I have been coughing up green flem every day, and it's like 3 or 4 times a day. Is this from quitting? Because I've asked others who quit and they said they haven't had that reaction. I am not sick, no cough, cold and head aches, just coughing up this disgusting green sh**! what is my problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-27 08:35:46 · 16 answers · asked by DrPepper 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Yes, it is. It's the cilia in your lungs clearing themselves out. The cilia is what filters bad things out of your lungs. Smoking for years pushes the cilia all the way down so that they don't work anymore. That's why smokers get bad colds and bronchitis year after year. Once we quit, then the cilia can heal and get back to work.
2007-01-27 08:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The problem is just that your lungs are trying to clean themselves of all the "gunk" that is left over from the smoking. I had the same problem when I quit. If I recall correctly it took almost three months before it stopped. The reason that it takes so long is that your lungs really are quite large and they are filled with little sacs or compartments where the gas exchange occurs. Over the time that you smoked, each one of these compartments got mucked up with the tar and the nicotine. Just a word of caution - if you are planning to stay "stopped" with smoking, don't even touch tobacco of any kind. I learned my lesson the hard way.
2007-01-27 16:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by enhepp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are cough up the substance that have been coating your lungs for the duration of your smoking. This can last from 1 week to 1 year. It is your lungs way of trying to heal themselves.If it gets worse or there are any changes then you need to see your doc.
2007-01-27 16:41:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I quit for a little over a month and around the same time I also started coughing up that disgusting green phlegm. Your lungs are just cleaning themselves; consider it a good thing (even though it's kind of gross).
2007-01-27 16:39:31 · answer #4 · answered by Delvala 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yup I coughed some up every day for about a month, yah
I went a couple years w/o coughing up anything ~ This is NOT normal~
Brown phlegm means blood in there, this should mean head for Dr or ER
2007-01-27 17:59:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your body's way of cleansing itself ... the coughing should subside in a few more weeks. Congrats on quiting. It was the best thing I have ever done for myself.
2007-01-27 16:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the poison from the smoke coming out. Most people do get a cough when they give up.
2007-01-27 16:38:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm currently a smoker, but had quit several years and yes, for like a month or so I was hacking up that crap green/brown you name it, it will go away, it's a hassle I'm trying to quit again, donm't look forward to that but trust me, food will taste different and things will smell better or rather truer, but it will stop.
2007-01-29 18:39:10 · answer #8 · answered by Dolly J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I didnt stop smoking neither do I smoke, but i do know that what is happening tu u is something really rare that is a second side effect due to the lack of nicotine.
2007-01-27 16:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself checked, no one is the same, so, not necessarily do they all have to show or have or go through the same phase you re going.
Ive quit too, I went through it too. Doctor will give you a syrup, usually three times a day and it will work...
2007-01-27 16:43:31 · answer #10 · answered by faithless_persian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋