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Wheezing, made worse by smoking

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A 31-year old female asked:

I am experiencing cough (worsened by: lying flat, worse at night) (quality: no phlegm or mucus) , wheezing (worsened by: breathing in cold air, lying flat, smoking, worse at night) , chest pain or discomfort (worsened by: after sudden movements, afte?

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A 38-year old asked:

Why are people always coughing and wheezing from smoking?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 49-year old asked:

Would it be considered normal to wheeze after quitting smoking?

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A 24-year old asked:

I have had a productive cough for 2 weeks and I sometimes wheeze...I also smoke. Is this simply from smoking or something more?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 40-year old asked:

Wheezing after quitting smoking?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 43-year old asked:

Is it normal for someone who just quit smoking to be wheezing and coughing uncontrollably?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

I'd onli wheeze in cold climates, when some1 is smoking or wen I laughed too hard at nite. M I asthmatic? There's family hist of asthma

3 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

Do you know is wheeze just smoking related or sign of chest infection?

1 doctor answer • 7 doctors weighed in

A 42-year old female asked:

What would cause an inspiratory wheeze in an adult? I have no history of asthma or smoking.

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A 23-year old female asked:

How long will it take for a wheeze to dissapear after quitting smoking. I have asthma quit 2 months ago and still wheezing. Is this concerning?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

When you quit smoking is it normal to cough up brown phlegm and does this cause a wheeze?

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A male asked:

I quit smoking cigarettes 6 days ago and for the last 4 nights I've been getting a terrible cough/wheeze in the evenings only.

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 53-year old asked:

I quit smoking, but now when I run, I get a smoker's wheeze. How can I get rid of this and the lower breath capacity?

2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old female asked:

Quit smoking 4 days ago and am now coughing, is this normal? Wheezing at night and chest tightness in the morning stopped the first day i quit.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 25-year old female asked:

I recently quit smoking. I am an otherwise healthy and active 25 yo female. About a month after I quit I started waking up with mid sleep asthma. It's like waking in an asthma atack, severe wheezing and have to sit upright for about an hour sometimes 3 be

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A 35-year old male asked:

I quit smoking 1.5 yrs ago after smoking in and off for 13 yrs. I have no chest pain, no cough, and am physically active. why am I wheezing ?

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A 24-year old female asked:

Do I have copd?! emphysema? Almost 25. Wheezing. I'm quitting smoking after 8 years. Sob. History of anxiety. Cough that tastes bad. Doc says reflux

4 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A 20-year old male asked:

I recently quit smoking weed and I have mucus/postnasal drip in my throat I feel when I swallow Ive had for months, I have a small wheeze if I exhale a certain way. Some of my mucus has tar in it. I have no cough or other symptoms. Is this alarming?

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A 40-year old male asked:

Recently quit smoking after 20 years of half-full pack a day. Have chronic sinus congestion with thick/excessive mucus in throat. Also have a dry cough occasionally and sometimes wheezing associated with laying down in bed mostly. Recent normal pft?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 35-year old female asked:

I quit smoking three weeks ago and have been weezing. Is this normal?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 17-year old male asked:

Can Shisha pens cause lung problems? I have been smoking shisha every now and then for the past week and suddenly I have a wheezy cough.

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

I gave up smoking 6 weeks ago and now my chest keeps getting tight & wheezy.Could this b cos my lungs r clearing out.Its got a funny taste.Like when inf?

3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

Have had a non-productive cough off and on for about 2 weeks. Not better or worse, and no other symptoms. Not wheezing. What should I do?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old female asked about a male:

My son has a barking cough and is wheezing worse at night than during the day he has a slight temp and isn't eating much what can I do to help him?

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A female asked:

Why does my wheeze get worse when i lay on my right side with a chest infection?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 58-year old female asked:

Dx with infolding of arytenoids upon inhalation. Worsening Winded/wheezing. Could this be related to undifferentiated connective disease?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

I was prescribed an inhaler by my doctor it seems like my breathing has gotten worse and i start wheezing earlier on in my exercise. Is this normal?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

Hell0,my five months baby chest makes a wheezing sound since he has been 2 wks old Dr prescribe Aspelone since its finished his chest became worse do I take him back to that Dr?

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A 38-year old female asked:

I was diagnosed with Bronchial Asthma. its been 2year now and i am coughing, wheezing, mucus mostly green. i take sintair and symbicort everyday but there is not difference instead im getting worse. what else can i do or take. this is affecting me?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 38-year old female asked about a 66-year old female:

Can Albuterol cause me to wheeze? I have CHF and seem to wheeze worse after I use it. I also seem to cough alot more after I use Albuterol.

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

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