julialee23
Member
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2014
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- Oregon
- City
- Jacksonville
Hello,
I've been reading past posts on Phlegm and see that there are various methods and suggestions in dealing with it.
Unfortunately, I probably will not be able to use any of them with my PALS.
What I would like to know is whether increase in phlegm and mucous could be/ is likely related to more serious involvement with lungs.
My PALS insists it is a simple cold and the mucous is from a broken nose.
She reports that the Hospice Nurse checks vitals twice a week and that her breathing and blood pressure are all excellent.
However, she has been known to withhold information from us CALS to prevent interference and I know of no broken nose incident.
Her voice is very weak and gravelly - we think it is a matter of weeks before it is gone completely.
She has lost 30 pounds in a fairly short amount of time, down to 15.4 BMI (very underweight) but no desire for a feeding tube.
I am only asking because I would like to know what to expect. Could this really be just a lingering "cold" or is it more likely a symptom of disease progression? Because so many here are affected by it seems to me that it is related.
I've been reading past posts on Phlegm and see that there are various methods and suggestions in dealing with it.
Unfortunately, I probably will not be able to use any of them with my PALS.
What I would like to know is whether increase in phlegm and mucous could be/ is likely related to more serious involvement with lungs.
My PALS insists it is a simple cold and the mucous is from a broken nose.
She reports that the Hospice Nurse checks vitals twice a week and that her breathing and blood pressure are all excellent.
However, she has been known to withhold information from us CALS to prevent interference and I know of no broken nose incident.
Her voice is very weak and gravelly - we think it is a matter of weeks before it is gone completely.
She has lost 30 pounds in a fairly short amount of time, down to 15.4 BMI (very underweight) but no desire for a feeding tube.
I am only asking because I would like to know what to expect. Could this really be just a lingering "cold" or is it more likely a symptom of disease progression? Because so many here are affected by it seems to me that it is related.