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I find it very interesting how some people, (including myself) describe mucus plugs. I for one after nebulizing see little flakes in my mucus cup below the bubbles of saliva in my mucus that I bring up. And occasionally as I’m emptying my mucus cup out I see little pencil eraser shaped objects (smaller) white in color in my mucus, maybe 2-3 only. I asked one of my Pulmonologists if I had mucus plugs, and she stated “Oh you don’t have mucus plugs” but didn’t look at any sample or anything!! How does any actually determine if they are in fact Mucus plugs. Thank-you.
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@spider109,@cwal,@pacathy,@brittany123
Yes when you google, as shown below, you can find two different understandings of where one would find what is called mucus plugs.
Ours, from the lungs.
@spider109 I would be interested in knowing why your pulmonologist said "Oh you don't have mucus plugs". It is a common known fact with having BE that we will have mucus plugs. If we have snake like tubes/airways with damages due to BE of the lungs. Mucus sits there if not cleared and forms a plug that we have to get up and out. My lead doctor at NJH and an excellent P Therapist at Tyler informed me of our having mucus plugs and I sure can see them with clearing it all out with the huff coughing.
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The sputum question is confusing. I always wondered what "part" to count as the amount of sputum. Just the colored part (yellow, green, white) or everything, as in the white bubbly or clear stuff mixed in with it also? (lovely conversation)