hi hopeless
sorry you’re suffering too. i literally just saw an ENT last week! A few months ago i started getting mucus in
my throat too like when you have a bad cold but i’ve been fine so pushed for an EnT appointment . He put a camera down my nose and said i have a lot of mucus and signs of acid reflux and recommended i use a sinus rinse! he said if that doesnt work then i have to go for a scan of my sinuses. so not much of an update here i’m afraid! just feel even more disgusting than i did a year ago
wow! You know, my dr said those same exact words too?! i did everything he said for months- NOTHING! He had said i have lots of mucous down in my throat / Sinuses ( i smoke so he thinks it that naturally) Earlier this week i really thought i might get some relief as i was able to blow my nose by relaxing my nose & sinuses but i cant get the rest out- i really think this is some weird thing we all maybe have from birth? not sure - all i know is that now that i am older - all kinds of strange things are happening & it is awful to never find an answer from our Doctors! Thank You so much for giving an update! Please come back should You find out more okay ? xoxo
holy ■■■■ i cant believe i have finally found some people that actually understand what i have been going thru.
literally thought i was just dying from brain aneurysm or something. ears ringing straight day and night for 2+ months. severe headachs. jaw very tight, eyeballs hurt… saw 4 different docs and none of them know a thing about all these symptoms couldnt get a diagnosis for the life a me…
tea tree oil in ointment from cvs gave some relief
Soooo I posted about this a long time ago and something happened recently and it stopped. I was on several medications for depression, anxiety, PTSD, migraine prevetative and allergies. I broke my foot and got a medical marijuanna card for pain but noticed that if i missed a dose of my medications that I felt fine while on the marijuana so i came off all but one tiny dose of my antidepressants and all anti anxiety medications using edible marijuana(i was a cigarette smoker for years so i didnt want to chance smoking anything for fear of becoming a smoker again). Right as I came off those medications and went onto new ones I was having intense pain dryness and a side effect of one of the new medications i started taking, had a very low possibility of causing something called Stevens Johnsons syndrome and it was also allergy season.. so i was taking Allegra, benadryl at night and a very low dose of amytryptyline(a migrain profilactic and antidepressant which is very drying). My pain got so intense i was doing neti pots, nasal sprays, laying under cool mist humidifiers, and the pain kept getting worse. My wife came in one particularly bad day and said the humidity was at like 85% so i get up and look at my the back of my throat and its BLEEDING! I immediately thought i had this stevens johnsons syndrome called my psychiatrist and was informed to go into urgent care (in a full blown panic attack as Stevens johnsons syndrome is where your skin on your body and organs bubles up and sloughs off and is irreversible and starts in your mucous membranes). I get in and the doc asks what meds im on, all of which are drying agents and tells me to consult with my psychiatrist to come off the one antidepressant that was drying, to stop using benedryl and sleep aids, drink 64oz of water a day, use saline nasal sprays and take a course of antibiotics. My mucosal membraines were so dry any level of agitation even blowing my nose or working out caused cracking and bleeding. The pain stopped with the antibiotics, the mucous plugs stopped, the pain came back into my sinuses after an emotionally traumatic event so they gave me valium for the anxiety that somehow relieved the pain in my sinuses and stopped it from turning into a migraine. Now im staying hydrated, using only allegra for allergies, and not using any antidepressant medications that cause dryness. I have a prn for anxiety and can now consciously relax my sinuses(almost like you relax the tension behind your eyes in meditations) and guess what!!! no mucous plug in months. So my best guess is that this is a dehydration issue induced by medications, possible infection, and not enough fluid intake. I only use saline spray maybe once a week now and if i manage my stress my sinuses aren’t painful. Medical Marijuana may have helped put everything into balance too. Long story short.. dont discount stress, and hydration. Even if you drink coffee or pop or other things still drink as much water as possible as close to 64 oz as possible. Check side effects of medications for dryness and make changes where possible, make sure there is no infection. Use saline sprays as much as needed. I have an inkling its a combination of several things for many as it was for me. And maybe weed helps if its an option to eat it.
hi! thank you very much for sharing that! Very Interesting! also much appreciated
soooo a few days ago i woke up to a fever, inflamed tonsils and a sinus infection. ive always had sinus issues, every dentist xray ever taken they laugh and say “do you have sinus issues?”. Anyway last night i wake up at 3am because of the amount of phlem in the back of my throat.. it honestly feels like i didnt swallow my food all the way. So i go to the bathroom so i can so unlady like hack this thing up. I try over and over and finally i feel it and i cough because i was choking on it and BAM.. 2 inches by 2 inches this nasty phlem plug is staring at me in the bathroom sink. i was scarred. i still am, so of course i google wondering if this is normal and im so glad i found this post. im calling my primary tomorrow.
I’ve had the same things - usually1-2 times a year – ugh! Ever tried a netti pot? It Is Wonderful! I couldnever imaginedoingit, but after my nasal surgery, the ENT demanded it. So I watched some YouTube videoson it, did it, and beendoing itover a year now. The Saline rinses clears it out!
coming across this makes me realize i am not crazy. continuing issues since i had all my teeth pulled and got dentures. if i had a dollar for every hour i spent in the bathroom trying to relieve all or some of my symptoms. my ears have given me a lot of problems. lots of discharge. feeling full. i take a shower daily and spend almost an hour coughing up crap. for a short time after i feel unclogged for the most part but not completely. and clogged feeling short time later. i wonder if it all ties together. i know it has affected work. social. all of it. days in bed just not feeling good. i have thousands of dollars in dr bills now that have accumulated. not to count all the money on different or the same meds. lots of antibiotics and steroids. it would be a temporary relief. my husband is so irritated by it. i cant explain it. sigh of relief i am not alone!!!
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what is cf? new to this discussion.
described me perfectly. google has me thinking i am dying for sure. could be so many things. and frustrating drs all dismiss as nothing. prolly end up in a crazy house bc of this!!
i never respond to these forums but it is the first that i came across that explains the same issue i am having.
this sticky piece of gunk in my nose that comes and goes but this time i cant get rid of it.
its so frustrating, absolutely cannot even sleep because of this and when i use saline solution, i end up getting a sinus infection, plus for the first time my ears are blocked too. bah!!!
have you guys read the book called “sinus survival”, it might help as the doctor author himself had sinus problems. a different angle to virus and bacterial triggers.
have anyone been able to find a way to remove and prevent this from happening?
Thank you for your post. I have the same issue, only mine started after having my deviated septum “FIXED” supposedly. When I went back to Dr, he said everything is great.. I have to pull scabs/hard mucus out of my nose really high up, but nothing come out the nose. Do that to breath and throw up to release mucus..
What the heck is this… How is this “looking great” per Dr…
Thank you for your post. I have the same issue, only mine started after having my deviated septum “FIXED” supposedly. When I went back to Dr, he said everything is great.. I have to pull scabs/hard mucus out of my nose really high up, but nothing come out the nose. Do that to breath and throw up to release mucus..
What the heck is this… How is this “looking great” per Dr…
Thank you for your post. I have the same issue, only mine started after having my deviated septum “FIXED” supposedly. When I went back to Dr, he said everything is great.. I have to pull scabs/hard mucus out of my nose really high up, but nothing come out the nose. Do that to breath and throw up to release mucus..
What the heck is this… How is this “looking great” per Dr…
I have the exact same issue. I share the issue with some people on here with ear pressure always being off and some other things as well. it feels great to finally know I’m not the only person on earth suffering with this. I hate having it because I love to talk and sing but since I get the plugs every day I gag everytime I say/sing any vowels. it is especially bad right after eating. as others have stated here netty pots work wonders but it doesn’t really help since mine form every 2-3 hours after getting one out, and I have to be at school all day. I went to an ENT and he saw the plug and basically said I’m screwed because I had surgery there a while back to have my adenoids removed and there is no cilia hairs where it healed which is why the mucous dries up in that spot.
if anyone has found any way to quickly remove the plugs without a netty please reply, its miserable to deal with these.
P.S. so far I’ve found that by blowing against my thumb and forcing pressure up into my nose I can sometimes knock it loose after anywhere from ten minutes to an hour of messing with it.
I have had the same problem! I’ve had a CT Scan, seen 3 different ENT doctors and I believe they think I am crazy! So I’ve tried all the meds. including the one for silent acid reflux. So these are things I do: Steam(Helps), Neti Pot(Helps), Essential Oils(Helps), Herbs(Helps), plenty of water, herbal tea and honey. I feel like I found a miracle and it has begun to release the mucus plug that resides above my soft palate!
Here is what I’ve tried today, I warmed virgin organic coconut oil and added a couple drops of eucalyptus and laid down on the floor while tilting my head back and administered about a half of dropper full in each nostril and I also gargled about a tablespoon or so of the same recipe and 5 minutes later a large mucus plug released into my mouth and I already experienced relief not completely, however I am confident that with continued applications I will see much improvement.
I too experience the same symptoms and here is what I guarantee WE all have in common. I never was a big WATER drinker…soda, juice, Gatorade, coffee, tea…but never water. I drank 32 ounces of water and notice that my mucus was thinning out. I will drank another 32 ounces when I get off from work. This will probably take a week before I notice a considerable difference. WATER…and More WATER…is the solution. There is not enough water in our bodies to dilute the mucus . Thus the thicky and gluey due to lack of fluids…mainly Water.
First and foremost I’d like to offer my condolences to everyone here that are unfortunately dealing with this mystery problem as well! I’ve been struggling with it for 10 long years now, it is aggravating, agitating and above all else extremely embarrassing. For me it all started around my 18th birthday. During that year my best friend broke my nose, and I also discovered cocaine. I cant really be sure what started it, although I personally lean towards the drug use as I’ve used far more drugs than I care to indulge since then, but just know if you can snort it then Ive snorted it. Thankfully I’m over a year clean though today. I never used drugs to fill some void or hide my scars. I had a great upbringing and childhood. I used soley because I enjoyed it. Even once I graduated up to Heroin during my recovery from a horrific car accident I got in. I very much so enjoyed it. However overdosing twice in the same day was far from enjoyable. I never wanted to die, I just wanted to get high. I’ve been sober ever since, I still smoke cigarettes but that is all. Now that I’m sober though this issue is severely affecting my quality of life and After reading up on several forums and dealing with this on my own. I believe for me at least it is caused by a combination of smoking, dehydration and anxiety. I don’t drink enough fluids so the smoke immediately dries up my nasal passage. This leads to me trying to clear my throat/nose obsessively, each time making matters worse. Lately I’ve started to start practicing meditation during these situations. Anyone still dealing with this I suggest that you go down a bottle of water, refrain from smoking and throw some headphones on and become one with the music for a half n hour. Then continue on with your day. Its a pain in the ass sure, but its worked every single time for me. Please let me know if this works for you or if anyone else has found any better answers to this annoyance.