My lungs are full of mucus!!?
Question:
Well I’ve had this problem for about 3 years; I’m 16 years old 5”10 and weigh 10 stone, I
don’t smoke. My peek flow reading (The European Union one) when I’m not ‘flemmy’ is 400
and 100 when I am flemmy.
I’ve been diagnosed with asthma since I was about 4 years old, however have never had
problems (except when doing sport and running more than 50 metres lol), however when I
was around 14 things got bad- my lungs are constantly full of flem. I cough constantly and
grunt up flem, however I can never bring it as far up as my mouth and I end up swallowing
it at the back of my throat (EW!). I always take ‘shallow’ breaths and it feels like the
bottom of my lungs are inaccessible, its hard to describe.
About a year ago I went to my doctor about the problem and he said my lungs were full of
mucus bla bla bla and prescribed me antibiotics so the flem wouldn’t get infected, but that
was it, nothing changed and I didn’t go back to the GP. A little while after that I got a
sharp pain on my top left side of my chest as if something is squeezing the tube taking air
too my lungs (left broncos is it called?). Now I love sports but can never play because I
cant run but one day about a month after constant pain as described above I played
rugby, everything was fine I took puffs of my blue inhaler before and I pushed myself to
the limit, then the pain got worse and I fell into a coughing fit and coughed up a viscous
mucus it was discussing but the pain stopped. A while later, maybe a few months I took my
brother swimming, and while there I went into the sauna for literally 2 seconds and I like
puked up flem, I was standing there with as much flem as can possibly fit in my mouth and
more coming up, I ran to the toilets and spat it out but uhh I felt so sick and discussed…
so much you wouldn’t understand.
Anyway I’m here for advice and please don’t tell me to see my GPs as I do not want to, its
hard to explain why and I cant be bothered but they are not good…
I hope you can help and as you can see im not very good at explaining :s
Answers:
I have asthma and I get very phlemgy too, and I've had doctors perscribe antibiotics, but if there's no infection these do nothing.
You need to be on a strong steroid/bronchio dialator inhaler. This will reduce the inflamation and open your airway so that you can expel the mucus. If your airways are raw and irritated they will weep just like a wound on your skin. You need to treat the irritation with medication such as inhalers and even prednisone. These are strong steriods that should help.
I'm 5'3" and 100lbs and my best peak flow is 450, which is high for someone my size. 400 as a best rate for you I would think is fairly low. 100 is horrible. My husband is 6' 170 lbs and his is 750, but he doesn't have asthma. If you're at 100 you should go to a hospital. The general rule is 80-100% is the green zone, 60-80% is yellow, which means be careful, pay attention to your symptoms and treat them accordingly, and anything less than 60% you should go to the hospital immediately. Maybe being admitted to a hospital will get you the care you need.
If you've been like this for some time it may take a while for you to recover fully once you're on proper medication. I had pneumonia is 2005 and I was still weak a year later. I couldn't figure out why I was so dependent on my inhaler, and so I saw a respiratory specialist. He said I was still recovering from pneumonia.
Asthma is a serious disease and if you're like me you will always be aware of it in your life, but with proper treatment you should definitely be able to pursue anything you want to. Just because you have a chronic disease doesn't mean you have to settle for living with the symptoms. Asthma is one of the most treatable diseases.
Good luck, and I hope you get the care you need!
Why did you post this as some sort of free-form poem?
Free resource: WebMD - http://www.webmd.com
Otherwise, SEE YOUR GP. I don't care if you "don't want to." You have issues other than your lungs, it seems.
It sounds like sever allergies. Allergies can trigger asthma attacks. First, does anyone in your home smoke? If they do, it is probably the cause of your problems. Does anyone in your home use air fresheners or scented candles, incense etc.
Drinking milk can also cause excess mucus.
See if there are any foods that are making you more flemmy than others.
My son has this problem, and we had him tested for allergies. The only one we have not been able to clear is the air pollution.
I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Good luck with your quest for wellness. Feel free to email me for more details.
stay away from milk and any source of dairy , they are responsible for giving mucus to a lot of people
and get your self test for allergies, some food trigers ashma symptoms
If you cannot see a dr of pulmonary
desease and be evaluated, then call the lung association. They do have nurses on hand to try to help. bettyk
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