How do I clear my lungs after inhaling dust?

Ways to clear the lungs

Steam therapy. Steam therapy, or steam inhalation, involves inhaling water vapor to open the airways and help the lungs drain mucus.
Controlled coughing.
Drain mucus from the lungs.
Exercise.
Green tea.
Anti-inflammatory foods.
Chest percussion.

Can dust in your lungs kill you?

Keep the unhealthy dust away from your lungs by wearing a respirator. It may sound like an exaggeration, but tiny amounts of silica dust can damage your lungs permanently. It may even kill you.

Is drywall dust bad for your lungs?

Over time, breathing the dust from drywall joint compounds may cause persistent throat and airway irritation, coughing, phlegm production, and breathing difficulties similar to asthma. Smokers or workers with sinus or respiratory conditions may risk even worse health problems.

How does breathing in dust affect your health?

Anyone who is exposed to high levels of dust may be affected – the longer you breathe in the dust, then the greater the chance that it will affect your health. Breathing low levels of household or urban dust does not cause health problems in most individuals.

What should I do after breathing in a lot of dust?

Dust congestion is a different game than a cold where your body makes you cough a lot. You need to help out here. Deep breathing wet air helps the lungs create more phlegm for ejection. Hanging almost upside down off a bed with your chest down adds a little help from gravity.

Who is most at risk for health problems from dust?

Babies, young children and elderly people are also more likely to develop health problems from long term exposure to high levels of dust. Anyone who regularly experiences shortness of breath or hayfever type symptoms from breathing dust should discuss these symptoms with their doctor.

How are dust particles caught in the lungs?

Some of the smaller particles succeed in passing through the nose to reach the windpipe and the dividing air tubes that lead to the lungs [more information about how particles entering the lungs]. These tubes are called bronchi and bronchioles. All of these airways are lined by cells. The mucus they produce catches most of the dust particles.