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Does anyone else have mucus plugs?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 3, 2023 | Replies (18)
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@spider109

I really don’t know if I have mucus plugs or not, can they only be diagnosed in images? X-ray or CT? I do have Bronchiectasis & Pulmonary Fibrosis, and I do nebulize twice a day (am & pm) with albuterol followed by 7% saline. Every 4th or 5th day I seem to cough up globs of mucus after nebulizing. Are these plugs????

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Tina Sims | @tinaesims | Aug 29, 2023

Mine showed up in a CT scan. I have been coughing like a mad woman and spitting up globs.

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dwood003 | @dwood003 | Sep 3, 2023

I'm following a somewhat similar treatment as you with somewhat similar results.
I combine the 2 items in the cup, The nebulizing is uneventful but as soon as I stop I continuously clear mucus from my throat. The throat is irritated and generates mucus, not the lungs.
A high-definition CT is best for mucus plugs in the small airways.
A plug is a plug like a stopper it prevents air from getting to the end of the line where the air is exchanged

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