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What Causes Cough To Taste Dusty?

I'm 32 have had athsma my whole life but been under control for more than 10 years, I'm always prone to coughing throughout the year I cough up pale yellow Spetum, but recently after I cough It tastes dusty?
I do work in dusty conditions sometimes on mine sites.
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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Dust causes increased secretion of mucous. Mucous try to trap dust to prevent it getting in lungs tissue
Thats why cough taste dust
Dr. Ravindra Chandrakar
MBBS PGC chest & TB
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What Causes Cough To Taste Dusty?

Dust causes increased secretion of mucous. Mucous try to trap dust to prevent it getting in lungs tissue Thats why cough taste dust Dr. Ravindra Chandrakar MBBS PGC chest & TB