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A member asked:
I have covid & recovering at home, i'm taking mucus medication to loosen the mucus but now that it's loosen it seems to make my chest tight until i cough, however it doesn't allow me to spit it out as it just stay in my throat. should i be worried?
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Water intake: The key factor when taking mucolytics is water intake. If you take a mucus medication but do not increase your water intake, it tends to make you a little dehydrated. Increase your non caffeinated fluid intake so that you are taking at least 3.5 liters in a day. This will allow your body to recruit some of this liquid to make your mucus thinner and easy to spit or cough out.
Answered 6/3/2021
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