When you have bronchitis and cough up phlegm, is it ok...

[jemloften]

...when you swallow it?

[jscotto772]

You really shouldn't. Try to spit it out in the sink or toilet. If you swallow it, you will just cough it up again or choke on it.

[Cynthia G]

It's a fact that if you swallow phlegm from have bronchitis that you will have stomach problems, not just feeling like you want to hang your head over the toliet, but that you will more than likely have to shit a lot.

[jezzbb]

Phlegm may contain germs, bacteria or other foreign bodies. Our anti bodies may already have destroyed them. It's better to spit it out but I know there are instances when you have no other option but to swallow them, I don't think it will hurt you.