Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
If you smell a lot of bleach and start coughing what will happen?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Reactive Airways: If a person inhales a large amount of an irritant chemical such as bleach, this can trigger inflammation in the nose and lungs leading to symptoms just like asthma (cough, wheeze, shortness of breath and/or chest tightness). Usually this heals over time but in some it can take months.
Answered 9/3/2013
4.9k views
Thank
Related Questions
A member asked:
About 3 weeks ago I had a terrible head cold and recently when I cough it taste like bleach or chlorine and a lot of phlegm ?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I spent the day cleaning our basement.I found mold on the concrete and cleaned it with a lot of bleach. Now I have a deep cough, is it from the mold?
6 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
People also searched for:
After cleaning with bleach, my nose burned & I could smell a hint of bleach for rest of day, now phlegm cough?
I started coughing with a sore throat on Monday and have had very little of a voice. I smell a bleach like scent in my nose and when it happens, my head gets really tight. Whats going on?
20 yrs old female brown dischatge on draws wetness on drws n funny smell sometimes smell like bleach I take a lot of showers smell never leaves help?
I clean a lot with bleach.... I tend to isolate myself in the bathroom with the smell of it and other supplies unventilated. Is it harmful to me?
I've had a super bad pain in the lower right side of the back of my lungs. I cough a lot at night and it usually has a bleach taste to it...
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HIPAASecure
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHOAccredited
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
