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Posted: 05-04-08 09:38am

I have a question concerning sticky mucus ... Do all you asthmatics have this ? I'm always gunky( as I call it ) pretty much all the time ,and it gets progressively worse as time goes on . Does not seem to matter how much I use my nebulizer . Prednisone and antibiotics usually clear things up for a few weeks ,then things just flare up again . Coughing , lots of sticky thick mucus , fatigue , SOB . Just wondering , because I was diagnosed with Asthma about 13 yrs ago , and this has pretty much been the pattern for me .I recently started seeing a new Dr. whom asked if I had ever been tested for Cystic Fibrosis. I was tested and did have 2 elevated sweat chloride tests , but still waiting on genetic testing. Any if an asthmatic could answer , I would appreciate the help . thanks Very
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Posted: 05-06-08 03:14am

People that suffer from asthma have more sensitive airways to many different triggers, that cause inflammation and swelling of the walls and the result is sticky mucus clogging the air tubes.
Mucus secretions in the airways in asthma appear to be a major cause of airway obstruction, wheezing and shortness of breath.
Mucus hypersecretion is a hallmark of chronic airway disease, like asthma, but, also, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis disease.

Asthma symptoms can be a result of existing cystic fibrosis.

Do you usually have abdominal pain or flatulence?
Do you find your stools with pale or clay color?
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Posted: 05-06-08 07:10am

Not always , these questions were asked when I saw a CF Dr. in April . I had 2 elevated sweat chloride tests so further genetic testing of course is being conducted . I'm still waiting for those results . My complaint with my lung disease has always been mucus .. lots of it and really gunky . If there are meds out there to help alleviate the mucus problem "I WANT THIS ". Meds that I take for my asthma are : vent neb , pulmicort neb , advair , singulair ,atrovent , claretin , nose sprays , prednisone every mnth , along with antibiotics because I usually have infection or pnumonia .
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Posted: 06-03-08 02:22am

Have you received your results from the genetic analysis already?

Both, asthma and cystic fibrosis, are characterized with production of thick mucus in airways, that has trouble moving out of the lungs, so bacteria can remain and cause infections.
Getting infections more frequently, infections that tend to get worse and more difficult to treat, as getting older, is characteristic of cystic fibrosis.

Exercise helps loosening the mucus in the lungs and strengthening the heart and lungs.
Chest physical therapy with clapping on the back and chest, or usage of an electric chest clapper or an inflatable vest that vibrates, can help loosen and clear the mucus from the lungs.

You can ask your physician for prescription of drugs called mucus-thinners, that help thin the mucus so it can be coughed up more easily.
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angiedawson

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Posted: 07-19-08 01:08am

i have been dealing with this also. i have asthma it usually doesn't bother me. In feb i had some eposides. i went to the doctor he said i have allergy asthma and gave me all kinds of med. ok now i have this mucus crap. i bothers me mostly at nite. plus i had the lap band done 4 years ago. i have lost 150 pounds with this i would do it again but it seems i have more health issues now that i have lost the weight than i did before i think it may be i am getting older to i will be 40 in a couple of year so. sometimes the mucus is so thick it won't pass my band. at night i go to bed and within an hour i am coughing have to get up and spit it up i use my inhalers and use a nebulizer also. usually if i cough it all up and take prescribed cough meds it stops. but i haven't had a good nites sleep since feb. i am tired all the time i am so sick of this i can't function anymore i am going the dr in a week and i am demanding he find out what is wrong with me. i have gone threw so much asthma meds i can't afford it anymore its so expensive. i just filled the cough meds today and its 40.00 and that's with insuance. i found this site by surfing any info you could give me would help me. i also have acid reflux to so i don't know if that plays into it to i take nexum for it and its pretty much in control i think. thanks for listening.
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Posted: 07-19-08 04:26am

Mucus relief. Comes in 400 and 600mg doses and most stores like Walgreens sells their own brand. Although it is not a cure I find it does help dominish it quite a bit. Consult you doctor and see how he/she feel about it. It has Gufenesin in it which is a decongestant.
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