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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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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Mar 28, 2020
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@geegie

Hi, Could you please tell me the technical term for The Vest? I wasn't
able to find any information on The Vest. Thanks,

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@geegie- Hello. This ight not be the exact one that @tsedachalemu uses but the idea is probably the same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4nh68K1184

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tsedachalemu | @tsedachalemu | Mar 29, 2020
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@lisalucier

Hi, @pritty02, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It's wise to look into symptoms that you are experiencing and also interfering with your quality of life after inhaling the 90% ethanol when using it to disinfect.

I moved your post here to this existing discussion, "Excessive mucus without cough," so that you can connect with others in this thread who are talking about similar issues. Please click VIEW & REPLY in your email notification to look at the entire discussion and what others have shared.

Good to see you've connected with @lioness, and I'd also like to invite into this discussion @trixie1313 @sueinmn @jenniferhunter @imallears, who may have some input related to your sore throat without cough as well as the white mucus you have coming out continually after inhaling the ethanol fumes.

Personally, I used a rubbing alcohol solution at 90 percent to clean my microfiber family room furniture — cut with some water in a spray bottle — a number of years ago, and I quickly noted that the fumes were very pungent. I moved my kids and myself far away from it and opened some windows. I believe I had some headache for a bit, and it generally didn't feel great to be exposed to that high of a percentage of alcohol. My husband suggested that if/when I did cleaned the furniture that way again, I should use a lower percentage of alcohol or dilute it much further.

One resource you might take advantage of is Poison Control, where you can chat online or speak to a representative https://triage.webpoisoncontrol.org/#/exclusions.

Will you share more about where you are seeing this mucus coming out? Have you had the chance to speak to your doctor about these symptoms? If so, what did he or she say about it?

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thanks dear for sharing ideas that will help me.

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tsedachalemu | @tsedachalemu | Mar 29, 2020
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@sueinmn

@pritty02 I did some looking, and you are probably not in any danger from this inhalation, but you certainly did irritate your throat and probably lungs. The problem is that alcohol moves from liquid to vapor very quickly, and then is easily inhaled. It is also a powerful irritant of mucous membranes - that is why you are seeing all the clear mucous. I don't think gargling salt water or lemon juice, unless very mild, will help in your case because these too can irritate mucous membranes - you will have to decide if they make it feel better or worse. You need to let things settle down, if not better in a few days, or you begin to experience shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, seek medical care.
Everyone needs to be cautious in this day of disinfecting everything! Bleach, alcohol and benzylkonium chloride are strong chemicals. Alcohol & bleach are also highly volatile, moving from the liquid to aerosol state very quickly, and are very strong irritants. Use them cautiously, as you would any chemical, and be around them for the shortest time possible. When using, ventilate the area, remove children, anyone with breathing issues and pets before using, and leave the area yourself immediately - stay away until the fumes have cleared. If you have a respirator (N95 or one intended for use around fumes) wear it, but still take precautions. Keep the chemicals COMPLETELY out of reach of children, pets and any vulnerable adult who my not understand how to take precautions.
Stay safe everyone!
Sue

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thanks.

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jerrykdb | @jerrykdb | Jun 10, 2020
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@jms7

Your Dr would best know if you should use an expectorant, and it is good of you to be cautious and careful. This is very wise. There is a nice tea I really like for my lungs called "Breathe Deep" by Yogi Tea. I mention it because it is gentle, made for lung health, and supports healing. It is so wonderful and tastes so good, people without lung damage ask me for some when they visit, or when I carry some with me in a thermos say it smells so good what is it!!! Also, the warmth and the vapors from the essential oils in the herbs are very good for the respiratory system and nasal passages. I sometimes see it at Target, but always Whole Foods and some other big grocery stores. The ingredients are listed on the side and are pretty gentle - none should be an issue unless someone drank like 20 cups in one day! : )
Always good to check all the ingredients anyway. Greens tea has natural antibiotic properties and also natural caffeine, which opens up the airways a little bit. It also has antioxidants that help heal the lungs and keep you well in general. This is a small thing a person can do that is not expensive, but can make a difference in comfort and healing! We need strong lungs to live a good life! : )

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Thank you so much for this post - i have congestive heart failure but nothing seems to help my lungs - will try what you suggest. I love dairy products, especially drink a lot of milk, so will cut those out of my daily intake.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 11, 2020
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@jerrykdb

Thank you so much for this post - i have congestive heart failure but nothing seems to help my lungs - will try what you suggest. I love dairy products, especially drink a lot of milk, so will cut those out of my daily intake.

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@jerrykdb- Welcome to Mayo Connect. This has to be very scary for you. When your heart can't pump enough blood around the body in order to make sure that your body works properly. This also makes it very hard for your other organs to work properly. Less blood to your kidneys causes fluid and water retention. You can have in swollen ankles, legs, abdomen (called edema), and weight gain. Symptoms may cause an increased need to urinate during the night. This is also why you have excess phlegm, a build-up of fluid around your lungs and in your chest. Have you undergone any procedures to have the liquid removed? Pleural infusion is one such procedure.

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Jun 18, 2020
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@jerrykdb

Thank you so much for this post - i have congestive heart failure but nothing seems to help my lungs - will try what you suggest. I love dairy products, especially drink a lot of milk, so will cut those out of my daily intake.

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@jerrykdb, Hi, Jerry, I have asthma and chronic bronchitis so am on oxygen at night. My pulmonologist suggested that I restrict my dairy intake which was hard for me initially because I love all things dairy. However, restricting dairy has resulted in much less coughing and mucus production for me.

As @merpreb, posted, it is scary not to be able to breathe as well as we once did. However, Merry's information was so helpful to me and I hope to you as well. I have no medical background but a friend had the pleural infusion procedure and reported excellent results. I hope you will seek some medical relief for your symptoms and report back on how you are doing.

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lioness | @lioness | Oct 6, 2020

@hishamhussain Welcome to connect we give you our experience with same problem .I have had mucus in my throat so much that I thought I was going to choke. I don't have any lung problems I do have post nasal drip allergies and sinus problems My Dr gave me a antihistamine that cleared this up Levocetrizine .I also when I don't need it just take a O.T.C antihistamine .when needed Hope you get relief

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nylrehs79 | @nylrehs79 | Nov 18, 2020

I have same excessive mucus without cough,im new here and unexpectedly this post cross my wall when im searching about mucus without coughing,im 41 ,last few weeks i got flu cough and runny nose, i have skin allergies, (hives),i take medicine 2 x a wk,after an almost 3 yrs i discover that when i took fish oil(omega3) my allergies gone,and also ihave hypertension and when i took medicine for my blood pressure my throat itchy coz of medicine,so i try to stop and just take fish oil(omega3) suddenly i felt heavy chest,cant sleep,anxiety attacked ,i started dancing for excercise for almost a month and my heavy chest and sleep get back to normal,but after few wks i fell ill ,flu cough, runny nose,then get well ok, but suddenly i felt mucus on my throat without coughing, its annoying and sometimes its from my nose ,its white ,i tried coughing to remove them but still i have again and again and i felt that phlegm stock on my chest and i feel its on my throat, its like a kind of asthma symptoms or anything,😥not yet go to the doctor to check

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Nov 18, 2020

Good morning, and welcome to Mayo Connect. We are a group of people living with a variety of conditions, and trying to help each other by sharing our experiences. We are not medical professionals, so we cannot offer medical advice.

It sounds like you are dealing with a couple of different things here, some sound very like allergies, and can probably be treated with an antihistamine. With chronic allergies like runny nose and itch, many doctors feel it is beneficial to take a mild antihistamine daily to control symptoms.

There are many medications for treating Hypertension, it is important to find one that works for you without bad side effects. Using exercise (and diet) in place of pills works for some people, but needs to be done with medical supervision. Uncontrolled hypertension can cause many serious problems as you get older.

Perhaps it is time to see your doctor about both of these and try to get some long-term relief.

Sue

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nylrehs79 | @nylrehs79 | Nov 19, 2020
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@sueinmn

Good morning, and welcome to Mayo Connect. We are a group of people living with a variety of conditions, and trying to help each other by sharing our experiences. We are not medical professionals, so we cannot offer medical advice.

It sounds like you are dealing with a couple of different things here, some sound very like allergies, and can probably be treated with an antihistamine. With chronic allergies like runny nose and itch, many doctors feel it is beneficial to take a mild antihistamine daily to control symptoms.

There are many medications for treating Hypertension, it is important to find one that works for you without bad side effects. Using exercise (and diet) in place of pills works for some people, but needs to be done with medical supervision. Uncontrolled hypertension can cause many serious problems as you get older.

Perhaps it is time to see your doctor about both of these and try to get some long-term relief.

Sue

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Thank you and appreciate your effort to reply and response my post,yeah maybe i really need to do visit my doctor

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