Is this excessive mucus and difficulty breathing related to my quitting smoking?!
Question: Is this excessive mucus and difficulty breathing related to my quitting smoking!?
I quit smoking three weeks ago, and for the last two days I've been having difficulty breathing due to congestion!. Are these two things related!? I breathe through my mouth now because my nose is blocked up and when I do I feel a tickle in my lungs and end up coughing endless amounts of mucus, but I have no fever or headaches or any other symptoms!. My friends suggest this is my lungs way of "repairing" itself due to 8 years of smoking!. Is this true!? Or should I see a doctor right away!? And if it is true, can someone explain why it took 3 weeks before i had these side-effects!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I would have to agree with your friends and say it is your lungs' way of healing themselves!. Maybe since you stopped smoking, all of the tiny hairs in your throat (cilia) are finally smoke free and can bring up all that mucous that was in there!. There are tiny hairs all down your esophagus and help bring up mucous!. So, I'm thinking maybe since they're not being intoxicated with so many carcinogens, that they are back to work helping bring the mucous up since they couldn't do it before since they were being bombarded with smoke!. But I'm having congestions problems at the moment too!. I'm taking Mucinex DM and it's helping tremendously!. I'm already coughing less, but like the commercial says, when I do cough up mucous, its more productive, meaning you cough less!.
Buy some Mucinex DM, and if that doesn't help, go see a doctor!.
Hope you feel better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Buy some Mucinex DM, and if that doesn't help, go see a doctor!.
Hope you feel better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm not a specialist but when I quit smoking I had a sore throat and a cough and tickle for a few weeks!. I was told it was because nicotine coats your throat and stuff and as it starts to break down, it leaves your throat all exposed!. I'm sure that quitting effects everyone in one way or another so I wouldn't worry about it yet!. I'd make an appointment with your doctor just to be on the safe side, if there is something wrong, you want to catch it earlier than later so it couldn't hurt just to have it checked out!.
Congrats on quitting too!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Congrats on quitting too!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
The cilia in your lungs stopped working to flush your body of toxins and mucus while you were smoking!. Cilia are what you call little hairs that wave back and forth, and it helps rid the lungs of mucus, bacteria, etc!. Now it has started to work again, and it's bringing up tons of the stuff that was stuck there forever!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It might be your lungs trying to repair itself!. It took 3 weeks because your body had to get used to you not having that nasty cigarette!. You might want to go to the dr to get something that breaks up the mucus and it might be a little more pleasant than just chuncks!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
The lungs take a long time to heal, and actually it hurts like he**! Give it a little time and your lungs should start clearing up soon!. The whole thing is we don't know what our lungs are really supposed to feel like!. That is so cool that you have made it this far!. The worst is over just hang in there and let your body heal!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
no, i don't think its true!. after 3 weeks, you should be breathing better, not worse!. you're probably having allergies or coming down with a cold or something!. good luck, buddy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
you may find that it is your body gettin used to not smoking but i'd have it checked out just to be safe!. you never know you may have an infectionWww@Answer-Health@Com
My ex boss quit smoking after twenty years and he suffered from flu like symptoms for a month or so!. If you dont improve, you might call your doctor!. Congrats on quitting!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes it is!. its your body cleaning itself!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
might be lung cancer!. or something like that!. or it could be just a cold!.
to be on the safe side u should see ur docWww@Answer-Health@Com
to be on the safe side u should see ur docWww@Answer-Health@Com
Ok so quitting smoking is hard, and right now your body is getting used to it, now if it goes on for the next 2 weeks, or you start feeling chest pains, and the symptoms get worse then go to the doctor!. so you asked someone to explain why it took 3 weeks so i will answer that question, your body stores that nicotine, so when it doesn't have a certain amount (the first few days of quitting), it starts to react, then when it runs out, your body takes that opportunity to clean itself out, so right now what its doing is cleaning your lungs of the tar and nasty stuff, and the mucus is just a side effect of that!. my mom smoked for about 25 years, and she quit about 6 months ago, and those were her side effects as well, your body is repairing itself from the damage you did to it!. Smoking is as hard to quit as heroine, so your body is going absolutely CRAZY!!. so don't give in though, cuz that will do more damage later on, just deal with the coughing, drink some tea or hot chocolate to loosen the flem so its easier on you, and relax, if you have anymore questions i will be happy to talk to you and tell you all i know!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i dont think its from quittin but i smoke a lot of weed and cigarettes and i got this thing called Bronchitus or sumthin and i got it like 3 times when u hav it it causes u to hav mucus when coughing and trouble breathing u usally start wtih acute bronchitus wich aint bad thats wat i had but if u smoke a lot like me u can get chronic bronchitus wich is very bad but if u just quit ur fine dont worry its probly just acute bronchitus oh and becuase it could of took 3 weeks from when u quit it might not of been from smokin u can get bronchitus from other things but mainly smoking Www@Answer-Health@Com