why do i cough up flim all the time and yes i am a smoker,this started a few months ago.been smoking a long ti

Answer 1

Your body is producing more phlegm due to the irritants in cigarette smoke.
The only way to get rid of it, and the cough that goes along with it is to......................stay with me here...............quit smoking.

Think of it this way. If you were in a burning house, your lungs would produce more phlegm to get rid of the smoke particles in your lungs and your body would make you cough to move that smoke out. Same thing just smaller doses.

Answer 2

You should go to the doctor and have them evaluate the cough. Cigarette smoking is probably affecting it but may not be the issue.

You could also have allergies, beginning symptoms of asthma or some sort of easily cleared up lung infection - something else?

Of course the doctor will advise you to quit smoking- you should still get seen and think about quiting. You will probably feel better and there is no time like the present to quite.

It's easier to quit when you aren't feeling well. They don't seem to taste the same.


He might also be able to help you by prescribing anti-smoking drugs.

Answer 3

Getting phlem out is good It means that your lungs are trying to get get rid of the crap that you are putting in there

( I went about 5 years w/o plem)

Odds are a good pulamologist will want to know how much and what color ?

Answer 4

Your lungs have finally degraded to the point that its trying to clear it out. See a doctor.

Answer 5

smoking leads to chronic bronchitis and emphysema....which ends in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is characterized by cough and expectoration for 3 months per ear.

Answer 6

i just wanted to point out that if your a guy, smoking kills your ability to have and erection. so maybe that will be incentive to quit smoking.

i hope you start feeling better