in the early parts of the summer. Since it started getting cold again recently, the "attacks" of mucus/phlegm have shot up again. I have noticed that when I talk, it seems to be a sort of trigger that starts a lot of phlegm to enter my mouth. It seems to coalesce in the top back area of my mouth, and slide to my uvula, where it activates my gag reflex. I'm not sure if any progress has been made here, but hopefully this added detail might trigger somebody who has had similar cases.

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tsedachalemu | @tsedachalemu | Mar 17, 2020

Dear community group
I am Tsedach Alemu. 35 years old.
I have been suffering with excessive mucus coming from lungs with out coughing 6 months ago.
I find difficulty to expel continually accumulating mucus coming from my lungs to throat. The mucus has a salty taste. I have no other symptoms like fever, cough, chest pain etc. I have taken ceftriaxone 1 gm IV/daily for 5 days and ciprofloxacillin 500mg po BID for 7 days. But I don't get improvements.
currently I am be coming worry about my illness. Because I visited many clinics but the doctors could not diagnose and treat my case.

Do you have any thing to help me?
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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Mar 17, 2020
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Dear community group
I am Tsedach Alemu. 35 years old.
I have been suffering with excessive mucus coming from lungs with out coughing 6 months ago.
I find difficulty to expel continually accumulating mucus coming from my lungs to throat. The mucus has a salty taste. I have no other symptoms like fever, cough, chest pain etc. I have taken ceftriaxone 1 gm IV/daily for 5 days and ciprofloxacillin 500mg po BID for 7 days. But I don't get improvements.
currently I am be coming worry about my illness. Because I visited many clinics but the doctors could not diagnose and treat my case.

Do you have any thing to help me?

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@tsedachalemu- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. This is tough to go through as you will see in other posts and what others have to say. Did this start abruptly? Have you checked to see if you have Acid Reflux Disease (GERD)? Have you had any lung tests done? It might be a good idea to see a pulmonologist and a GI doctor.
Meanwhile here are a few links and some helpfull hints:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/excessive-mucus-without-cough/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321134
https://www.healthline.com/health/overproduction-of-mucus-in-throat

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tsedachalemu | @tsedachalemu | Mar 18, 2020

Dear @merpreb thank you for your constructive advise. Dear I think the my problem developed gradually not abruptly. I did not checked Acid Reflux Disease any lung tests done. Except I took only antibiotics.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Mar 18, 2020

@tsedachalemu- Ah! GERD doesn't usually happen overnight and neither does Hiatal hernias if it didn't happen from an injury. If you are over 50, and overweight chances are pretty good of a hernia and GERD.
Did you take an antibiotic for an infection? Have you thought about being tested for your symptoms?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiatal-hernia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373379

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tsedachalemu | @tsedachalemu | Mar 20, 2020
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@tsedachalemu- Ah! GERD doesn't usually happen overnight and neither does Hiatal hernias if it didn't happen from an injury. If you are over 50, and overweight chances are pretty good of a hernia and GERD.
Did you take an antibiotic for an infection? Have you thought about being tested for your symptoms?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiatal-hernia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373379

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Hi Dear @merpreb, thank you very much giving your time to help me. As I said last time, The Doctors could not diagnose and treat me. Due to this I decided to take antibiotics by my self. i stared azithromycin the last 2 days and it will continue for the next four days. I see reduction of mucus secretion in some degree.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Mar 21, 2020

@tsedachalemu- Hello. Can you buy antibiotics without a prescription? I hope that you have continued success with this.

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lioness | @lioness | Mar 27, 2020
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Hello, I have inhaled 90 percent ethanol very days before while using as a disinfectant. Since then, I have a sore throat without cough. With warm water and salt water gargle. I have still white mucus coming out continuously without any cough, fever n other symptoms. Is there any need to worry about it.

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@pritty02 I have the same white mucus in my throat. Besides the salt water I'm using lemon juice in water gargle ,drink it in tea I have allergies and 5hey are in full force right now .You don't want to inhale fumes so add a mask when you use disinfectants This to will pass is my mantra warm weather coming

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