Hi Rock,I'm in good health, high blood pressure, overweight but working on it. Very slight chest pains, sometimes.
Don't smoke (yuck!). I think I've had the crackling for some time now, 3mos? I can't really remember. I didn't think it was that important. Don't think I've had bronchitis though I did get very sick with the flu on Valentines day and have been coughing ever since with some yuck coming up.
The crackling came before the flu. I went to the doctor for the cough and he said I was fine. I forgot to mention the crackling at that time.
I only notice it when I'm sitting quietly reading at night. My husband said not to worry about it (he used to be a respiratory therapist) and if I went to the doctor again he would just tell me to do deep breathing and use a.can't remember what it is called, it has a little ball in it to encourage you to breathe and to exercise. My husband did say though that he thought it was strange that I had it given that my machine has a pressure of 18/14 and I use my humidifier. I guess that's one of the therapies for rales. What do you think? I'd hate to go to the doctor for nothing. Takes an hour to get there.
I also told the doctor that I sometimes have trouble swallowing. Usually on the first or second swallow. Any kind of food or drink it kind of just get's stuck and I have to wait for it to go down.
Doc said not to worry about it.Reply by on April 15, 2009 at 10:47am. Doc says it's excess mucus, post nasal drip, caused by allergies but, I don't know.
I don't really have too much trouble with allergies and can usually breath through my nose fine at night. I occasionally use a neti pot. I found, while researching some GERD information for a friend, information about another kind of acid reflux called LPR or silent reflux. I have so many of the symptoms. Chronic cough, trouble swallowing, asthma like symptoms, wheezing, post nasal drip.Just thought people on the forum might like to know about LPR. I don't remember reading about it during the discussions on GERD.Reply by on October 21, 2009 at 5:18am. My husband is an ENT.
I had the pop-rocks sound in my throat when I go to bed, only when lying down. Had that for quite a while before mentioning that for about a week I had a sensation of really dry, sticky pflegm in my throat and a need to constantly clear my throat and consciously swallow very hard to get rid of it for only a moment. I told him I thought I was having an allergy/hay fever attack because of constantly clearing my throat. My husband instantly said my problem is acid reflux. He started me on the Costco version of Prilosec, about an hour before bed each night.
It worked instantly. Comes in a purple box, drug name starts with an 'O' - can't remember the whole name and the Costco website is currently down. I take one pill per day. This is a really easy diagnosis - take the pills, if it stops, it's reflux.
If it doesn't stop, tell your doctors what you tried and let them figure it out. Personally, I think my husband is a genius.Reply by on October 21, 2009 at 9:06am. Sounds right to me.
Crackling Sound When Breathing Lying Down
Even though ur nose isn't stuffed up u can def still have a post nasal drip. Neti pot and/or sinus rinse is great.
Hypertonic saline spray is great no limit on amount of use. Did the doctor give u allergy meds or nasal spray to treat the post nasal drip? And it's amazing how this can cause reflux when there's too much of a build up. I'm dealing with the same problem was having reflux and found out this was why.
If left untreated i have seen it in some cases eventually lead to asthma. I work at a pulmonary rehab and sleep lab and it's amazing the things u learn that would never think of otherwise.bonesigh said. Doc says it's excess mucus, post nasal drip, caused by allergies but, I don't know. I don't really have too much trouble with allergies and can usually breath through my nose fine at night. I occasionally use a neti pot. I found, while researching some GERD information for a friend, information about another kind of acid reflux called LPR or silent reflux.
I have so many of the symptoms. Chronic cough, trouble swallowing, asthma like symptoms, wheezing, post nasal drip.
Just thought people on the forum might like to know about LPR. I don't remember reading about it during the discussions on GERD.Reply by on October 21, 2009 at 10:15am. You know it's funny, just after my last post about this in April I started taking Tums before I went to bed and, ta da, cough went away.
Thought I'd cured myself. Well here I am again. About 2 weeks after the start of school my 6yr old brought a cold home, I got it too. Wasn't too bad as far as colds go, pretty mild.
But, I've been coughing again ever since and have the crackling too. I still take Tums before bed.My daughter was having problems last year too and we've had her to a lung specialist several times. She coughed for months! No crackling though. We were going to start her on asthma medicine but decided to see how she would be when we went on vacation to California at the beginning of summer. Well guess what, we went on vacation and her coughing went away!
Sigh.now she's coughing again too. We just talked to the GP doctor this week because she got the flu.
When I told him that she has been coughing again for some weeks now he said, after looking at the lung doc's notes, she is diagnosed with asthma. Mother's intuition.I just don't think it's asthma. Why are we both coughing? Maybe it's mold in the house or something. He said no, you probably have asthma too.Sigh.Reply by on October 21, 2009 at 12:24pm. First let me ask what testing has been done. Have you had a chest X-ray?
Do you have any swelling in your ankles? Do you take any breathing meds? Have you noticed any neck vessel distention? Meaning, are your neck veins more visible? Have you gained any wieght you just can't take off since the flu? Have you had your heart checked?You mentioned a bad flu right after you started with the crackles.
I don't want to throw up a huge concern but. What you have mentioned leads me to believe that there is a possiblity of pulmonary edema secondary to CHF. If you haven't had any of the aboved mentioned tests then you should. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of Conjestive heart failure. Do yourself a huge favor and take the hour drive.Neal Buckner, LRCP.Reply by on October 21, 2009 at 5:10pm.
You know it's funny, just after my last post about this in April I started taking Tums before I went to bed and, ta da, cough went away. Thought I'd cured myself. Well here I am again. About 2 weeks after the start of school my 6yr old brought a cold home, I got it too. Wasn't too bad as far as colds go, pretty mild. But, I've been coughing again ever since and have the crackling too. I still take Tums before bed.My daughter was having problems last year too and we've had her to a lung specialist several times.
She coughed for months! No crackling though. We were going to start her on asthma medicine but decided to see how she would be when we went on vacation to California at the beginning of summer. Well guess what, we went on vacation and her coughing went away!
Sigh.now she's coughing again too. We just talked to the GP doctor this week because she got the flu. When I told him that she has been coughing again for some weeks now he said, after looking at the lung doc's notes, she is diagnosed with asthma.
Mother's intuition.I just don't think it's asthma. Why are we both coughing? Maybe it's mold in the house or something. He said no, you probably have asthma too.Sigh. ‹ Previous. 1. Page.
Since I can remember, there's sometimes when I experience an odd feeling in my throat. I can feel/hear a crackling sound in my throat that comes and goes. It seems to occur mostly when I'm lying down, but sometimes in other positions.
I know it's not acid reflux - I've had that and there's no burning or sourness. When this crackling occurs, my stomach often doesn't feel that great - not nauseous, but just unsettled.What is this 'crackling' and what causes it?I get that, too.
It's like having some Pop Rocks in the back of your throat, right?I also have acid reflux issues, so I wonder if that's connected.A quick google search seems to link it to respiratory issues. I'm thinking that it may be a different kind of cracking that they're talking about.In other words, I can't really help, but I am right there with you!
In my case, 'crackling' occurs when I have congestion, and then lie down. As I breath more slowly and gently, the sounds of bubbles popping become apparent. This is caused by thick mucus in the bronchi (small tubes in the lungs) being displaced by the passage of air. They act like little valves, fluttering in the passing breeze.I don't hear or feel them when upright and/or active, probably because the sounds are relatively faint, and only seem to occur at the tail end of soft expirations.Does this sound like it?
Unfortunately, look up COPD. It's not necessarily that diagnosis, but I've had the same thing lying down and my doctor says that it's very possible that that's what it could be. But I was around my grandmother who smoked four packs Pall Mall unfiltered cigarettes a day. I was exposed to secondhand smoke 24/7 basically.
And supposedly secondhand smoke is worse than first hand smoke. Thank you to the cigarette companies and everyone who smoked. Hopefully, however, that's not the case for everyone. Mine usually happens when I get a upper respiratory infection, so hopefully it is related to that.
Although, I have had it happen when I did not have an infection. It was just random while I was laying down. Typically on my back or on my right side. I never tried on my stomach, or on my left side that I can think of. Good luck to everyone and I hope you find solutions.