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Every day I cough up what looks like a scab with ugly mucous and blood

Posted by needtoknow @needtoknow, Feb 10, 2016

Every day I cough up what looks like a scab with ugly mucous and tiny amounts of blood. It seems to come from the back of my throat or nose. My doctor has seen the scab but does not see anything wrong. This, to me, seems really odd. Has anyone had this problem?

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bfrank | @bfrank | Mar 16, 2023
In reply to @kathleenintexas "As I read about problems with mucus in the throat, I never see fungus mentioned. The..." + (show)
@kathleenintexas

As I read about problems with mucus in the throat, I never see fungus mentioned. The Mayo Clinic came out with a study in 1999 that a majority of sinus infections were fungal in origin. I had sinus surgery in 2010 and had to ask the surgeon to send a specimen to a lab to check for fungus. The response from the lab was 'yes' there was fungus, but they did not specify which one. And my ENT never mentioned the word fungus. It is very difficult to completely eradicate fungus from the sinuses, but diet changes, supplements and irrigating can help control it. The fungus produces a very thick mucus that pools in the back of my throat at night while laying down. It only drains if I am upright, so I am usually up 3-4 hours in the middle of the night waiting for it to clear, so I can lay down again and get more sleep. Even the CDC came out with
"Fungal Awareness Week". From their website: "A key clue to when a sick person may have a fungal disease is that he or she is being treated with medicine for another type of infection but does not get better." So, consider fungus.

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Very interesting. I’m on the CDC website now reading about the different types of fungal diseases. Thank you for the information.

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wmieldon | @wmieldon | Mar 16, 2023

I have the same problem sometimes very pasty hard to cough lose I google with warm salt water that seems to help loosen so I can cough it up

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bronzee | @bronzee | Mar 17, 2023
In reply to @kathleenintexas "As I read about problems with mucus in the throat, I never see fungus mentioned. The..." + (show)
@kathleenintexas

As I read about problems with mucus in the throat, I never see fungus mentioned. The Mayo Clinic came out with a study in 1999 that a majority of sinus infections were fungal in origin. I had sinus surgery in 2010 and had to ask the surgeon to send a specimen to a lab to check for fungus. The response from the lab was 'yes' there was fungus, but they did not specify which one. And my ENT never mentioned the word fungus. It is very difficult to completely eradicate fungus from the sinuses, but diet changes, supplements and irrigating can help control it. The fungus produces a very thick mucus that pools in the back of my throat at night while laying down. It only drains if I am upright, so I am usually up 3-4 hours in the middle of the night waiting for it to clear, so I can lay down again and get more sleep. Even the CDC came out with
"Fungal Awareness Week". From their website: "A key clue to when a sick person may have a fungal disease is that he or she is being treated with medicine for another type of infection but does not get better." So, consider fungus.

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I'm not saying it's not a fungal disease causing the problem but the presence of fungus does not mean that the fungus is causing the disease, most fungus is not pathogenic to us and some of it is helpful, so eradicating all fungus is not do-able or wise. Fungal spores are everywhere and we breath in millions a day.

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irinig | @irinig | Mar 18, 2023

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r4d | @r4d | Apr 7, 2023

Yes after nasopharynx surgery months and sire throat

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r4d | @r4d | Apr 7, 2023
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@elal

Hey! Did any of you find a "treatment" for these scabs? I have them too, seems no ENT can figure out why...

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Did you get answer,? I've had since nasopharynx surgery at Mayo

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@seekinginfo | @nrd1 | Apr 7, 2023
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@r4d

Did you get answer,? I've had since nasopharynx surgery at Mayo

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Curious what area do they operate for Nasopharynx surgery and what is it for?

I have read about people getting this after having alterations to their nasal cavity as well.

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jackswife | @jackswife | May 10, 2023

Had this happen to me for the 1st time today at work. I've really have an issue with the Post Nasal Drip & constantly draining down the back of my throat. I started to research the symptoms when I came across this group. For the people that submitted their dry-like scab tainted with blood, it's almost identical to what I brought up. I managed to catch it when I felt it draining down & managed to get it out before I swallowd it. Thank you everyone for your posts & have a "blessed" day.

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chasman | @chasman | Jun 6, 2023

I as well have this same problem. I need to use a neil rinse suck it up into my adnoid area which were removed. Most times I hack afterwards and it loosens and out comes a scab dried up with brownish yellow color. If I can't I have to fo to ENT and he uses a hard scope and suction. Says it is mucus hanging up on scar tissue from removed adnoids. Why only my left side after sinus surgery in 2020

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