A BUNGED up nose is one of the many joys cold and flu season brings each year. Though having to dab at your streaming schnoz with tissues can be a real headache, most of us tend to assume that ...
Nesheiwat. If allergies are causing your wet cough, avoiding the allergen may be the best treatment. For less severe wet coughs, treatments exist to help break up mucus in your body and ease your ...
Coughing up phlegm after eating can be a sign that the act of eating is irritating or triggering something in the digestive system. Possible causes include food allergies, aspiration, or GERD.
Rowe, M.D., a professor in the UAB Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, has investigated defective mucus formation. They show in research appearing in ...
But what happens when the body produces too much mucus that is too thick, viscous and dehydrated to move and clear properly? Overly thick and sticky mucus over time can obstruct the airway, ...
As the Mayo Clinic explains, “Guaifenesin is used to help clear mucus or phlegm from the chest when you have congestion from a cold or flu. It works by thinning the mucus or phlegm in the lungs.” ...