Deep Breathing Exercises and Coughing

People cough in order to get things out of their lungs or because there is an irritant in their throat. A cough is, therefore, protective. If you cannot cough effectively then you are at risk of developing lung infections. Some illnesses cause the phlegm made in your lungs to be abnormally thick. Other illnesses cause the lungs to make a huge amount of phlegm. In order to get out all the phlegm, your cough has to be very strong.

Many illnesses and open chest surgeries (like bypass surgery or removal of lung cancer) cause weakness in the muscles of the chest. This weakness means that your cough would be very weak and most likely you could not get the phlegm out of your lungs. This puts you at risk of developing lung infections.


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