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, brown, white, yellow, or green phlegm ...

Congestion relief may be possible if you cough up mucus. Mucus can remain in your ... related to the bronchi (large tubes ...

How to Treat a Cough From an Infection Infections can cause coughing by increasing mucus or by causing swelling and inflammation in the nose, throat, windpipe, and bronchi. Croup is an example of a ...

Which cough medicines really work? When you have a cough and you can't get rid of it, the choices at the pharmacy might seem overwhelming. Some meds are only available with a prescription; others ...

Mucus in stool is normal, but it's not usually visible to the naked eye. When it is, you may notice stringy clear, white, or yellow goop in the toilet or clinging to your poop. It may be blood-tinged, ...

A "wet" or "moist" cough, also called a productive cough, describes a cough where mucus or phlegm is produced or heard. Treatments for a wet cough can depend on the cause, which may include the ...

Existing Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation (MI-E) devices often overlook the impact of cough airflow pressure on mucus clearance, particularly lacking in control over airway pressure during the ...

Young children are increasingly being infected with bacteria that can lead to the illness known as walking pneumonia. A ...

One reason for this is that when you lie down, gravity causes mucus and postnasal drip to pool in the throat, which triggers coughing, explains Edmond Hakimi, DO, internal medicine physician and ...

The University of Saskatchewan has issued a health alert for whooping cough, also called pertussis. Whooping cough cases ...