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Keeping Your Airways Clear
Mucus-or, more accurately , getting rid of mucus-is often a pesky problem for people with COPD . The disease makes you produce more mucus than people who don't have COPD, and if you allow it to stay in your lungs , it can make breathing even harder. It can also promote infections.
Some of the medications that your doctor prescribes may help loosen mucus in your airways, so you can cough up more of it. Drinking lots of fluids also helps keep the mucus thin, so it's easier to cough out. And , believe it or not, regular exercise helps loosen mucus and move it out of the lungs.
Before you start tossing back gallons of water to thin out your mucus, talk to your doctor. Other health conditions may require you to limit your fluid intake, so if you have one of these conditions, you'll need to consider other methods to keep your airways free from mucus.
You can use various coughing techniques to get rid of mucus, and your doctor probably will recommend trying them before considering mechanical devices or medications specifically aimed at clearing mucus.
Postural Drainage:
The postural drainage technique is common in hospitals and may be part of what your home health aide does for you. NOTE: If you don't have a home health aide , this technique may be less convenient than others.
To do postural drainage , you lie on your stomach on your bed, with your head and arms hanging over the side; your elbows should rest on the floor or on a pillow placed on the floor. Someone-home health aide, spouse, or other family member-claps you on your back to shake mucus loose so you can cough it out. You can adjust your position so the " clapper " can target areas where you feel congested.
Deep Coughing:
Deep coughing simply means using your stomach muscles, rather than just your throat and chest muscles, when you cough. Using just your throat muscles doesn't really affect the mucus in your lungs: it's more effective for moving mucus in your throat to the esophagus so it can be swallowed. Using your chest muscles results in a hacking cough, which can be very tiring and which doesn't loosen mucus farther down in the lungs.
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