Phlegm in my throat and post nasal drip after Covid

because all this thick phlegm always stays in my throat it really has messed up my sinuses to the point i do get the nasal drip down my throat, the weird thing is it builds in my throat after i eat or drink anything....so to help keep it from building in the sinuses i was prescribed "budesonide" that i use with my navage..it does help keep the nasal drip down. this stuff flushes out my sinus cavities so i can breath.. but i still can't figure out why the phlegm/mucus keeps building...i have alot of other symptoms to that come and go alot but if i could pick just one to go away...it would be the thick yuck in my throat!!!

I understand you misery. I’ve had the same thing since late August 2022, a month after covid. It dries out the nasal passages and sinuses and the mucous is nearly gagging in my throat. I get it. I too am on Symbicort, which is a combo of budesonide and formoterol. The pulmonologist, whom I saw in December, believes the mucous is developing as a result of acid reflux. But do I have heartburn? No. Why? Because it appears to be a problem with sphincters, both the lower (LE), and upper (UE) esophageal sphincters not functioning correctly - so it is known as LPR (laryngopharaengeal reflux) aka silent reflux, which doesn’t cause heartburn since the acid isn’t stuck in your chest between the LE and UE sphincters (as in GERD). Instead the acid shoots up into your throat and the mucous develops to protect your throat, larynx, etc from the stomach acid. I even feel little food particles with the acid as far up as in my nose! Ugh!!! My appointment with ENT isn’t until February. Meantime it helps to eat less and remain upright for 2-3 hours after a meal - don’t lie down! If I eat late and go to bed too soon I’ll have horrible mucous coughing up in the morning that must develop throughout the length of the esophagus. I do find chewing gum helps after eating to keep me swallowing. I mean I chew like a lot of gum for a couple hours after a meal and after every little snack. I even started a gum wrapper chain that I suspect will be quite long by the time this is resolved! What I eat doesn’t seem to matter aLOT because it seems like anything that goes down causes the reaction. Apples though are sustaining for me and celery-NOT ( and it’s supposed to be a good one). And remaining on my feet, moving around, works even better than simply sitting upright. Lounging after dinner? No way. Best of luck to all of us with this misery!

Does it get into your chest too. I'm having the same problem and my starts in my throat but drains into my chest. I can feel and hear it rattle when I take a deep breath. The doctor gave me steroids and antibiotics to see if it would help and it didn't at all. I can breath fine it's just so irritating it drives me crazy.

COVID-19 “Long Hauler” Symptoms Survey Report
A Study Conducted by Dr. Natalie Lambert and Survivor Corps
Lambert, N. J. & Survivor Corps. COVID-19 “Long Hauler” Symptoms Survey Report. Indiana University School of Medicine; 2020.

This study is about Covid Long haul . Please look it up on your computer Starting on pg 5 and below are some interesting facts that have been found, plus ALL symptoms with Long Covid. keep scrolling and see more. The entire study is very interesting. I am hoping to take a copy of this to the Dr so they don’t think I’m crazy. Hope you can do the same. Good luck to all of you, and please keep informing anything new with our condition. Hugs to you all.

This is interesting. I’ve had acid reflux off and on for years. Doesn’t matter what I eat or drink. I’ve noticed that sometimes it carries over the next day.
I suffer from horrible sinus and allergies. But I never had this mucus issue until after I had Covid a year ago Christmas. I wake up in the middle of the night and mornings are the worse. Sometimes I end up throwing up.
I’m going to google a few things I saw on here though.
Here’s to a resolve sooner than later.

I wonder if you’ve developed asthma. That’s the only real diagnosis I’ve gotten since all this started and the pulmonologist suspects it is covid induced since I had no prior history of asthma. The pulmonologist has said the acid reflux and asthma often coexist. I am using Symbicort for it and although it has helped tremendously through the worst of the worst, I do hate it the idea of becoming dependent on it so I’m trying to wean off of it.

Sorry if my other post posted. I messed up 🤦🏼‍♀️
But no. I don’t have asthma. I have no issues breathing unless I’m stopped up. Then I use the awful netti.
My daughter has asthma and eczema. Her whole life almost. But even as a smoker (on a small degree) I take a breathing test every year and I pass with flying colors. I do better than my doctor does. She doesn’t smoke. My lungs are good too.
I thought I may of gotten that smoking thing. COPD? But nope. 🙏🏻. I can’t take antihistamines either. I have RLS. It irritates it. So I have to use a nasal spray. Even Allegra bothers me.
I’ve had a deviated septum repaired and 2 of the balloon surgeries done before Covid. I had horrible sinus infection. But never this bad of post nasal drip.
I have no idea if I’m a candidate for the surgery someone mentioned earlier about freezing the nerves.
But would that help with acid reflux? If that is one cause? So many variables!

Does it get into your chest too. I'm having the same problem and my starts in my throat but drains into my chest. I can feel and hear it rattle when I take a deep breath. The doctor gave me steroids and antibiotics to see if it would help and it didn't at all. I can breath fine it's just so irritating it drives me crazy.