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Coughing up... stuff?
It's sort of... nasty and disgusting, but it's starting annoy me now and i have no idea what it is.
Every now and then, when i swallow, i feel something in the back of my throat and it leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. I can't swallow it, and drinking water doesnt help so my only option is to cough it up. Well, i don't really cough it up, it's more of a "regurgitate" type action.
I don't know what it is i am coughing up, it's kind of a soft, squishy solid material, with a beige/white colour. It doesnt usually bother me that much, as usually there is so little of it i just spit it into the sink and get a glass of water, but just now i coughed up quite a large peice of this unknown material.
Sorry for the grossness, but i was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this, or if anybody knows what is wrong with me?
Oh and just for the record, i am not a smoker, so i don't think it is anythingrelated to that.
Every now and then, when i swallow, i feel something in the back of my throat and it leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. I can't swallow it, and drinking water doesnt help so my only option is to cough it up. Well, i don't really cough it up, it's more of a "regurgitate" type action.
I don't know what it is i am coughing up, it's kind of a soft, squishy solid material, with a beige/white colour. It doesnt usually bother me that much, as usually there is so little of it i just spit it into the sink and get a glass of water, but just now i coughed up quite a large peice of this unknown material.
Sorry for the grossness, but i was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this, or if anybody knows what is wrong with me?
Oh and just for the record, i am not a smoker, so i don't think it is anythingrelated to that.
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Reply 7
haha like back swallowing?? i do that sometimes 
phlem is very annoyin..sometimes its hard to talk properly after back swallowing..hahh
phlem is very annoyin..sometimes its hard to talk properly after back swallowing..hahh
It's normally related to colds, as it's designed to trap bacteria you inhale and enable you to excrete (? right word?) it.
Anyway, if you just have a cold, or a cough, don't worry, it'll subside soon.
If it gets really bad or is persistent for a month or so, I'd recommend seeing your doctor.
Anyway, if you just have a cold, or a cough, don't worry, it'll subside soon.
If it gets really bad or is persistent for a month or so, I'd recommend seeing your doctor.
Drummer23
Never mind what exactly your coughing up, lets take a look at your logic...
'I'm coughing up disgusting ****... I'll tell THE INTERNET!!!'
Doctor? No... Friend? No... Parents? No... People i dont know who will probably be mean to me? YEAH!
EDIT: Yeah, its probably a chest infection.
'I'm coughing up disgusting ****... I'll tell THE INTERNET!!!'
Doctor? No... Friend? No... Parents? No... People i dont know who will probably be mean to me? YEAH!
EDIT: Yeah, its probably a chest infection.
Isn't that why we're all here? To seek unprofessional help?
Anonymous
It's sort of... nasty and disgusting, but it's starting annoy me now and i have no idea what it is.
Every now and then, when i swallow, i feel something in the back of my throat and it leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. I can't swallow it, and drinking water doesnt help so my only option is to cough it up. Well, i don't really cough it up, it's more of a "regurgitate" type action.
I don't know what it is i am coughing up, it's kind of a soft, squishy solid material, with a beige/white colour. It doesnt usually bother me that much, as usually there is so little of it i just spit it into the sink and get a glass of water, but just now i coughed up quite a large peice of this unknown material.
Sorry for the grossness, but i was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this, or if anybody knows what is wrong with me?
Oh and just for the record, i am not a smoker, so i don't think it is anythingrelated to that.
Every now and then, when i swallow, i feel something in the back of my throat and it leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. I can't swallow it, and drinking water doesnt help so my only option is to cough it up. Well, i don't really cough it up, it's more of a "regurgitate" type action.
I don't know what it is i am coughing up, it's kind of a soft, squishy solid material, with a beige/white colour. It doesnt usually bother me that much, as usually there is so little of it i just spit it into the sink and get a glass of water, but just now i coughed up quite a large peice of this unknown material.
Sorry for the grossness, but i was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this, or if anybody knows what is wrong with me?
Oh and just for the record, i am not a smoker, so i don't think it is anythingrelated to that.
Nothing to worry about
Probably just an onset of a chest infection (although tbh, I have these symptoms with a bog standard cold)...
If you are concerned though, you know where to go
LozengeC
It's normally related to colds, as it's designed to trap bacteria you inhale and enable you to excrete (? right word?) it.
Anyway, if you just have a cold, or a cough, don't worry, it'll subside soon.
If it gets really bad or is persistent for a month or so, I'd recommend seeing your doctor.
Anyway, if you just have a cold, or a cough, don't worry, it'll subside soon.
If it gets really bad or is persistent for a month or so, I'd recommend seeing your doctor.
not excrete, the cillia move the mucus up from the lungs and it traps bacteria etc. as it goes before being swallowed down to the stomach where it is destroyed by the acid int he stomach. it is part of the innate immune system and is a protective mechanism
Hmm OP, does this thing you cough up have the same feel as cooked pasta and smell vile?
A friend coughed something very similar the other day. He has no idea what it is but its been happening for years he said "every so often it happens" and nothing has happened to him. He simply spat it into the sink and washed away not a care in the world lmao
A friend coughed something very similar the other day. He has no idea what it is but its been happening for years he said "every so often it happens" and nothing has happened to him. He simply spat it into the sink and washed away not a care in the world lmao
Reply 14
I've found Vicks vapour rub helps. And baths where you can inhale the steam.
Beth
Beth
FTC199
not excrete, the cillia move the mucus up from the lungs and it traps bacteria etc. as it goes before being swallowed down to the stomach where it is destroyed by the acid int he stomach. it is part of the innate immune system and is a protective mechanism
I know some mucus does that, but I would have thought this was different as you generally cough it up, or is that simply because of the excess amount?
Reply 16
Loosy
Actually it sounds more like tonsil stones...
This?
Could require a trip to the doctor depending on the cause but I occasionally get them and they always go away pretty quickly.
This?
Could require a trip to the doctor depending on the cause but I occasionally get them and they always go away pretty quickly.
I think this is correct too.
Reply 19
Loosy
Actually it sounds more like tonsil stones...
This?
Could require a trip to the doctor depending on the cause but I occasionally get them and they always go away pretty quickly.
This?
Could require a trip to the doctor depending on the cause but I occasionally get them and they always go away pretty quickly.
... So that's what they are!
Yeah, sounds exactly right, used to get them all the time when I was younger.
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