Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat

Me, too, since COVID in Jan, 2023.

i used to use the neti pot..i now use the navage..i love it..it has helped me a lot..

Ugh! These drs that dismiss!!
I posted this on another thread, but it may be helpful?
I’m not shilling for NY Mt Sinai, but their post Covid clinic info says:

Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome is New—But It’s Real

Because post-COVID symptoms are such a new phenomenon, many patients find that friends, family, and even some physicians dismiss what they are experiencing. This can cause anxiety and depression on top of the physical burden. We know, however, that there are enormous numbers of patients who are presenting with these symptoms.

Many of our patients at the Center for Post-COVID Care are in their 20s to 40s, were relatively healthy, and had mild cases of COVID-19. Most were never hospitalized. Some patients come to the center with diagnosable damage from COVID-19, especially in the lungs. However, many have no clear cause for their symptoms—except that they had COVID-19. One theory is that the immune system is still in overdrive from fighting the virus during the infection. We are studying commonalities among patients, using data we have compiled on lungs, hearts, and brains from high resolution imaging. This will help us determine the effects of COVID-19. In many patients, we are also finding microscopic blood clots in the lungs, heart, liver, and the brain.

“The virus has many different effects on the body. Because the virus goes everywhere after it goes to the lungs, the immune response goes everywhere as well. So part of the damage is from the virus itself, but the immune system is also doing damage to your organs. Your immune system starts by activating cells that kill the virus. But sometimes these cells damage the organ the virus is next to, so it’s almost like collateral damage,” says Zijian Chen, MD, medical director of the Center for Post-COVID Care.

Hello @changlinhua and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I see you are interested in connecting with others who may also have experience in post-nasal drip, so you will notice that I have moved your post here:
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Members like @car0 @beebee000 @griffin1120 and @yinzerific may be able to return to join you.

Have you tried a neti pot before?

So far, I have found nothing that helps this sticky thick saliva. Culture shows it is no longer thrush, just normal mouth bacteria...but it is anything but normal. I believe Covid attacked my mucosa and salivary glands (that's just my thoughts). I have been diagnosed with long Covid and am going to a Covid Recovery Clinic next month. I get choked on this stuff at night, I scrape my tongue several times a day, use Listerine, Perxoyl, and brush 3 times a day, salt water rinse, stay hydrated and still have this. Some days are better than others, but, it is never gone. I realize this is nothing compared to others. It's not painful, just aggravating. I'm hopeful there will be a solution for us all. Prayers....

this is exactly what i've been going through now for three and a half years, i have tried every thing, i can get it under control sometimes but it NEVER is gone from my throat and this is NOT post nasal drip..two nights ago it was so bad it blocked my airway, a nurse said to me once.."why don't you just swallow it"...serious, i wish i could..this is not like a normal mucus..it's like elmers glue that lines my throat and builds and it is always there... i thought by now i would be over this and i'm soooo exhaused, i swear i could fall asleep standing up, we have to keep fighting this..hang in there!!

beebee000, Yes we will get through this. Bless you and I am sorry you have battled this for 3 1/2 years. I've had it for 8 months. Praying for you right now! Hopeful...

Did you ever find a remedy? I’m experiencing exactly what you describe since middle of April 2023. I had a hip replacement in march. I’m active and a personal trainer. The costa t swallow I have is truly annoying! Now feels upper respiratory.

Live a low to no, histamine life……thats how to stop it. Also Singular and Pepcid AC every morning. Educate yourself on MCAS to make sure that is not the root cause as it was for me. Mast Cell never goes away ……..they push a vegetarian diet but that made it worse for me. I went on a Carnivore protocol and it immediately got under control. Maybe thats because I a an O blood type, created by meateaters. It’s a very careful diet of very low histamine foods and water and carbonated water w a bit of Monk fruit to sweeten. Thats it……but I don’t choke or have phlegm in my sinus, and mucus in eyes or fluid in my ears any more…..if so, I check my diet immediately. I also keep Histamine Block very close by and use Chromolyn Sodium nasal spray. Good luck!

I have had this for 3 years - post Covid 11/2020. I have had covid 2 additional times since. Yes I’m vaccinated and boosted. I have tried many “fixes” - from homeopath to 800$ inhalers with no relieve. It has lessened to mornings instead of all day and night. I cough until around 11 am expelling thick sticky mucus. The way I describe it is - think of a cat with a fur-ball stuck . Until they have more data I have given up on a “cure”. As the drs say - we can treat the symptoms. At this point, I’ve learned to live with it.