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When you hock up phlegm does it come from the lungs or the stomach?
The phlegm comes from your lungs. It may mix with saliva in your mouth.
What is difference between phlegm and sputum?
Phlegm is the thick mucus and sputum the material coughed up from the lining of the respiratory tract.
What do you called the substance you bring up when you have the cold?
phlegm
My boyfriend always coughs up phlegm when he brushes his teeth is this normal?
It is common for your body to rid itself of excess phlegm in the mornings.
How do you pronounce phlegm?
phlegm
Does smoking cause phlegm?
Well I'm not a doctor, but I do know that after you quit smoking you occasionally cough up phlegm for anywhere up to a year after you quit. This is an effect from the lungs healing themselves.
What helps cut phlegm you are choking on at the back of your mouth besides Coca-Cola?
If it is phlegm from being sick (if it is yellow or green) then take a decongestant or gargle with warm salt water, which breaks up the phlegm and kills the bacteria that produce it.
How much flem do you cough up to when a person has emphysema?
A person with emphysema would cough up to about 2 cups of phlegm per day. That would mean in 8 days, they would cough up a gallon of phlegm. Drink up!
What is the difference between flu and phlegm?
Phlegm is mucous. It is generally referred to as "phlegm" and sometimes as "sputum" when referring to mucous found in the throat or expelled from the lungs/bronchial passages by way of a cough.
What is the difference between phlegm and sputum?
Phlegm is a mucus-like substance produced in the respiratory tract, while sputum is a mixture of saliva and mucus that is coughed up from the lungs. Phlegm is typically clear or white, whereas sputum can be yellow, green, or bloody, indicating infection or other health issues.
What causes blue phlegm?
The black phlegm is caused caused by tar being built up in the lungs. This is caused by exsessive smoking or coming in to contact with smoke regularly
What is hock up means?
Where I live, 'Hock up" means coughing up phlegm, especially the type that you can spit.
