Phlegm in my throat and post nasal drip after Covid

@ccbwell maybe buy one tube of the Reflux Gourmet. try taking a teaspoon or two after each meal and before bed. I suspect what's happening is the vagus nerve got damaged and that's causing pepsin to make it its way into your throat from your stomach. It then gets absorbed by cells and when you eat anything acidic it activates pepsin, which then causes the massive mucus release in your throat. Taking Reflux gourmet (alginate) creates something called a raft in your stomach. It is 100% natural product and it's actually good for your microbiome. But it blocks pepsin from being able to make it its way up to your throat. Of course, while you're eating, it's likely some will make it up but a lot less will continue to come up after you eat if you take this product following meals. Your vagus nerve, damaged by Covid, is required to shut the esophageal sphincters correctly, and the damage to the nerve is making those not work as well, which is causing this condition known as LPR or silent reflux, I believe. Being diligent about using a Neti pot after eating also will help clear out any mucus that does get created while you're eating. You can do that after taking the reflux gourmet. Hope this helps. It's been a game changer for me.

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Thank you!!!! I’ll try 😊

Hi all.

I have to start by saying I'm sorry that everyone is also experiencing this sensation and hope whatever is causing it can be treated! However, I've never tested positive for COVID, and not sure that I've suffered from it. Reading your comments makes me wonder otherwise now though. I do suffer with this globus sensation and it's driving me insane.

It started September 2024. I weighed ~225lb, randomly felt this "thing" in my throat and a week after I became pretty sick with upper respiratory virus or something. Ever since then, if I fall ill it lasts for weeks. By January 2025 I weighed 175lb. Fast forward to today, weight is 150, constantly have a temperature of 99-100 without nsaids (manageable with nsaids), dealing with globus sensation daily that makes it difficult to swallow, at times difficult to get a full breath unless I look up to straighten my airway and if not it feels like my head fills with pressure.

I'm still being dismissed by doctors. Yesterday, I went to a scheduled US on my neck, but they only checked my thyroid and the tech would only do what was ordered, understandably. My issue is higher up under my lower jaw. Does any of this relate to anyone here? I'm really struggling mentally and struggling to find any kind of relief physically as well.

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

@rdt94 The constant junk in your throat is so terrible. Find a good laryngologist who is familiar with and treats LPR . Maybe Use AI to find the top one in your area. If this were me I'd tell them "I'd like to be evaluated for suspected LPR caused by post-viral vagus neuropathy." They can do something called a pH-impedance test that can definitively diagnose it. LPR is also called "silent reflux" because you don't feel it happening at all. The vagus nerve is also very important for relaxing you after a stressful event, so if that's damaged it's understandable that you're feeling a little more anxiety, etc. One thing that has helped me is something called coherent breathing. You can look it up on YouTube. See if you can find that doctor that is good for you and get that test. I'm doing this in a few weeks so I can have a definite answer.