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How To Get Rid Of Asthma?
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I am mildly athsmatic, I have been waking up multiple times in the night coughing up fluid and having to clear my sinuses. Last night the average was about three times an hour every hour for the first six hours of sleep. I usually eat late due to my job and have thought the problem to be reflux, but it is primarily clear fluid I bring up. Sometimes it is jellied in texture. I fear that it could be a sysmtom of Congestive Heart Failure. I have not been disgnosed with this, I have only been looking online for possible causes, and CHF keeps popping up. I'll call my Doc Monday, but as for now I'm scared. Any thoughts on any other conditions it could be. I have had pneumonia in the past. I do have hypertention. I am considerably overweight. I drive for a living, 12-16hr days. Have had swelling in my calves. Have been battling fatiuge for years. Thanks, Matt
I am mildly athsmatic, I have been waking up multiple times in the night coughing up fluid and having to clear my sinuses. Last night the average was about three times an hour every hour for the first six hours of sleep. I usually eat late due to my job and have thought the problem to be reflux, but it is primarily clear fluid I bring up. Sometimes it is jellied in texture. I fear that it could be a sysmtom of Congestive Heart Failure. I have not been disgnosed with this, I have only been looking online for possible causes, and CHF keeps popping up. I'll call my Doc Monday, but as for now I'm scared. Any thoughts on any other conditions it could be. I have had pneumonia in the past. I do have hypertention. I am considerably overweight. I drive for a living, 12-16hr days. Have had swelling in my calves. Have been battling fatiuge for years. Thanks, Matt
Mon, 4 Aug 2014
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CCF is a possible cause of coughing but not one of the more common causes. In addition, to progress to coughing at night (which means fluid is building up in the lungs), it is likely that you would have other indicators of heart failure.
There would also be a history of risk factors that put you are risk of developing heart failure.
The most common causes of persistent coughing: (1) post nasal drip (2) asthma (3) reflux
With the discharge you are seeing , post nasal drip is possible and more likely than heart failure unless you have risk factors.
I hope this helps
CCF is a possible cause of coughing but not one of the more common causes. In addition, to progress to coughing at night (which means fluid is building up in the lungs), it is likely that you would have other indicators of heart failure.
There would also be a history of risk factors that put you are risk of developing heart failure.
The most common causes of persistent coughing: (1) post nasal drip (2) asthma (3) reflux
With the discharge you are seeing , post nasal drip is possible and more likely than heart failure unless you have risk factors.
I hope this helps
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