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landrover90, Bless you John. You really had a bad case of COVID and I am so sorry.

I had double pneumonia with COVID the first time in 2022. I know this is different that the severity of what you had but, it left me with so much mucous in the back of my throat that I would get choked on it at night. It also made my saliva mucusy and I had to scrape my tongue daily to get it off. It was thick. I went to 5 different doctors and they all didn't know what it was. I also had a lot of thrush with this due to antibiotics & steroids for asthmatic bronchitis, sinus infection along with COVID pneumonia. I had to use the Nystatin mouthwash for the thrush. I begged one of the doctors to swab my throat and mouth and it came back as normal mouth bacteria. It was anything but normal to be honest. I used coconut oil pulling, salt water rinses, Colgate peroxdyl, etc.,,,,it barely touched this thick stuff. Yes, I have acid reflux, but, this was not acid reflux causing this thick mucus.

Please ask your doctor about you trying either NAC (supplement) which helps with inflammation and dries up mucus or Guafenesin (Mucinex without "D" in it) a mucus thinner. If you do too much of the NAC it can dry you out too much. It took 2 years before I finally got results and this went away. IF I get a sinus infection it starts all over again and once the sinus infection is cleared up, it goes away. I believe COVID attacked my salivary glands and ramped up the mucus in the back of my throat. COVID can do some strange things to us.

Have you been diagnosed with Long Covid by chance? I was and I am on a lot of supplements.

Praying for you John to get better. I am so sorry you are still battling this since 2021.

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I had covid in Dec 2023. I have coughed ever since with enough mucus by times to choke a bull. I gag and throw up. I also have acid reflux so sometimes I lose what I have just eaten. The coughing is severe. I have been taking Nac but not regular enough. Since I read here what it does I am going to be more diligent. I plan on staying on Nac long term...especially after reading what you wrote here. Thank you. My doctor prescribed Sandox-Moxifloxacin for the cough. I did not take it. The side effects are scary and can be very serious. Has any antibiotics helped this condition? Are there any other supplements that you believe would help me?