In our daily life, we often have phlegm in our throat, itchy, sometimes we want to spit but can’t cough it up, this condition will cause us to be very uncomfortable in our body and heart, and it will also affect our sleep, many reasons can cause phlegm in our throat.
Phlegm is usually a pathological product formed by the body’s aqueous metabolism disorder. On the body’s bronchial mucosa, some cells can secrete mucus, which is also used to protect the bronchial tubes from moistening, but if there are viruses or harmful organisms invading the body, the mucosa will be damaged, thus forming a large amount of phlegm.
The pathology of phlegm in the throat is determined by the nature of the phlegm coughed up. If the color of the phlegm is transparent like glass and there is toughness, and it is difficult to cough up from the throat, usually this condition is caused by bronchitis, pharyngeal, inflammatory bronchial asthma and other diseases; if the mucus of the phlegm is yellow or yellow-green, opaque, and it floats again when spit in water, this condition is usually caused by tuberculosis, Bronchopneumonia, etc.; if the sputum coughed up is plasma-like and grayish white with foam, it is mostly due to pulmonary stasis and emphysema caused by a weak heart.
Usually, phlegm in the throat is caused by the above-mentioned reasons.