Really thick mucus
I have been coughing so much and so hard for severely weeks now my mucus is so thick it looks just like silicone but it’s a green color I drink a lot of water and Mucinex it helps some but not all the time it seems like it mainly flares up at night time I don’t know what else to do I’m so afraid I’m going to have a heart attack from coughing so hard my lung doctor want see me but every 6 months he really don’t seem to care can anyone give me some advice please ? My oxygen levels are good and doc said my breathing test was good it’s just the mucus is so thick I’m scared I’m damaging my lungs more for coughing so hard
Hi again,
- nice to see you re-engaging with the community. I recall we had several conversations with you back in February and March (of this year), when you first became a member.
Let me see if I can address your present concern. For some folks with a COPD diagnosis, coughing and mucus can be accompanying symptoms. However, since you've mentioned a change in color (of the mucus), as well as persistent coughing which has lasted several weeks, it may be time to seek out medical attention. Since the developments are recent and new, I would think that your private medical doctor (PMD), would want to see you now. Perhaps you could make a call, relate your present situation, and request an appointment.
I thought you also might gain some additional insight from these two articles which focus on this very topic
First, this one on mucus: https://copd.net/symptoms/mucus
And next, this article, which focuses on coughing: https://copd.net/living/not-just-cough
What do you think?
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
Hi Home girl, I would suggest you go to yours doctors or ring them and let them know about your mucus being green as a sign of infection, I am not a doctor or anything, I am a member of the forum that is all, but yes please go to your doctor,s instead of waiting most people with Copd and emphysema like me knows this could be a infection. Please let us know how you get on.X
Hi, how are you doing? Did you get a chance to go to your doctor to get checked out? Whatever you're dealing with, it sure sounds unpleasant and I hope you can get it resolved ASAP! Keep us posted. -Melissa, copd.net team Please go to the Dr. It sounds like Bronchitis. I used to get this at least 3 times a year. After I quit smoking a number of years ago, I haven't gotten sick with it. I am not a Dr, but please get checked. I ended up with pneumonia several times because I put it off.
