Phlegm in my throat and post nasal drip after Covid
Ever since I had covid in January of 2022 I recovered from the virus but I was left with a constant phlegm in the back of my throat and post nasal drip that will not go away. The feeling of having mucus in the back of my throat actually gets worse when I try to get rid of it by coughing. I have been given steroid inhalers, albuterol, allergy medication, but none of these work. The mucus gets worse especially after I eat. I've never felt like this before and it all started after covid. Can anybody relate to what I am going through?
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I believe you. I was told by all my doctors to see an infectious disease doctor and when I called one who was referred to me, I was told she doesn't work with parasites. So frustrating. I also discovered on my own I had parasites by the thousands in my colon and rectum. I demanded my gastroenterologist order stool tests. I made sure the white worms were in the stool. It took 17 days for QUEST lab to finish the testing. They never picked up the worms but did find one cell protozoa called blastocystitis. Now my gastro dr is convinced and ordered more tests. Crptosporidium, Clycospora, Isospora, Microspora. Only a cellophane tape test is used to test for pinwoms. I've been self medicating with pyrantel pamoate every 2 weeks and eating raw pumpkin seed, papaya seeds, walnuts, drinking wormwood tea, and literally photographing every bowel movement. I can enlarge the pictures to see hundreds of worms and it is so disgusting that I have to dissociate from these realities or will go crazy. I went to so many specialists and I think they all believe I'm making this up or an a hypocondriac. One of my symptoms is dry skin so horribly cracked and hardened. I read your entry this morning and decided to see if biofilm also cases cracked dry skin and it does. Now I need to further research this topic. My dermotologist is so lame. Never takes skin samples. His treatment? Blast every raised spot with nitro spray to freeze them. Or try to sell you his $100 jar of skin cream with chemicals in it. Where do I go to have a sample of my dry skin analyzed? I'm convinced I have biofilm from living ectoparasites. Picture of my calf on left leg taken yesterday, 8/30/25. I'm going to go outside and dry brush my legs with a dry brush I've had for years and never use it. Then wash skin with antibacterial soap. And apply homemade ointment made with coconut oil and mango butter. Please help.
An update on my diagnosis regarding constant mucus and hoarseness after 3 yrs. After appts with an ENT, Primary Dr, and 2 gastrologists with cat scans, endoscopy, Bravo test, xray while swallowing, several prescriptions, and my own research on diet it kept getting worse. The hoarseness got worse so had my 2nd visit to another ENT. Testing showed abnormal cells in my voice box and after a biopsy was confirmed severe dysplasia (pre cancerous cells) i am still in shock and angered at all I went thru. And each dr gave up on me with the conclusion live with it. So now meeting with a radiologist for radiation treatments. So now I am looking at possible permanent voice change, swallowing problems and damage to vocal cords! I am so discouraged and scared. The medical field is encountered failed to look beyond. Sad!!!
I’m so very sorry for what you’re going through. And I’m angry at the medical profession on your behalf. Even tho I don’t know you I’ll be thinking of you and seeing you healed.
Thank you. I really wanted others to keep searching with health issues. It took 3 years for someone to finally suggest another ENT visit.
Bless you
boo6, Praying for you right now and so sorry to hear this. So sorry for what all you have
been through. So glad you pushed through to see another ENT doctor.
Blessings & Continued prayers for you.
A couple of years ago someone suggested using TheraZinc Immune Support Throat Spray. Being as desperate as everyone with post covid, I tried it. It doesn’t cure anything but it helped me tremendously to keep the back of my throat clear. I get it on Amazon and saw it at my local natural/organic grocery. Hope this helps. I’m going on year four with long covid. Most of my symptoms are related to exercise or exertion of any kind and brain fog. I’m now out of shape and have put on weight for lack of real exercise. I’m exhausted most of my days even after resting. Praying we all get better soon.
I’m still stuck with it.
Thanks for yourany and all hugs ❤️
I had a bad case of covid in Dec 2023, I coughed horribly and the coughing continued until this past August 2025...when it just stopped. No phlegm and no throwing up. I coughed so bad I was throwing up everywhere and now nothing! I still have my hiatial hernia (scope tomorrow as I am now anemic and they suspect bleeding) but...that horrid cough is completely gone after one year and a half. The only thing different are two air purifiers but I had them for a couple of months before the cough stopped...? I am taking iron pills now as my hemoglobin was low. I don't see how the iron pills could have helped the cough...but who knows....... My gosh I just googled it and YES Iron pills do stop cough. My friends have your blood checked. My hemoglobin was so low I was anemic. Two months of iron and my year and a half cough stopped completely. Iron is not safe to take without a doctors permission. But do check it out.
I’ve had this for 4 going on 5 years now. It’s gotten so bad it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Always happens in the morning.
They just chalked it up to asthma and I do believe I developed that later on from severe acid reflux— but they were never able to explain why the phlegm happened after covid!
It’s every single day for me and I wish I was exaggerating.. the only thing that provided someee kind of relief was a nasal rinse.
Even then it just makes it so that I have less symptoms, over none at all.
It’s even made me develop tonsil stones (I’m 19 and never had before)