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Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat

Posted by adominic @adominic, Mar 22, 2022

I was sick the last week or January/first week of February. Home Test-negative, rapid PCR-negative. All COVID symptoms and known prolonged exposure to infected individuals make me believe it was COVID. Since then, I have had a tremendously hard time dealing with post-nasal drip and mucus collecting in my throat. It is clear, sticky and almost impossible to remove from throat by coughing or clearing my throat. Flonase does nothing, allergy pills do nothing. Had anyone else had an issue like this post COVID? How long did it last? What did you do to cope? Small problem in comparison to others that post here, I realize.

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gillysmom | @gillysmom | Oct 4, 2022
In reply to @jlkdaggett "I am 11 mo post vax injury and have added throat issues to my array of..." + (show)
@jlkdaggett

I am 11 mo post vax injury and have added throat issues to my array of issues. Mine flares with food and supplements - constantly feel like I have mucus stuck in my esophagus and my right tonsil get mad at all foods. Really struggling to eat anything or even drink water. Have you found relief? I did start prednisone course for 5 days to maybe hit the swelling but tbd. Seeing a functional MD Thursday. I have no idea what to do.

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Have you had an ANA teat to chec foe any autoimmune reactions? Several people including myself have shared our stories about our autoimmune reactions to thw Covid 19 vaccination. That situation of high ANA (inflammation) might be causing your issues. In any case , I have use collidal silver, 10PPM to gargle,nebulize and drink when I have anyhing clode to the problems you are experiencing. I also have a suppresse immune system, which the Mod. 1 vaccine had a significant negative impact, suppressing what function I id have. and causing intense infecctions, a reurgence of old autoimmune problems, and a new autoimmune disease. I have had to repeat the colloidal silver gargling, nebulizing, and drinking CS multiple times following the vax injury , but now I am clear. I hope you find the cause of your problems and successfully treat them All the best.

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jlkdaggett | @jlkdaggett | Oct 4, 2022
In reply to @gillysmom "Have you had an ANA teat to chec foe any autoimmune reactions? Several people including myself..." + (show)
@gillysmom

Have you had an ANA teat to chec foe any autoimmune reactions? Several people including myself have shared our stories about our autoimmune reactions to thw Covid 19 vaccination. That situation of high ANA (inflammation) might be causing your issues. In any case , I have use collidal silver, 10PPM to gargle,nebulize and drink when I have anyhing clode to the problems you are experiencing. I also have a suppresse immune system, which the Mod. 1 vaccine had a significant negative impact, suppressing what function I id have. and causing intense infecctions, a reurgence of old autoimmune problems, and a new autoimmune disease. I have had to repeat the colloidal silver gargling, nebulizing, and drinking CS multiple times following the vax injury , but now I am clear. I hope you find the cause of your problems and successfully treat them All the best.

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I did have Ana run and it was detected, but the rheumatologist said it wasn’t a sky high level. But I’ve never had it before. I’m going to google collidal silver!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 4, 2022
In reply to @pyt "Hi. I was diagnosed with Covid-19 in November of 2021. Every since the diagnosis I have..." + (show)
@pyt

Hi. I was diagnosed with Covid-19 in November of 2021. Every since the diagnosis I have been suffering from chronic throat mucus. It feels like I have a lump in my throat. I can't cough anything up and out. I am constantly clearing my throat and swallowing. Some days or worse than others depending on what I eat and drink. I have to limit or have no coffee, tea, orange juice, alcohol, dairy products, and certain foods due to the mucus build up. I have tried antibiotics thinking it was r/t to sinus infection early on as well as using a steroid pack and having a steroid injection. I've used otc medications such as mucinex, sudafed, benadryl, zyrtec, nasal sinus rinses, nasal sprays, all natural mucus clear from Amazon, eucalyptus oil in humidifier. I've also tried Nexium, Omeprazole and Protonix bc I was told it could be GERD or LPR which is Laryngopharyngeal Reflux. None of these meds have given me any alleviation of my symptoms which include belching, constant clearing my throat and swallowing, getting choked up and coughing, pnd, throat irritation from clearing/swallowing, sensation of having a lump in throat, food get stuck in my throat, nausea and headaches. These symptoms stem from the constant constant constant swallowing and clearing my throat. I've seem my regular physician and an ENT regarding my symptoms and the medications listed above or the meds I was recommended to try. I had to change my lifestyle/diet due to this problem. It's been going on for nearly a year and I still have it. If anyone have any advice to rid this I would greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.

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Welcome, @pyt. I moved your message to this existing discussion that @adominic started on the same topic:
- Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/continued-post-nasal-drip-and-constant-mucus-in-throat/

I did this so you can read the previous posts and tips as well as connect with other members like @linh @susie333 @jeff79922 @artist01 @ehc713 @beebee000 and others.

May I ask how you changed your lifestyle and diet because of the mucus production? What helps?

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mtada347 | @mtada347 | Oct 4, 2022

Is there a connection between Covid19 and post nasal drip?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 4, 2022
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@mtada347

Is there a connection between Covid19 and post nasal drip?

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@mtada347, I think you'll appreciate following the Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 support group (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/post-covid-recovery-covid-19/) . To help you connect with others experiencing post nasal drip, I moved your message to this existing discussion:
– Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/continued-post-nasal-drip-and-constant-mucus-in-throat/

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mtada347 | @mtada347 | Oct 4, 2022

I've had Covid in late April. Ever since then, I've had post nasal drip. I'm beginning to wonder if its just post covid symptoms, or reinfection. I'm praying its post covid symptoms.

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linh | @linh | Oct 5, 2022

When the pandemic first hit I'd watch the Chinese doctors on a English speaking Chinese news T.V. station perform old school postural drainage and percussion (PD&P) on their hospitalized Covid-19 patients while they turned them in bed in China.

I got good and sick at the beginning of the pandemic with what I do not know, but I self administered this older technique as best I could, by cusping a hand & lightly tapping on my back in a postural draining position. I was really on my own during the beginning of the pandemic so I pulled out all the stops! PD&P may be really frowned upon these days here for all I know, but I found it helped in a pinch.

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gillysmom | @gillysmom | Oct 5, 2022
In reply to @jlkdaggett "I did have Ana run and it was detected, but the rheumatologist said it wasn’t a..." + (show)
@jlkdaggett

I did have Ana run and it was detected, but the rheumatologist said it wasn’t a sky high level. But I’ve never had it before. I’m going to google collidal silver!

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It has literally been a life savr for me with my immune sstem so suppressed. I hope it helps you. Nebulizing gets the CS spray to the source, the sinuses, and gargling helps keep organisms from growing in throat where so many thrive. Think of gargling and adding nebulizer in the beginning to help fight the chronic infection. There is a Facebok group, colloidal silver success stories, which can give you hundreds of success stories if you need more info, Traditional meicine and big phara are consistentlt negative about CS. Wish you success and healing.
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mojo1372 | @mojo1372 | Oct 6, 2022
In reply to @pyt "Hi. I was diagnosed with Covid-19 in November of 2021. Every since the diagnosis I have..." + (show)
@pyt

Hi. I was diagnosed with Covid-19 in November of 2021. Every since the diagnosis I have been suffering from chronic throat mucus. It feels like I have a lump in my throat. I can't cough anything up and out. I am constantly clearing my throat and swallowing. Some days or worse than others depending on what I eat and drink. I have to limit or have no coffee, tea, orange juice, alcohol, dairy products, and certain foods due to the mucus build up. I have tried antibiotics thinking it was r/t to sinus infection early on as well as using a steroid pack and having a steroid injection. I've used otc medications such as mucinex, sudafed, benadryl, zyrtec, nasal sinus rinses, nasal sprays, all natural mucus clear from Amazon, eucalyptus oil in humidifier. I've also tried Nexium, Omeprazole and Protonix bc I was told it could be GERD or LPR which is Laryngopharyngeal Reflux. None of these meds have given me any alleviation of my symptoms which include belching, constant clearing my throat and swallowing, getting choked up and coughing, pnd, throat irritation from clearing/swallowing, sensation of having a lump in throat, food get stuck in my throat, nausea and headaches. These symptoms stem from the constant constant constant swallowing and clearing my throat. I've seem my regular physician and an ENT regarding my symptoms and the medications listed above or the meds I was recommended to try. I had to change my lifestyle/diet due to this problem. It's been going on for nearly a year and I still have it. If anyone have any advice to rid this I would greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.

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Know what you are going thru . I have bad GERD they docs tell me its the acid coming up into my throat .Wake up my throat is totally congested find myself cough like crazy and trying to clear my throat . I started using my nebulizer I have for asthma with my asthma med every morning sometimes that the only thing that clear my throat in the mornings . Keep ices pops (sugar free) on hand those seem to help also . Throat lozengers like Ludens help also .I am on antacids of all kinds, try to watch my diet , I sleep with a wedge .I have been going thru this for about 4-5 years now . It's just so annoying . I just got covid for the second time and its just making all of this 100x worse .

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pyt | @pyt | Oct 6, 2022
In reply to @colleenyoung "Welcome, @pyt. I moved your message to this existing discussion that @adominic started on the same..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Welcome, @pyt. I moved your message to this existing discussion that @adominic started on the same topic:
- Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/continued-post-nasal-drip-and-constant-mucus-in-throat/

I did this so you can read the previous posts and tips as well as connect with other members like @linh @susie333 @jeff79922 @artist01 @ehc713 @beebee000 and others.

May I ask how you changed your lifestyle and diet because of the mucus production? What helps?

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Hi there,

I've changed my lifestyle by having very little to no dairy products, any sweets, certain beverages like tea, oj, and coffee or alcohol. I also avoid foods like crackers, cookies anything crumbly because it get caught in the mucus in my throat. It's a nuisance. I use a humidifier at times. I stay hydrated. I have gargled with warm salt water. I elevate my head at night while sleeping. Truth be told nothing that I've done has gotten rid of the mucus in my throat. Even with the lifestyle changes I still have the production and some days or worse than others. I'm really looking for someone to give me some additional advice because I'm at a lost.

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