Is it normal to choke up chunks of mucus every morning?

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I'm 99% sure that I already know the answer to this one.

For the past year or so, my boyfriend has spent the first hour or so in the morning coughing up mucus and making really disgusting noises. I have been pressuring him to just go to a doctor, because there is no way that that is normal. He however disagrees with me. He's completely convinced that that is something that everyone goes through in the morning. Please help me convince him that that is DEFINITELY not normal.

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  • regisphilbin
    9 years ago

    it's normal he just has a sinus problem

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  • tadkins16
    11 years ago

    It is allergies. I take meds which cuts down a lot. But not completely. I don't smoke - never have.

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  • iheartu2013
    11 years ago

    If there are white chunks, it could be he could have tonsilitis. It is dead white blood cells and food packed into little holes in his tonsils. When there is too much you cough them up. I had this problem until I had a tonsillectomy. It brings down the immune system, so yeah he needs to see a doctor soon.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    He needs to see a ENT. This sounds very serious.

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  • Icedangel11
    12 years ago

    Hm.. Are there little white chunks in it?

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    • Madeliene
      11 years ago

      Sometimes. Is that relevant?

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    • RaNdOmPoPcOrN
      11 years ago

      I was eating...
      I was eating marhmellows, I liost my appitite

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      • Madeliene
        11 years ago

        I'm sorry....It really is very disgusting. Try waking up to that every day.

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        • RaNdOmPoPcOrN
          11 years ago

          Im doing it right now lol
          NOT THAT TYPE OF DOING IT!!!

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  • NikkiFL
    12 years ago

    I had chronic sinusitis and I experienced this often. It was pretty gross. Got surgeries to have it taken care of, but the Pollen lately seems to make it an issue again. :/ It got reallllly bad when I used to stay at my bf's old apt. Apparently there was a bad leak in that building a few years before and mold was growing behind the walls. Gross, I know. But I literally was a sick, hacking mess whenever I stayed there.
    Other possibilities.. Candida (google it), GERD, acid reflux (surprisingly different people experience different symptoms from this), or an untreated common cold / viral infection which can lead to allergic irritation of your respiratory organs, which in turn would make someone constantly cough up phlegm.
    Sorry that was sort of a long response.. :] but Hope you guys figure it out!

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    12 years ago

    could be he has allergies.

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  • tbiM20
    12 years ago

    It's common but not normal. It could be allergies, but if its nonstop then its not seasonal allergies. Smoking can cause it. A sinus or throat infection could also cause it. Basically, his body is REACTING to something, so he should see a doctor.

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  • MRmr
    12 years ago

    yes its normal

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  • anti-hero
    12 years ago

    Most likely smoking.

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  • ajk89
    12 years ago

    that's not normal, however I have known men that do this (most of which are smokers) and have nothing actually wrong with them.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    12 years ago

    That's definitely not normal and he should see a doctor before that becomes any more complicated then it already could be. Good God.

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    Is he a smoker? Does he have allergies or something? There could be a number of explanations, but no, that doesn't sound normal to me.

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    • Madeliene
      12 years ago

      Nope. He is not a smoker and he doesn't have allergies. I just want him to go to a doctor, but he is way too big for me to be able to literally drag him to one.

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