Take a hot shower or inhale steam. The heat from the water causes the phlegm to loosen. Use a vaporizer if you have one. Try to strike a good balance of moisture in your room. You want to soothe your throat, but you don't want your room turning into a tropical jungle.
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The Vest® and the Smart Vest® are inflatable vests that you put on that shakes your chest to help clear the mucus. Postural drainage and clapping is a technique that uses gravity to promote drainage of mucus from the lungs. Exercise is also a good way to help bring up mucus in the lungs.
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Techniques to Bring Up Mucus. People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis often produce a large amount of mucus. If the mucus is allowed to collect in the airways, breathing may become difficult and infection may occur. Techniques to remove mucus are often done after using an inhaled bronchodilator medication.
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Huff Coughing: Huff coughing or huffing is an alternative to deep coughing if you have trouble clearing your mucus. Take a breath that is slightly deeper than normal. Use your stomach muscles to make a series of 3 rapid exhalations with the airway open, making a ha, ha, ha sound.
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Follow this by controlled diaphragmatic breathing and a deep cough if you feel mucus moving. Other Techniques If you produce a large amount of mucus your healthcare provider may recommend other techniques to help clear the mucus. Devices such as the Acapella® or Flutter Valve® are small devices you exhale into.
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How to Get Rid of Phlegm in Your Throat Without Medicine. You've woken up with terrible congestion in your throat, coughing a whole lot of phlegm. Soon enough you have a stinging throat. What's worse is you don't want to go outside to buy medicine. This article will show you what you can do to clear your throat using things you would have in your house.
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The mucus or phlegm often varies in consistency and color ranging from yellow, green, brown, grey or may even contain blood. Coughing mucus and phlegm commonly occurs in the morning. If you are coughing up mucus and phlegm and it persists, consult your doctor. Constantly coughing mucus and phlegm can lead to nausea. Based on your cough symptoms, your doctor will perform a physical examination as well as certain diagnostic tests. Tests such as a chest x-ray, blood tests, sputum examination, ECG and CT exam may be ordered to rule out serious diseases such as TB or lung cancer.
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There's much the color of your phlegm — whether white, gray, or brown — can reveal about your health. White or Gray Phlegm. Coughing up white or gray phlegm is often an indication of an upper respiratory tract infection or sinus congestion. Dr. Steve Okhravi, an emergency physician and founder of DocChat and Emergency Medical Care, says this type of phlegm drains from the sinuses.
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Coughing up phlegm or mucus can be caused by various things and include the common cold, allergies, irritants (smoking, dust, pet dander, chemical fumes), gastro-esophageal reflux or bacterial or viral infections in the lungs such as acute bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, croup in children.
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Green or Dark Yellow Phlegm. A thick and dark yellow phlegm may be a sign of a viral or bacterial infection, sinus infection, or lower respiratory tract infection. Typically, this occurs when the immune system sends white blood cells, known as neutrophils, to the area of infection.
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what to do when coughing up phlegm
When coughing up phlegm, take a hot shower or inhale steam. While coughing up phlegm take a hot shower or inhale steam.