Jelly like transparent mucus
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I need your help on a problem that I haven't checked with the doctor yet hoping that it's not serious. For last a few years I have a jelly like transparent, sticky mucus in my chest. I never felt any pain thereby, nor does it make me cough, but I do cough or spit that mucus out advertently. That substance keeps on developing in my lungs, or some air passage. In cold, I rarely feel minute weezing, or congestion, but I can walk 10 miles. Can some one please help me understand what that is, is it normal?, or it signifies some severe problem. For redressal, I take a lot of water, I take coffee and garlic tea as well, eat a lot of spices as well so that the mucus stays soft and easily ejectable. I also feel that I usually have a running nose, it seems to me another reason. Please tell me what it is so that I may assured that it's not something serious.
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kimberly30161 syed_37288
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ok, to everyone.....did all of you get extremely ill almost like or like covid around Nov to Dec 2019???? this is when mine started and my health tumbled. I cant believe everyone sounds like me!! now I'm struggling w fatigue too.
brando902 kimberly30161
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I have been searching and searching for over a year now to try and find what's wrong with me.
i have Heavy Exercise Induced Asthma since i was a kid as well as very minor allergies and never had these issues i have now until about a year ago. maybe a but longer.
My wife, myself and my son were all pretty ill in oct/nov of 2019 right before covid became a big thing.
constantly having post nasal drip WAY more than i did years previously having the mucous be very thick and clear with the odd white in it and felt almost hard and rubbery like if you crack an egg and you see the white twisted piece in the egg (usually will turn into the umbilical cord if fertilized) and how strong and rubber that feels... almost IDENTICAL to that and sometimes it smells or tastes extremely salty almost like ocean salt / water.
after i had one small cold for 4 days about 4 months ago now i constantly every day feel some kind of shortness of breath along with trying to yawn upwards of 50 to 100 times in a day and just feeling a tightness in my chest along with a kind of bloating in my upper abdomen. super annoying and makes everyday a struggle.
its so weird cause if i am fully distracted aka Working, playing video games and or watching TV or even doing chores or errands/driving sometimes i wont notice if im even struggling or if i am at all, but once i acknowledge it and think about it, it takes over and i feel i need to try and take a deep breath, but cannot half the time. it makes life difficult to enjoy.
i have seen my doctor and will again the 23rd of june here for an update to see if the Acid Blocker he put me on as well as a nasal spray steriod has helped any. which it has not. the nasal spray actually makes my PND worse and i swear makes the mucous thicker and harder to get out. some days i have are really good and have almost zero issues but those are extremely rare.
now i will be referred to an ENT to look further into the issue and maybe whats wrong.
im relieved to see im really not the only one here with this same issue but i dont hear of many having breathing issues heavily like i do, makes me think of COPD or some kind of Interstitial Lung Disease but im only 32 and never had any issues except after that cold a cpl months back.
im super fatigued a lot and just want my old self back.... its so hard to deal with 😦
hope to see more on this thread soon as only 30 something replies in 5 years is really not a lot and makes me think this is not very common and could be something serious underlying. i have a new kid on the way in Nov. and i just dont want to be going down a dark road that leads to nowhere and me getting worse 😦
hope to hear from some of you as well as i.hope we can really narrow this down!
ashley11922 syed_37288
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I've had the exact same issue for about four months. Last Fall, it started with what seemed like some kind of chest cold that turned into bronchitis. I was given oral steroids and an inhaler which helped it go away. About two weeks later, it came back. (When this happens, I experience shortness of breath, wheezing, slight cough, a kind of metallic taste deep in my throat, and jelly-like round clear, sticky mucus balls whenever I cough.) This time, they did an MRI to rule out a serious heart condition they thought it could be from (which was clear/negative), gave me a longer dose of steroids and it cleared up again. Fast forward to this last February and it happened again. At that point I was referred to an asthma specialist, who diagnosed me with asthma. This was quite a shock as I've never had asthma my entire life (despite sports / service in the military). We did a lung capacity test to ensure it wasn't affecting my lungs and that test came back fine. Since the albuterol inhaler didn't seem to help like the oral steroids did, he prescribed me Budesonide which really does show an immediate improvement.
I've been trying to figure out what caused it and continues to trigger it. It doesn't seem linked to physical activity as I can go weeks working out with no issue. I did have COVID once before this all started, so I wonder if that triggered it. I also have CMV, which is the only other medical cause I can think of. For years, I've experienced post nasal drip or allergies at night too, which I've guessed is from allergies or the dryness in our house. I've tried air purifiers and humidifiers, but it continues to be a reoccurring issue. I've been experiencing it again for about two weeks now.
Hoping this community board may lead to further answers down the road...