I was using Flonase at bedtime, feeling like it helped keep my nasal passages and throat clear of muck through the night and stopped the mouth breathing. Dr. Winthrop said he had no problem with the topical steroid, because it doesn't get into the system the way oral ones do.
That said, I'm not so sure the Flonase is working as well as I thought. I'm not mouth breathing, but wake in the night feeling like the mucus from my sinuses and lungs are rendezvousing in my throat in a big gunky mess. I'm trying saline washes now and wondering what time is best? Morning doesn't seem to do much. Maybe a couple hours before bedtime? Does anyone have experience with this?
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Funny, "rendezvousing," but also true for me :"mucus rendezvousing in my throat". For me I have been told no post nasal drip, no sinus problem, so I somewhat believe, I may be wrong, some of my mucus problem may be caused by my supposed small hiatal hernia noted while tested at NJH. For me it is an all day long thing not just at night. In my readings I read a hiatal hernia can cause overproduction of mucus...and it sure isn't fun and so time consuming having to clear it out. It is worse after eating or drinking water.
There are a few of us here on the site that have stated having the problem of sleeping with our mouth open. I have gone back to taping my mouth closed by using micropore tape placed in the center of my mouth/lips and from the top of my lips to the bottom of my bottom lip. I think I still have problems with sleeping with my mouth open and therefore breathing through the mouth more so than the nose with its filtering system. This breathing through the mouth at night, I believe, is drying the mucus/sputum and makes it very sticky and hard to get up and out. I don't have the same sticky difficult substance problem so much during the day but just at night, daytime it is loose. I, for me, chew a small piece of stick gum for a minute or two and it loosens the sputum/mucus and somewhat helps to subside the constant need to clear the throat. Gum from a dental point of view isn't the best thing but so far all O.K.
Overall to date no real answers for me with this constant need to clear my throat of the sputum/mucus, (whatever it truly is and where it is coming from) problem.
Barbara
Good morning Sue. I envy that brisk walk , probably you live somewhere warm. Illinois is not very friendly for brisk morning walks. I have to put a mask on because the cold air makes me short of breath. But I am so glad for you that you can use it as your clearance starter
I need to push myself to do the walking outside in spite of the cold and yes I can but keep saying "too cold". Bad excuse especially since I have a concrete deck outside that surrounds the "money pit" and would give me a good path. I need to get my mind set turned around.
So now that I've admitted this, I have to get out there and do it! Maybe.
I find that when I wear the 3M N95 mask in public or outside it helps bring up the mucus/mucus plugs, after I take it off, and I think that is because I am breathing in my own warm moist air/breath. So as Sue said, and I do bundle up in this cold weather...we need to bundle up around the face beside the torso, legs and hands etc.
What I do is walk in the house even though it is not a long path but it works as I go from one end of the house to the other and back. One of the exercises I do is to sit in the bed, support my back and neck and do a movement with my legs as if I am riding a bike. A bit of aerobic exercise movement for me.
Illinois, (or Minnesota for the wintering Minnesotans) is a bit colder up that way than OKC in the winter!
Barbara
Here it is - long but very worthwhile.
In addition to the breath-holding, Dr McShane has several other valuable suggestions, like how exercise can stimulate the lungs and help airway clearance.
Also, depending on your disease and/or diseases, you might be able to use an albuterol inhaler instead of nebulizing it. It will cut down on time. Discuss it with your doctor before changing your current practices.
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Funny, "rendezvousing," but also true for me :"mucus rendezvousing in my throat". For me I have been told no post nasal drip, no sinus problem, so I somewhat believe, I may be wrong, some of my mucus problem may be caused by my supposed small hiatal hernia noted while tested at NJH. For me it is an all day long thing not just at night. In my readings I read a hiatal hernia can cause overproduction of mucus...and it sure isn't fun and so time consuming having to clear it out. It is worse after eating or drinking water.
There are a few of us here on the site that have stated having the problem of sleeping with our mouth open. I have gone back to taping my mouth closed by using micropore tape placed in the center of my mouth/lips and from the top of my lips to the bottom of my bottom lip. I think I still have problems with sleeping with my mouth open and therefore breathing through the mouth more so than the nose with its filtering system. This breathing through the mouth at night, I believe, is drying the mucus/sputum and makes it very sticky and hard to get up and out. I don't have the same sticky difficult substance problem so much during the day but just at night, daytime it is loose. I, for me, chew a small piece of stick gum for a minute or two and it loosens the sputum/mucus and somewhat helps to subside the constant need to clear the throat. Gum from a dental point of view isn't the best thing but so far all O.K.
Overall to date no real answers for me with this constant need to clear my throat of the sputum/mucus, (whatever it truly is and where it is coming from) problem.
Barbara
I need to push myself to do the walking outside in spite of the cold and yes I can but keep saying "too cold". Bad excuse especially since I have a concrete deck outside that surrounds the "money pit" and would give me a good path. I need to get my mind set turned around.
So now that I've admitted this, I have to get out there and do it! Maybe.
I find that when I wear the 3M N95 mask in public or outside it helps bring up the mucus/mucus plugs, after I take it off, and I think that is because I am breathing in my own warm moist air/breath. So as Sue said, and I do bundle up in this cold weather...we need to bundle up around the face beside the torso, legs and hands etc.
What I do is walk in the house even though it is not a long path but it works as I go from one end of the house to the other and back. One of the exercises I do is to sit in the bed, support my back and neck and do a movement with my legs as if I am riding a bike. A bit of aerobic exercise movement for me.
Illinois, (or Minnesota for the wintering Minnesotans) is a bit colder up that way than OKC in the winter!
Barbara
I don't see the link. Where is it?
If you go back to the post and click either image, you will see the Webinar or the air clearance video
Also, depending on your disease and/or diseases, you might be able to use an albuterol inhaler instead of nebulizing it. It will cut down on time. Discuss it with your doctor before changing your current practices.
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