overnight choking on mucous

[Tiggertheterrier]

Hi all. Haven't posted for a while as in rehab from broken wrist.

Update on lungs: consultant still suspects ABPA and due to see her in clinic again soon. Appointment with Respiratory nurses next Friday to supply me with saline nebs on nhs( I have been buyibuying them up to now. Welsh nhs would not let me have them). Mucous production recently doubled in quantity, sample given to GP, on precautionary antibiotics, but I don't think it's a bacterial infection. I suspect tree pollen has irritated my already angry lungs!!

Anyways, question for today - does anybody get woken in the night by a choking sensation, throat feels all closed up, clogged up by mucous. And I DO sleep propped up as have one of those adjustable beds. This then triggers a loud bout of deep, rattling coughing. I do my lung clearance an hour before I go to bed, but still get these disturbed nights. My usual response is to sit up, have a sip of water and maybe a puff of Ventolin, then ACB to shift ththe mucous. I have an air purifier going in the bedroom too. It can be extremely frightening as often I can't breathe any air in through the obstruction.

Current meds: Relvar am, Incruse pm, Montelukast pm, Fexofenadine am, Qvar pm, Carbocisteine 375 4 times a day ( cannot tolerate a higher dose), VentoVentolin as needed. Dymista nasal spray twice a day. Saline nebs once a day, ACB and Aerobika 3 times a day.

any helpful tips gratefully received!!!!!

thank you.

[Patk1]

Yes I know exactly how u feel. Whn u r struggling to get air in its vital to keep calm. I use pursed lips controlled breathing technique ( see aluk website). It allows u to get air behind mucous so u can cough it up.I use hypertonic saline nebs twice a day,after salbutamol.

I also adjust dose of carbocysteine,according to how mucous is - if too thick I increase,if too much & flooded with it, i decrease it.

It is scary >( but calm persistence clears it. I'ts exhausting after bad does.

I read yesterday,tree pollens are earlier this year,with global warming x

[Tiggertheterrier in reply to Patk1]

thanks Patk1, I have a feeling the Resp nurses will increase my nebs to twice a day! I have been experimenting with ththe Carbocisteine dose, 6 is far too many and tummy gets agitated, 3 nnot enough, so at the moment it's 4. Tried NAC but it didn't work for me. Xxxxxx

[Alberta56]

That sounds really nasty. I hope you find a solution. xxx

[Germantara]

I hope you get sorted