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Chronic Sinusitis Causing Chronic Bronchitis?
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Have you tried it recently, Steven? It’s an old nostrum, used to come with codeine: thins out/loosens the mucus in he chest sinus etc. Gentle. Comes OTC in cough syrup, straight or mixed (usually with dextro-methorpahn hydrobromide) It does work for me. Kind regards—jack
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I don’t know what others have been told, but my Dr. told me that if I have yellow, or green mucus, to haul my fanny to the hospital, because I have an infection. In my own case likely, pneumonia. I assume that you have had chest X-rays? Boyd — "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." (Ellen Parr- author)
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I don’t know what others have been told, but my Dr. told me that if I have yellow, or green mucus, to haul my fanny to the hospital, because I have an infection. In my own case likely, pneumonia. I assume that you have had chest X-rays?
The chest X-ray showed nothing. I’m going for a chest CT scan tomorrow, maybe it will pick up something. And I’m waiting for them to culture my sputum sample and see what that shows. — Steven D. Litvintchouk "I guess I could have paid a little closer attention when I was in English class, but it all worked out OK. I’m gainfully employed." – President George W. Bush
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Bacterial infections in the lungs cause such mucus. Pneumonia for one type. I suggest a quick trip to the Dr. These types of actual infection can do great damage to your lungs, and do it fast. Boyd
What sort of damage? Can the damage be permanent? BTW, I did see a pulmonologist today. The pulmonary function tests she ordered me to perform, required a lot of heavy breathing and panting into these breathing tubes. This provoked such a coughing spasm in me, that I was literally on the floor coughing my guts out. The nurses performing the tests were stunned. I’ve been sucking Albuterol ever since I had those tests this afternoon. — Steven D. Litvintchouk "I guess I could have paid a little closer attention when I was in English class, but it all worked out OK. I’m gainfully employed." – President George W. Bush
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Here I am, a couple of years after my sinus surgery. And I have this daily coughing up of yellow phlegm (though not a great deal). Either hot steam and/or Albuterol tend to loosen it up so I can cough it up. Nasal irrigation doesn’t show any yellow mucus in the nasal passages or sinuses. The phlegm "feels" like it’s coming from all the way down in my trachea; I can feel the mucus "buzzing" around down there. Which suggests that it’s not post nasal drip, but is yellow mucus being constantly secreted in my airways. Four weeks of Levaquin failed to fix it. Can chronic sinusitis cause a kind of chronic bronchitis? Or cough-variant asthma (which is what I was originally diagnosed with)? What does sinusitis due to your LOWER respiratory tract anyway? Thanx in advance for any help! — Steven D. Litvintchouk "I guess I could have paid a little closer attention when I was in English class, but it all worked out OK. I’m gainfully employed." – President George W. Bush
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Bacterial infections in the lungs cause such mucus. Pneumonia for one type. I suggest a quick trip to the Dr. These types of actual infection can do great damage to your lungs, and do it fast. Boyd — "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Here I am, a couple of years after my sinus surgery. And I have this daily coughing up of yellow phlegm (though not a great deal). Either hot steam and/or Albuterol tend to loosen it up so I can cough it up. Nasal irrigation doesn’t show any yellow mucus in the nasal passages or sinuses. The phlegm "feels" like it’s coming from all the way down in my trachea; I can feel the mucus "buzzing" around down there. Which suggests that it’s not post nasal drip, but is yellow mucus being constantly secreted in my airways. Four weeks of Levaquin failed to fix it. Can chronic sinusitis cause a kind of chronic bronchitis? Or cough-variant asthma (which is what I was originally diagnosed with)? What does sinusitis due to your LOWER respiratory tract anyway? Thanx in advance for any help!
I find exercise clears my cough (and clears my sinuses). Have you tried exercise twice a day (say a one-half-hour walk). Also are you sure you have eliminated allergens from your environment? Have you tried a three week vacation somewhere else? I find my cough gets worse the more time I spend in a dusty office. Moreover, it takes weeks (and longer) to clear when I stay away from that office. In other words, it has a very long-term cycle. I suspect that more severe bronchitis, such as you have, might show similar patterns.
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