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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
I had Covid recently and had a persistent feeling like I had a hairball near the back of my throat/ very high up respiratory tract. Would not come up or break up. Cough was non-productive. Made my feel like I was gaging.
I don't like taking medicine if I don't have to, so I tried all the usual, steam, tea, lozenges,all kinds of herbs and vitamins, etc. I finally broke down and took Dexamethasone Oral rinse .5mg that was in the cabinet. I am in the Dental profession and this is an old remedy for a lot of oral things such as Lichen Plants and such. I rinsed/gargled with it for a few minutes and swallowed a tiny bit several times while gargling. Spit out the rest. I took some Ibuprofen as well figuring there was inflammation. This did the trick for me. 80% better the next morning. I did this twice/day for several days.
I am not giving medical advice so seek the advice of your doctor. And if you need it tell them it's an Oral Solution without dye, .5mg.
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And indeed my PCP would not prescribe the oral rinse!
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I have the same thing going on. It started a month after the original covid onset. I had started to feel better after 10 days but never really good and then went backwards with this throat mucous and inability to clear it. To complicate the whole situation I was diagnosed with heart failure at the same time. Covid caused? Cardiologist is uncertain because I had an existing cardiomyopathy and I wasn’t hospitalized for covid so the direct correlation isnt documented. Anyway the throat glob is accompanied by wheezing. This has been going on for two months already and chest x-ray is clear, heart echo shows no fluid, so it’s not caused by heart failure and fluid backup. I’m wondering if you experienced wheezing too? This is so frustrating. I don’t think my PCP would prescribe the rinse you’re talking about and who I would see for it. I’m thinking about ENT. Anyway, back to the main question, did you have wheezing too?