Optometrist Dr. Bridget Anderson joins The Doctors to weigh in on the TikTok trend of eye fishing or mucus fishing. She shares there’s a condition where the eye produces excess mucus and a person will ...

Breathing difficulties and persistent mucus buildup can significantly impact daily life, making simple activities feel exhausting and uncomfortable. When airways become congested with thick secretions ...

Watching your toddler struggle with thick mucus or noisy breathing can be worrying for any parent. Phlegm buildup is a common part of colds allergies or mild respiratory infections—but when it lingers ...

In the later stages of COVID-19, various breathing and positioning exercises, medications, and other home remedies can help clear the mucus or phlegm associated with a productive cough or wet cough. A ...

When you breathe, allergens, viruses, dust, and other debris stick to your nasal mucus, which then passes out of your system. Sometimes, your body can make too much throat mucus, requiring frequent ...

Even the experts know that phlegm-y coughs are miserable. Case in point: When I called David Cennimo, MD, an infectious disease expert and assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, to ...

Having black or dark phlegm or mucus can be distressing. It can often signal a serious disease or exposure to unhealthy pollutants. The presence of mucus is not a sign of disease and shouldn’t pose ...

For beginner runners and seasoned athletes alike, even the shortest and lightest runs can feel difficult when you add in bad weather or allergies that can cause phlegm. Your body may also build up ...

It is not unusual to cough up phlegm with a common cold. However, it can also indicate a different, sometimes serious, underlying condition such as stomach acid reflux, lung disease, or heart disease.

Most people are all too familiar with the icky, uncomfortable feeling of having mucus build up in the nasal passageways while suffering through a cold or bad allergy flare-up. Or is it phlegm, rather ...