What Is Asthma?

What Is Asthma?

Asthma (AZ-ma) is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a ...
Coughing After Eating

Coughing After Eating

Chronic coughing that occurs suddenly after eating can by caused by several different factors. Although the cough may appear to be only a m...
Constantly coughing up phlegm

Constantly coughing up phlegm

For about the past 8 months, I have done nothing but cough up phlegm. My doctor has no idea what causes it, my x-rays and scans have all bee...
Coughing up  Excessive Phlegm from the troat

Coughing up Excessive Phlegm from the troat

What Is Phlegm? Phlegm   (pronounced   flem ; from Greek   phlegma   = inflammation) is an informal name for   mucus coughed up from the th...
Coughing up blood

Coughing up blood

Coughing up blood is the spitting up of blood or bloody mucus from the lungs and throat (respiratory tract). Hemoptysis is the medical term...
How to Get Rid of Phlegm

How to Get Rid of Phlegm

You might want to hold off with that wish. Phlegm is actually good for you. Well, not the thing itself, but what it represents. Phlegm is m...