constant cough wheezing clear plegm lung cancer
hi all (again!)
i'm having another panic here about my cough.
I’ve had a cough for a few weeks now, with clear phlegm which comes and goes (the cough and phlegm)
Sometimes it’s really bad (can be worse when ibs is bad). I can go a few days without anything.
It’s a contstant need to cough, like phlegm is stuck in the back of my throat and I need to get it up.
I can also be wheezy at night when trying to get to sleep and have to keep clearing my throat sometimes too when i breathe out - rattle a bit, which then make me annoyed and a i cough more, more phlegm comes up and off i go again.
i had my chest checked in december which was clear and i'd got it then but it wasn't particularly bad then.
i do smoke (about 3-10 per day) but am terrified i've got either lung cancer or something else which is going to kill me.
can anybody please put my mind at rest ?
thanks
xxxx:weep:
Re: constant cough wheezing clear plegm lung cancer
I,ve still got mine ..lol..
Throat feels blocked with it some days , its a really sticky clear mucous which would make excellant glue!
Sometimes i just clear my throat lightly and its in my mouth ..yuk ! I,ve had mine since before xmas but seems better this last few weeks but still there .
If the phelm / mucous is clear you will be fine but try and give up the ciggies :D
I gave up a 10 a day smokeing habit on 3/10/2011 (i,m 45 ) and was coughing up a dark mucous from my lungs for months (was deffo from lungs not throat) which slowly went paler in colour and has now gone .
My chronic sore throat i had for months made me pack in as i was convinced it was something else .
I,ve read on here that excess throat mucous is also anxiety related
Take care x
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