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Phlegm in my throat and post nasal drip after Covid
Ever since I had covid in January of 2022 I recovered from the virus but I was left with a constant phlegm in the back of my throat and post nasal drip that will not go away. The feeling of having mucus in the back of my throat actually gets worse when I try to get rid of it by coughing. I have been given steroid inhalers, albuterol, allergy medication, but none of these work. The mucus gets worse especially after I eat. I've never felt like this before and it all started after covid. Can anybody relate to what I am going through?
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The bacteria could be in your sinuses. Have you had a CAT scan?
Does anyone feel from the left side of the throat.
@danny2022 were you ever able to find anything that helped?
It is apparent that many of us suffer from similar issues, I know that some probably do have different reasons for it - LPR, reflux, motility issues, allergies, but many of us are probably having long covid reactions involving mast cell/immune system activation or virus reservoirs driving these persistent symptoms, etc.
Just wanted to check in and see if OP ever made any progress in the intervening years…
@coachmary you know all of my PFTs were normal too. Gosh I think this discussion was quite awhile back. Anyway a year or more after Covid I was tested for allergies and discovered I developed a slew of them, both food and environmental that I’d never had before. Weird but not uncommon I’m told. I always react with upper respiratory phlegm and use the inhaler occasionally to clear it. I was also extremely dry and excessively thirsty. The interesting diagnosis I ended up with is Sjogren’s.