Coughing Up Phlegm?

[wozzy]

I guess this is more of a soy/dairy question.

I've been coughing up a lot of phlegm lately. It seems like dairy products make it a lot worse (which would make sense because I have a milk allergy). Today I started coughing up a lot of phlegm after I had soy milk.

Any ideas why this suddenly started happening? It was never a problem until the last month or so. The phlegm is whiteish/yellowish color from what I've seen. I went to my doctor and she said it's not an infection. I'm taking advair and singulair, but they don't seem to help too much.

[plantime]

It sounds like you have a respiratory allergy, and that Advair and Singulair are not the right drugs to help you with it. I use Actifed for mine.

[RiceGuy]

I don't know the typical ingredients in soy milk, but I know soy cheeses often have casein, which is the primary milk protein. So if you switched brands or the company changed the ingredients, that might do it I suppose. Of course it could be something else which you aren't yet thinking of.

[jesscarmel]

hi

i coughed up phleghm the last month but it was more yellowish brownish which means usually its an infection so i took antibiotics whihc didnt clear it up and then advair. maybe its more of a bronchitis thing than a food allergy??

Jess