i permantly have flem in my throat and a bad breath, what is wrong with me?

i always have flem in my throat and it hurts me when i have to cough it up. it makes my throat feel blocked all the time and feels as if i cant swollow.my breathe always smells and i have been having little yellow pieces in my throat which i have been coughing up and they really smell. i brush my teeth frequently and blow my noise when its runny. can you please find out what it is that is causing this problem and what i can do to resolve this issue.

i'd just like to say i have the same problem for quite a while few months sticky cough between nose and throat constanly trying to unblock my nose coughing up small off coloured lump 3mm size can easily squash between fingers with awful smell. i'm always chewing gum to cover up breath. have to blow nose before i eat or i can't taste anything is it an infection and what can get rid of it

I too have the same problem. Coughing up a smelly 3mm or so flem every morning from my nasal area and it smells. It's went away after I began my chemotherapy and then came back 2 years later. I'm concerned if it's my diet, or what this is from.

I have found in my own experience that many of the symptoms are environmental.. it pisses me off when people blame them on other factors.. and not at least consider and allergy or otherwise present in there own home..

Simple step to rule out environment.. Have the person whom is having the problems spend about 3 days and nights in a different location.. Best would be a clean hotel room ironic enough.. NOT your own home or a friends will not help..

I say that because what ever maybe trigger the problem may be present in your home and theres as well.. Hell if they are related to you.. it is very possible you may very well do the same type of cooking, behavior or otherwise.. you may deny this.. But I find in my own experience.. that some behavior is genetic..

If this does not work.. please don't blame me.. but it will rule out enviromental HOUSE causes.. It can be many things if this proves to be true.. Mold, bacterial, or maybe even the way the food is prepared.. make sure if you do attempt this.. that you DO NOT cook or bring anything from there home besides clothes.. which should be cleaned outside of there home to eliminate that environmental influence..

The lungs are weird on how they react to the environment.. they are the ultimate HEPA filter.. they capture everything.. getting a person into an environment that is foreign and may not contain those materials may lead to you to the cause..

If it does not.. then it could still be environment if that person was known to work with materials that could cause this at an earlier age.. but that eliminates one suspect...

Just a thought...Now ironically on the 4th day if they get better.. and then they get worse.. then that proves it really is environmental.. bc it takes about 3 days for things you ate to get out of your system.. then the same can be applied to your lungs as well.. depending on many factors of course...

As always.. Discuss this with your doctor if this person is in bad health.. Or get a second opinion..

This is not a radical treatment in anyway..

I've had the same symptoms for around 10 years. It's not environmental, as I've moved from Australia to England.
I had my tonsils removed, as they were infected by this, and that got rid of the smelly kernels, but the clogged nose & bad breatth continue.
Everythibg gets worse with coffee, dairy products, orange juice, and stress.
Antibiotics used to stop it for a few days, but not now, any more.
So far, I'm coming to the conclusion that it's a chronic sinus infection - possibly MRSA, but I don't really know. pverco@hotmail.com.

The only thing that has worked is a strange chinese herbal powder that I make into tea. See a chinese herbalist.

I'm still waiting to find someone who does know, so it can be fixed for good.

look up candida albicans

Those nasty little lumps are called tonsiloliths or tonsil stones.

Google tonsil stones/liths and Dr. Katz. Dr. Katz has advice and sells products which will alleviate the problem. In the mean time, gargle and rinse mouth with warm salt water to reduce the sulfur causing bacteria.

i had the same problem. then they took out my tonsels and it never happened again.

um my problem is that i have this smell that sometimes i smell from my throat it not all the time but sometimes i smell it and sometimes gone i need to know what is wrong with me