All day Tuesday I was coughing up sticky phlegm two to three times a minute. The only problem was that each cough felt like someone was ripping a new hole in my chest. Each cough also causes some bones in my chest to move and grind so all-in-all, it was pretty much the worst 12 hours of my life.
Not sure why I remembered that I had bought some saline sinus rinse awhile back so I decided to try and rinse the snot out of my nose to see if it helps. Bam! Holy crap, the rinse cleaned everything out and stopped my cough and sniffles immediately. It’s like magic. I think maybe fluid was running from my nasal sinus into my throat and causing me to cough to clear the phlegm..anyway, I’ve rinsed my nasal sinus each night since and the coughing is way down.
Life with chronic diseases 