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Suggest Remedy To Clear Phlegm In Chest

My mother is bedridden due to two strokes. she has a lot of phlegm in her chest but cannot cough them up. Hospital cannot do anything about it unless if she is coughing, which she tried but the cough would not start. she has taken med s for it but does not seem to work. Is there a home remedy that i can try for her?. THANKS
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
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Hello
As you mentioned that your mother is bedridden due to two strokes . When such patient visit in my clinic I use suction pump so that saliva ( thick ) mucus impacted in throat suctioned by pump , as this help for throat clear .
I also prescribe serratiopeptidase 20 mg thrice in day as it help in clearance of mucus .
Usually she don't require any antibiotics because this mucus is actually water and fluid which enter into airways route ( lungs ) because there develop laryngeal paralysis , so some liquid enters into trachea and this make gurgling sound in throat .
For facilitation of this suction is only an option.
Hope this will help you.
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Suggest Remedy To Clear Phlegm In Chest

Hello As you mentioned that your mother is bedridden due to two strokes . When such patient visit in my clinic I use suction pump so that saliva ( thick ) mucus impacted in throat suctioned by pump , as this help for throat clear . I also prescribe serratiopeptidase 20 mg thrice in day as it help in clearance of mucus . Usually she don t require any antibiotics because this mucus is actually water and fluid which enter into airways route ( lungs ) because there develop laryngeal paralysis , so some liquid enters into trachea and this make gurgling sound in throat . For facilitation of this suction is only an option. Hope this will help you.