Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Drinking plenty of fluids can help decrease the thickness of phlegm and make it easier to remove. Bloody, brown, white, yellow, or green phlegm may be a sign of an ...

Various home remedies can help manage phlegm and mucus, such as drinking plenty of fluids and using a saline nasal spray or rinse. If home remedies do not help, over-the-counter and prescription ...

Your lungs naturally cleanse themselves with mucus and cilia. Supporting this process involves avoiding irritants and incorporating practices like controlled coughing, steam therapy, and ...

To treat a wet cough at home, a doctor may recommend steps to break up mucus, such as drinking plenty of fluids and using cough drops and honey. A wet cough is any cough that brings up phlegm. It’s ...

But what happens when the body produces too much mucus that is too thick, viscous and dehydrated to move and clear properly? Overly thick and sticky mucus over time can obstruct the airway, ...

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Over the past decade, research and treatment for lung cancer have made significant strides, leading to improved survival rates.

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that causes mucus-producing organs to malfunction and produce abnormally thick, sticky mucus. This causes problems in those organs, such as the lungs, the ...

A pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic shares the lung cancer warning signs he looks for in his own body. The deadly disease ...

India faces worsening air pollution impacting respiratory health. A traditional remedy, jaggery with warm water, is gaining ...

Blessing Azeke wrapped her cardigan around her body as another asthma attack set in. Provoked by cold air from an overhead fan in her law school classroom in Enugu, Nigeria, her lungs refused to let ...

Dupilumab reduces mucus plugging and improves lung function in patients with moderate-to-severe type 2 asthma.