The causes of thick and sticky sputum are usually related to pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis, lung inflammation, bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Patients can pass sputum culture, blood routine, sputum tuberculosis smear, lung function, chest CT and other tests to make a clear diagnosis, and actively treat the cause on the basis of symptomatic treatment.
Symptomatic treatment: Patients with profuse and thick sputum, which is not easy to cough up, can use sputum-cleansing drugs, such as acetylcysteine, aminoglutethimide and so on.
Causal treatment:
1. If the patient is a bronchial inflammation and lung inflammation caused by phlegm and sticky, after with a clear indication of bacterial infection, antibiotic treatment can be used, such as erythromycin, azithromycin, penicillin and so on.
2. If the patient is tuberculosis, ethambutol, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, etc. can be taken.
3. If the patient is bronchial asthma, bronchodilators such as salbutamol, ipratropium bromide and so on can be chosen, together with cetirizine, montelukast sodium and so on.
Patients with thick and sticky sputum need to seek timely medical attention if they continue to fail to improve. In addition, patients also need to drink more water and develop good sputum elimination habits. The above medications should be used under the supervision of a physician.