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@wannaknow2

Made an account here just to see if you found any clues, I also have been dealing with exact same with photos to share. Lol. It’s frustrating finding zero answers online.

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Hi @wannaknow2, Welcome to Connect. @vita61 shared what helped her in a post earlier in the discussion here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/722883/

Have you seen an ENT specialist or thought about seeking help at a major teaching hospital or health facility?

Ugh, I have the same exact issue, and it looks like I took the photos you posted. I've had several ENT visits where they claimed my regular mucus wasn't draining properly, and the pooling of it was causing these weird rubber chiclets. I had surgery for a deviated septum and bilateral turbinite reduction. Post-surgery, I have gone from hacking one of these out weekly to at least once a day. The ENT surgeon told me to use a sinus wash and pop a mucinex daily. I don't want to have to do this. It sounds like a bandaid and is not a solution. My primary dr suggested it was allergies and something that I just need to deal with. I asked for and went through all of the allergy tests and came up with zero allergies. So frustrating and, honestly, quite embarrassing trying to dislodge these things.