Mealtime

I’m in your camp and it’s just weird and unpredictable at times. My asthma is now well controlled, save for an annoying mucus issue that comes and goes. When the mucus is in high gear, sometimes it subsides and I feel better after eating. Other times when the mucus is at bay, it’ll kick in after eating. I’m still learning what cranks up my mucus … so far eating a LOT of peanuts irritates it, and whole wheat bread seemingly gives me the croups. I like to make this spicy stir fry dinner for us that requires a small handful of peanuts (and I can handle that). But when I eat most of the peanuts remaining in the can … I will pay for it.

I find the same when I eat to many almonds. I avoid peanuts as seem to be a trigger for me as well.

While everyone is different, it's always worth considering the possibility that it may be acid reflux/GERD. That is not mucus related, but it often affects people with asthma.

Here's an article to consider:

https://asthma.net/living/after-eating-cough

Take care! -Melissa, asthma.net team

Oh yes Gas makes it 10 times worse! I have gastrointestinal problems after a bout of antibiotics and steroids from an attack brought on by an allergic reaction and of course thrush from the medications knocking down my good bacteria about 4 months ago still trying to build back my good bacteria from that and doing better everyday thankfully with probiotics and other diet changes. When I originally wrote this article I had ate too many brussel sprouts and caused a bit of a problem from the gas of course LOL luckily not an asthma attack though. Do you know why it seem when you have gas the phlegm seems thicker? Or do you suppose it's just the lungs are squeezed from having the gas so it makes it seem thicker?