Lung Disease?
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:06 pm
I just had a tonsillectomy almost 2 weeks ago and there has been vast improvement on my breath. I suffer from chronic PND still but the good news is that the mucous no longer gets stuck in my tonsils forming tonsil stones and bacteria that breed bad breath. What i have noticed is that even before my tonsillectomy i would frequently cough thick brown mucous all year long, and i have always attributed it to mucous build up from my PND.
I decided to google this to see what kind of information i could come up with and i stumbled on perhaps BB is linked to some form of Lung Disease. Here is an article from BBC (though it is pretty old, 2003) it is interesting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3245862.stm
Upon reading that i decided to research more on Cystic Fibrosis. Essentially CF is is an inherited disease of your secretory glands, including the glands that make mucus and sweat.
Below are some excerpts on CF that i copied:
"Inherited" means that the disease is passed through the genes from parents to children. People who have cystic fibrosis inherit two faulty cystic fibrosis genes, one from each parent. The parents likely don't have the disease themselves.
Cystic fibrosis mostly affects the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, sinuses, and sex organs. Usually, cystic fibrosis causes problems with both the respiratory and digestive systems, although sometimes it causes problems only in one or the other.
Mucus is a substance made by the lining of some body tissues. Normally, mucus is a slippery, watery substance. It keeps the linings of certain organs moist and prevents them from drying out or getting infected. However, if you have cystic fibrosis, your mucus becomes thick and sticky.
The mucus builds up in your lungs and blocks your airways—the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. The buildup of mucus makes it easy for bacteria to grow. Perhaps some of us have a mild form of Cystic Fibrosis? The excess mucous is creating a haven of bacteria that our back of our throats all the way down to our lungs causing highly acidic breath.
The symptoms and severity of CF also vary over time. Sometimes you'll have few symptoms. Other times, your symptoms may become more severe. As the disease gets worse, you'll have more severe symptoms more often.
Usually people who are treated with CF take antibiotics to fight the mucous build up and bacteria growth in the back of the throat and lungs with great success.
I have read many testimonials on this site on people with BB having great success with antibiotics, but for obvious reasons can only use them for small periods of time. Maybe all along they have CF and they didnt know it or maybe im just crazy either way i would like more insight on this. Who here has consistent brown and thick mucous?
I decided to google this to see what kind of information i could come up with and i stumbled on perhaps BB is linked to some form of Lung Disease. Here is an article from BBC (though it is pretty old, 2003) it is interesting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3245862.stm
Upon reading that i decided to research more on Cystic Fibrosis. Essentially CF is is an inherited disease of your secretory glands, including the glands that make mucus and sweat.
Below are some excerpts on CF that i copied:
"Inherited" means that the disease is passed through the genes from parents to children. People who have cystic fibrosis inherit two faulty cystic fibrosis genes, one from each parent. The parents likely don't have the disease themselves.
Cystic fibrosis mostly affects the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, sinuses, and sex organs. Usually, cystic fibrosis causes problems with both the respiratory and digestive systems, although sometimes it causes problems only in one or the other.
Mucus is a substance made by the lining of some body tissues. Normally, mucus is a slippery, watery substance. It keeps the linings of certain organs moist and prevents them from drying out or getting infected. However, if you have cystic fibrosis, your mucus becomes thick and sticky.
The mucus builds up in your lungs and blocks your airways—the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. The buildup of mucus makes it easy for bacteria to grow. Perhaps some of us have a mild form of Cystic Fibrosis? The excess mucous is creating a haven of bacteria that our back of our throats all the way down to our lungs causing highly acidic breath.
The symptoms and severity of CF also vary over time. Sometimes you'll have few symptoms. Other times, your symptoms may become more severe. As the disease gets worse, you'll have more severe symptoms more often.
Usually people who are treated with CF take antibiotics to fight the mucous build up and bacteria growth in the back of the throat and lungs with great success.
I have read many testimonials on this site on people with BB having great success with antibiotics, but for obvious reasons can only use them for small periods of time. Maybe all along they have CF and they didnt know it or maybe im just crazy either way i would like more insight on this. Who here has consistent brown and thick mucous?