Chest Heaviness and Coughing

[Eliz-Beth]

I woke up this morning with the sensation of having a huge wad of mucus in the back of my throat and spent the rest of the morning trying to cough it up, which didn't help much. Now my chest is tight and the feeling is still there. My cough sounRAB wet but isn't productive and I don't feel bad but not great at the same time, so I know it is probably the start of something. I just got over having bronchitis about three weeks ago and my allergies have been going crazy since then. My question is does anyone have any ideas on how to break up this mucus? I already took my inhalers and they don't seem to be helping the chest heaviness much.

 

[Colinette]

This might sound too simplistic, but have you tried a form of guaifenesin? My doc told me the otc dosage is too small to do any good.

I've also heard that hot and spicy fooRAB, with capsaicin in it, can be good also. A super-hot shower?

Good luck, I have this problem a lot and it gets old and tiresome. Sometimes the hottest shower that you can stand is the best thing.