I searched the database and found nothing about singing causing a phlegmy cough.

This just started after the cold I had over Christmas. Can't seem to shake it. Can't even get through one song before I lose my voice and start coughing like crazy. Actually it is only when I belt songs. I am ok if I sing softly. But that is not my style. I like to wail!

I don't have a cough otherwise. Only a bit of cattarrh at night (from 3 to 5 times) which clears as soon as I get up, drink water and go for short walkies around the flat.

I make it a point to take lots of fluid during the day, because I have secondary sjogren's syndrome.

Any suggestions how I can beat this? Something I can do prior to singing to prevent it.