Vomiting up mucus. What causes this?

Hi. I was diagnosed with a upper respiratory chest infection on thursday & I'm taking Cefelaxin antibiotics because GP suspected it was bacterial & not viral. For 6 days now I've been vomiting up mucus. I'm one of them rare people who rarely vomit so this is unusual for me & its very uncomfortable. I've vomited up a load of mucus about 6/7 times today & prior to it happening I have a very bad coughing episode. What causes this? Anything I can take to stop it or get it all up? Thank you!

Hi again. Thanks a lot. I thought it was something like that but this cough is really getting me down. I've had the cough for 2 weeks & tried lots of OTC meds but nothing helps. Just makes me cough more & then up vomits the mucus. Thanks again & to the twat who thinks mucus comes from your nose........thats SNOT duh! Mucus is on the lungs during a chest infection.

It IS possible! It's called post-nasal drip and the stuff runs right down into your stomach. If you get too much, the stomach can't digest it and you will become nauseous and may vomit. The same happens if you cough it up from the lungs, but it gets caught in your throat, so you swallow it.

Are you taking any decongestants or expectorants? When you do feel stuffy, try to blow your nose instead of sniffling - when we sniffle, that pushes the mucus into the throat. And when you do cough up phlegm, try to spit it out instead of swallowing it. Yes, it's disgusting, but it's more disgusting to vomit it up, right?

鈥⑩€⑩€⑩€⑩€?ADDENDUM 鈥⑩€⑩€⑩€⑩€?br> For your information, mucus DOES come from your nose, it is also in your digestive and reproductive system (e.g. when the female's "twat" gets wet during arousal). And if the fact that I have a degrees in Speech and Hearing Science (the upper respiratory system) with 15 years experience, plus being a mother isn't enough, here's the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucus

An "Upper" respiratory infection is in the "Upper" respiratory system (Sinuses, nose, throat) as opposed to the "Lower" respiratory system (trachea, bronchi, lungs); refer to the graphic on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_respi...

Even if you do have bronchitis, it is not uncommon for the mucous membranes of the entire system to put the defenses up and produce extra mucus, so post-nasal drip can still occur, even without the sensation of nasal congestion, and can lead to a raw sore throat.

Calling insults is unnecessary and immature. I was supporting you, whereas others said what you claimed was happening was impossible. "Snot" is a slang word for mucus, and is also used to describe people who are rude to someone when they are attempting to be helpful.

Apology accepted. I hope you're feeling better. Report It

That is impossible. You can't "vomit" something that comes out of the nose. How did it ever get into your stomach? If it's just mucus you're "vomitting" up, that's odd unless you haven't been eating anything and your stomach decided that hydrochloric acid is a waste of time.

See your doctor.

there may be mucus in your lungs or stomach and your body is trying to get it out
just try not to swallow any more mucus and just keep blowing your nose and hocking it out so that no more goes down.

if its just bacterial you just have to wait it out and take something, but im not really sure what can help with that

Forceful, prolonged cough can trigger vomiting. The stomach contains mucous as a matter of course. The entire digestive tract is lined with it as well as the respiratory tract. You may well be swallowing mucous from the respiratory tract and vomiting it back up. If OTC antiemetics won't stop the vomiting, you may need a prescription med. The other thing to do is to calm the cough. If your physician approves, use a cough suppressant. Again, speak to your physician about what she/he recommends for you.

Because you have an infection in your lungs, there is mucous forming in those lungs. When You have a coughing spell you swallow some of that mucous. Mucous can upset your stomach which makes you nauseated and there fore you vomit it up. Hope this helps

unfortunately , sometimes with chest infections we can swallow mucus without realising - even while coughing some up . our stomach doesn't like it so it vomits it up . don't worry , it will run it's course as the chest infection subsides , it happens to my son when he gets a bad chest