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@lenorj
First I emphasize with you. I have had extreme sinus drainage since I had sinus surgery over a decade ago. It is constant and really never stops. What I found that can help is blowing your nose quite often to lesson the amount coming down your throat.
I am not a doctor so just passing on what my ENT is saying about my case and causes. Allergies are the most common cause of sinus drainage. But you could have polyps, infection, etc. adding to mucus coming down throat.
If going down your throat and not out your nose you could have some nasal and sinus issues where mucus is not moving out of nasal passages out your nose. This can be seen on a special scope a ENT uses. They put a solution in your nose and then put a scope up and can look at all sinuses and passages. At my ENT Mayo they then show me my sinuses as they record it and show me on a t.v.
What my ENT recommened to me and what I use is a product called NeilMed. It comes in a package with the squeeze bottle and saline rinse packets. What it is a squeeze bottle that you mixed the included saline packets in. Then place in your one nostril and squeeze as water comes out of other nostril. Then your reverse it. It really helps clean out my sinuses and helps cut down on inflamation and clear out allergens.
NOTE: ENT said is just a personal choice but I warm up the solution as it just feels better being warm.
I can't remember but read somewhere there is about a quart of mucus that gets made and expelled through the sinuses. I may be off on quantity but I was shocked it was that much.
My ENT found I had polyps but were not clogging my sinuses but she wanted to make sure they did not get worse. I take a medication called Xhance. It is a steroid spray (special cannsiter) that has worked very well.
As I have typed this I probably have blown my nose 3-4 times. So you can see how much my sinuses drain and my attempt to blow out nose before can run down my throat.