Continued Post-Nasal Drip and Constant Mucus in Throat

swkuhner, Bless you. I'm in my 9th month of the thick slimy mucous in the back of my throat with hypersalivation. I get choked on this stuff at night. I have tried everything over the counter, prescription & natural and absolutely nothing gets rid of it. The best thing I have used is Colgate Peroxyl....Do not swallow. Scrape your tongue several times after spitting it out and then rinse. Also, I gargle with warm salt water which thins out the thick mucous, but, its temporary. Hot lemon ginger tea helps for a while, but, it is short lived. My own personal diagnosis is that Covid attacked the mucosa in my mouth and my salivary glands. I have had my mouth cultured and it is not thrush....just normal mouth bacteria, but, it's anything but normal. I drink lots of water, got off sugar, lost weight and I could tell no difference with this stuff in my mouth. I will agree that milk products make it worse as does eating anything salty like a slice of pizza. I go to Long Covid Clinic in a few days and hopefully will get some answers. We have to all stick together. Praying for all of you. God knows.....Stay Tuned....

hi mates....
I wanted to have some opinions... the worst food I could eat for post nasal drip, was ice creams for sure.
I thought then to eat something completely different... and i tried this food daily. It seems that it helps... I d like to know if this helps other people too.

I am just reaching the one year mark and I’m so disappointed and frustrated. I hate the thought of living with this forever!. Yep I’ve tried it all. I can’t wait to hear what you find out at the long Covid clinic - please update us!

I realllllllly shouldnt post this, because I don’t want to be a downer. But. My immunologist said my inability to swallow could be —read it: could be— from mast cell activation. She had me tested extensively, and I register as “severe”. It was such a relief to hear there might be a reason. ( did you read that I first had labs done? It’s taken 3 months to parse this all out. Please do not decide from this post that you have it. Please!!!) BUT: The next day I went to the “BIG ENT specialist” who “specializes in swallowing issues.” He said post nasal drip was an ambiguous term that doesn’t mean anything, really (?!?).
Do you want to guess what the fix was for the severe inability to swallow?? You guessed it correctly, o my long haulers of the world: I just needed REASSURANCE! From HIM. Reassurance that it is NOT an issue, that it is not something to get worried about ( read: you’re overly anxious and you are causing this). That actually? NOTHING is wrong at all. If I stop coughing ( I interrupt him, I don’t HAVE a cough) I will loosen my tight throat muscles. But either way, I just need to know that I am “Neuro-Normal, not Neuro-divergent” ( what the?).
I couldn’t get out fast enough.
And Yes, I had told his MA about the MCAS diagnosis B4 my appt. She just didn’t tell him, or it didn’t matter, or something. As I got up to leave he said— “you’re a piece of Cake “
Ugh. Bite me.

I am just reaching the one year mark and I’m so disappointed and frustrated. I hate the thought of living with this forever!. Yep I’ve tried it all. I can’t wait to hear what you find out at the long Covid clinic - please update us!

I realllllllly shouldnt post this, because I don’t want to be a downer. But. My immunologist said my inability to swallow could be —read it: could be— from mast cell activation. She had me tested extensively, and I register as “severe”. It was such a relief to hear there might be a reason. ( did you read that I first had labs done? It’s taken 3 months to parse this all out. Please do not decide from this post that you have it. Please!!!) BUT: The next day I went to the “BIG ENT specialist” who “specializes in swallowing issues.” He said post nasal drip was an ambiguous term that doesn’t mean anything, really (?!?).
Do you want to guess what the fix was for the severe inability to swallow?? You guessed it correctly, o my long haulers of the world: I just needed REASSURANCE! From HIM. Reassurance that it is NOT an issue, that it is not something to get worried about ( read: you’re overly anxious and you are causing this). That actually? NOTHING is wrong at all. If I stop coughing ( I interrupt him, I don’t HAVE a cough) I will loosen my tight throat muscles. But either way, I just need to know that I am “Neuro-Normal, not Neuro-divergent” ( what the?).
I couldn’t get out fast enough.
And Yes, I had told his MA about the MCAS diagnosis B4 my appt. She just didn’t tell him, or it didn’t matter, or something. As I got up to leave he said— “you’re a piece of Cake “
Ugh. Bite me.

I realllllllly shouldnt post this, because I don’t want to be a downer. But. My immunologist said my inability to swallow could be —read it: could be— from mast cell activation. She had me tested extensively, and I register as “severe”. It was such a relief to hear there might be a reason. ( did you read that I first had labs done? It’s taken 3 months to parse this all out. Please do not decide from this post that you have it. Please!!!) BUT: The next day I went to the “BIG ENT specialist” who “specializes in swallowing issues.” He said post nasal drip was an ambiguous term that doesn’t mean anything, really (?!?).
Do you want to guess what the fix was for the severe inability to swallow?? You guessed it correctly, o my long haulers of the world: I just needed REASSURANCE! From HIM. Reassurance that it is NOT an issue, that it is not something to get worried about ( read: you’re overly anxious and you are causing this). That actually? NOTHING is wrong at all. If I stop coughing ( I interrupt him, I don’t HAVE a cough) I will loosen my tight throat muscles. But either way, I just need to know that I am “Neuro-Normal, not Neuro-divergent” ( what the?).
I couldn’t get out fast enough.
And Yes, I had told his MA about the MCAS diagnosis B4 my appt. She just didn’t tell him, or it didn’t matter, or something. As I got up to leave he said— “you’re a piece of Cake “
Ugh. Bite me.

I realllllllly shouldnt post this, because I don’t want to be a downer. But. My immunologist said my inability to swallow could be —read it: could be— from mast cell activation. She had me tested extensively, and I register as “severe”. It was such a relief to hear there might be a reason. ( did you read that I first had labs done? It’s taken 3 months to parse this all out. Please do not decide from this post that you have it. Please!!!) BUT: The next day I went to the “BIG ENT specialist” who “specializes in swallowing issues.” He said post nasal drip was an ambiguous term that doesn’t mean anything, really (?!?).
Do you want to guess what the fix was for the severe inability to swallow?? You guessed it correctly, o my long haulers of the world: I just needed REASSURANCE! From HIM. Reassurance that it is NOT an issue, that it is not something to get worried about ( read: you’re overly anxious and you are causing this). That actually? NOTHING is wrong at all. If I stop coughing ( I interrupt him, I don’t HAVE a cough) I will loosen my tight throat muscles. But either way, I just need to know that I am “Neuro-Normal, not Neuro-divergent” ( what the?).
I couldn’t get out fast enough.
And Yes, I had told his MA about the MCAS diagnosis B4 my appt. She just didn’t tell him, or it didn’t matter, or something. As I got up to leave he said— “you’re a piece of Cake “
Ugh. Bite me.

Well I’ll sure give the popcorn a try! Ice cream same here but non dairy cones like from McDonald’s or Burger King? They do just fine! As good as an apple anyway which is one of my best bets.

Prescription from ENT
10 mg
No side effects