Air clearance out.....????

[carolg1]

After expelling copious amounts of mucus I am then struggling with trapped air through chest diaphragm how best to get this out it causing me such shortness of breath as bad as the mucus any help please once again desperate xxx

[2greys]

All I can suggest is pursed lip breathing, But tear of a strip of toilet tissue and separate into a single ply then in front of a mirror, blow with pursed lips holding the single ply strip in front of your lips. You will be surprised that after you think that you have finished exhaling the tissue will continue to be blown away from your lips because even though you think you have finished exhaling you really have not, you can then take a real deep inhale afterwards. Practice this and you will get used to a prolonged exhale. It may also help to huff up the mucus from deep down. This is how I have learned to breath to the fullest extent and enabled me to to keep working full-time. It is also a good method to chase away those co2 headaches.

[carolg1 in reply to 2greys]

Thanks twogreys il give it a go in a morning particularly it feels like part of my right lung has deflated and I’m having to blow it up again it’s terrifying, than you xx

[Oshgosh]

Have you been on a pulmonary rehab course.

It might help you.

They teach you the best way to get rid of mucus.

You have to access it through your GP

Good. Luck

[carolg1 in reply to Oshgosh]

Yes thankyou Oshkosh, I’m just going through the mill at the minute and don’t really know why....,, lots of mucus n pain but no infection .... my ribs feel like they are being crushed I’m having to purse lip breathe all the time to keep breathing it’s like a burning sensation all around the bottom of my lungs and diaphragm, I can barely breath... xx