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How do you know that you get the sputum at the bottom of lungs out?

Posted by @ling @wangling, Nov 20, 2022

Hi community,
From reading your postings, I have learned how crucial it is to keep our airways and lungs clean of sputum by using aerobika + saline ...
I am wondering how do you know that we could get the sputum out at the bottom of our lungs?

Ling

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poodledoc | @poodledoc | Nov 24, 2022
In reply to @sueinmn "Gosh, Irene, you said "But when i went to the dentist recently (two times) i found..." + (show)
@sueinmn

Gosh, Irene, you said "But when i went to the dentist recently (two times) i found that after laying inverted for a long period of time in the dental chair, that even more mucus came up..." That just happened to me yesterday - spent over 3 hours in the chair, and they had to keep allowing me to sit up and clear. Duh, it never occurred to me - I had inversion & vibration (drill) going endlessly from 9 to noon to prepare for 2 crowns and I was still coughing stuff up at bedtime.
Think I will neb extra today, just to be sure that if I inhaled anything bad it will come out.
Sue

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Sue & Irene When I first started productive coughing from bronchiectasis a few years ago I found laying back in a dental chair always induced a cough. Postural drainage is now my most reliable method to bring up sputum out of all my various airway clearance techniques. For me late morning is usually the best time of day. So I always get a dental appointment late in the afternoon to help reduce the coughing. Also when I need to produce sputum for a culture I will figure out a way to time it late morning and find a place where I can lay on my back in order to get a good amount of sputum for the test. Timing is everything!!! Bill

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