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Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 17 11:42am | Replies (414)Comment receiving replies
hello,
male 43 yo. otherwise in good health. never smoked.
about 12 months ago, I have been exposed repently to a high temperature change (from a 18° when I was abroad, to 30° back in my country). At the same time, I got covid.
those days, I sarted experimenting post nasal drip: mucus from the back of the nose that goes down to throat. From there, never passed completely. I still daily, experiment this.
I noticed that it gets worse, as even before
- when exposed to humid cold.
- when eating HOT food (hot milk, even pasta)
but now, something more completely new to me, it gets worse:
- when eating SUGARS, even sweet fruit (apples)
- Ice creams are the thing that get me the worst.(in fact they are sweet cold and humid)
But, oddly enough, NOT when eating sugar melt in a cup of water...
But even trying to avoid sugar and all of the above, the post nasal drip isn't completely gone, and in any case I start eating again those foods, it gets worse again.
I tried also to replace milk with soy milk or coconut milk, but sill I have the problem.
oddly, the sun, that always makes go away the post nasal drip when I had flue... does nothing at all in this case.
The specialist of ears/nose/throat who visited me, gave me some steroids nasal spray (Beclomethasone) to do for one month and repeat when neessary, but I had no benefits at all.
I was reading too that there is a "turbinate hypertrophy" that can be caused by high temperature change (like happened to me) and that causes post nasal drip, among the other things, but the doctors who visited me didnt tell me I had that. Moreover, it should cause problem to respiration, that I dont think I have.
Searching the web, some say that persistent post nasal drip may be caused by fungus, that live with sugars, and suggest to avoid sugars and eat cold liver oil, that boost immunitary system and is fungicide. but still I have the problem.
Has anyone had long term post nasal drip, after sudden temperature change/covid? or that get worse eating sugar?
and how did you solved it?
thank you!!!
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It lowers your immune system and the nasal passages are always cleaning with your immune cells. after a while, these immune cells get exhausted, and makes way for more irritants to become susceptible into your body
. I am not a doctor, but I think it’s all related. If you look at the invasion your immunity goes through every day and then put a new virus into the equation( COVID)
The excess mucus makes sense.
I am assuming the virus is still overreacting to getting hit by a foreign entity.
I still use mucinex daily. I really think it is viral overload. That’s my opinion but like I said, I’m not a doctor.
Did you ever find a remedy? I’m experiencing exactly what you describe since middle of April 2023. I had a hip replacement in march. I’m active and a personal trainer. The costa t swallow I have is truly annoying! Now feels upper respiratory.
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I kind of go with Occum's Razor and would look for the most common causes of stuff and exhaust those before looking at the less likely or sheerly anecdotal. I suspect that many people have experienced something similar caused by any number of things including allergies, pollutants, colds, etc. There are over-the-counter decongestants that help slow the production of mucus or dry it out. The only one that works for me is pseudophedrine hydrochloride. No prescription is required but you have to buy it at a pharmacy as it's sale is restricted because fools use it to make crystal meth. (I've never had any luck with the steroid nasal sprays.)