Long-term coughing and spitting white sputum consider chronic pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other diseases. 1. Chronic pharyngitis: the pharyngeal mucosa is congested and edematous, resulting in a foreign body sensation, itching and burning sensation in the pharynx. Often there are sticky secretions attached to the posterior wall of the pharynx, so that the patient has frequent irritating cough in the morning, and there may be white sputum coughed up. 2. Chronic bronchitis: If long-term smoking or repeated infections caused by chronic bronchitis, coughing, coughing up sputum as the main symptom, the stabilization period to white sputum. In the acute stage, cephalosporins can be used for anti-infective treatment, and in the stable stage, aminobromine hydrochloride and other drugs can be used to relieve cough and resolve sputum. 3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): mainly due to the persistence of inflammatory factors, causing incomplete and reversible changes in lung function. Cough, sputum, with or without wheezing as the main symptoms, you can use drugs such as Ambroxol hydrochloride to relieve cough and sputum, or through the inhalation of tiotropium bromide powder inhaler to alleviate the symptoms. In addition, long-term coughing and spitting white sputum can not be ruled out due to smoking and other bad habits, climate change, other diseases and other factors. If the symptoms do not improve or worsen, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease and actively treat it.