Phlegm is usually clear or white. A higher-than-normal amount of phlegm can build up in your nose, throat, and lungs when you are sick. This build-up may cause coughing and discomfort. Bloody ...

Jassey, DOCoughing up thick, green mucus may mean a bacterial or, less often, viral infection, but that's not always true.

“Also, our body’s natural adrenaline levels, which help suppress coughs, decrease at night, making us more sensitive to that ...

Phlegm is mucus that can build up in your lungs and cause a cough ... have a sore throat. What exercises remove mucus from ...

“In the next 10 minutes you’re going to inhale a thousand bacteria — and you’d like to clear ... phlegmy throat or blocked airway. The feeling of built-up mucus can trigger a cough ...

Expectorants (like Mucinex or anything with the active ingredient guaifenesin) thin mucus and make coughing easier. These medications won’t make you cough less, but they will make coughs more ...

“In the next 10 minutes you’re going to inhale a thousand bacteria — and you’d like to clear them without ever knowing about it ... The result is a stuffy nose, phlegmy throat or blocked airway. The ...

Mucus produced from a wet cough can be clear, white, yellow, green, or brown, Meilan Han, MD, a University of Michigan professor of internal medicine and spokesperson for the American Lung ...

Postnasal drip happens when mucus accumulates and drips down the back of your throat ... aren’t clear on the cause of RAD, but people who have it tend to get chronic cough, shortness of breath ...

This may happen because your body produces more mucus than it needs or you are not able to clear it as quickly as usual ... Still, you may seek relief from symptoms of postnasal drip (often called ...

“Coughing may also cause dry throat and mouth ... can make it more challenging for our bodies to naturally clear this mucus, resulting in what we call postnasal drip — nasal secretions ...