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Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat
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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This medicine is a very old tried and true for Oral problems. My grown son had the same thing going on( Covid effects as well )and I prescribed this for him and he felt relief within 24 hours. I am not your doctor and I can not speak for you but it is my thinking with my own experience that this latest variant of the Covid virus causes inflammation of the esophagus and throat and higher upper respiratory area. .5ml =5mg is the lowest dose and it worked for us. I am not sure what you mean by wheezing as that can be different for different people. I never felt like I could not take in air. My nose was rarely clogged badly, It was more the back of the throat and higher up respiratory. I did not feel like I had rales while breathing. I am not sure who can prescribe it to you but if you need help and you finally find someone who is willing you can reach out to me on this site and I will try to help them. Its really not that complicated. But they do need to know you and your particular situation. Dexamethasone Oral rinse. .5mg/5 ml. No dye, no sugar.
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1 ReactionThank you so much for the reply. Yes my mucous is very high like in the back of my throat. And the wheeze is on the exhale like a high pitched rattle when light and a airy, whirring wheeze when worse , coming right from my throat. It doesn’t come from deeper down and, as I stated before, my chest X-ray and heart echo do not show fluid. My daughter has dexamethasone .625 prescribed for respiratory stress following covid. I’ve wondered if I dissolved it and gargled if that would have the same effect you’ve had from the liquid. Any thoughts?
No wheezing. Just coughing up gunk.
@mimioto As a nurse, I would strongly recommend that you speak with your doctor before you dissolve dexamethasone for a gargle. Dexamethasone is a steroid and can be dangerous if used incorrectly.
Will you call your doctor and get his ok before making up a gargle?
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2 ReactionsYes I know you’re right. I’d be too afraid yo do it on my own anyway. Thank you.
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2 ReactionsI have a problem with clearing my throat. It is causing immense distress and driving me and my family mad. I have tried the nasal rinse but it makes me gag and I really hate the feeling. If I thought it would make it go away I would continue. I have always had a bit of a problem with it but it's much worse since I had Covid.
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1 ReactionDid your ent help you? You story sounds like mine...Nothing seems to help!
ENT rescheduled appointment, in the meantime it finally cleared up on its own! About a total of 10 weeks after initial covid diagnosis.
So happy for you that it cleared up. I had covid and June and I am still dealing with it!
To update this I was prescribed beta blockers in higher dosages as this throat and wheezing problem occurred post covid because of the heart failure diagnosis. Then I was transferred to a heart failure clinic and a change in beta blocker from metoprolol (serious nighttime respiratory distress) to carvedilol that caused serious shortness of breath during exercise. Chest x-Ray, spirometry and Echo during this time frame showed clear lungs and heart - no fluid. Then a right side cardiac cath was normal heart but mild elevated pressure in lungs. So the breathing difficulty has been determined to be asthma. Whether it’s been present long term but mild and undiagnosed or covid induced is yet to be determined or may never be. However, the beta blockers were stopped immediately because they exacerbated the asthma. Next stop pulmonary clinic while still under heart failure clinic watch. Good news is I am not in heart failure. I am now starting the fourth month of post covid respiratory problems.