i have the same issues. I got allergy shots a long time and that really helped a lot but was so expensive. yesterday I though I was going to die I used all your suggestions drinking more water I have my salin spray here and I take Claritan D but when it gets into the eustachian tubes its the most painful thing. my ent said i have really small eustachian tubes.
for some reason bubbly water feels so good on the back of my throat
Has anyone with this ever tried homeopathic remedies or herbs to treat it? or seen a holistic/alternative type practitioner that has any ideas?
I went to the ent. and she said they were called mucous scabs. she attributed it to medications that dry(dont take several antihistimines at once especially if you take other meds that have side effects that dry you out) but also having had been a smoker the cilia is fucked up. I told her i use a neti pot and she said to go get a neti bottle. She does it 2x a day to āforce that ā ā ā ā out.ā I think she was just refering to the germs she is exposed to in her office and not the scabs. But the neti bottle pushed gunk into my eustation tubes. and hurt like hell. The neti pot 2x a day doesnt feel good either so i just do it when i feel it in my throat or realky dry and headachy. Since then I bought a damn tent from amazon to go over my bed that has a flap on the side where I can leave the bottom unzipped enough to put a humidifier on a stand to blow into the tent. Instead of having to basically suck on my tongue while leaning my head back a little while using the neti pot to suck it into my mouth everyday and spit it out everyday, its just every other day. I also use an additive in my neti pot.. some himalayan salt solution with hyaluronic acid thatās supposed to moisturize really well. Drinking lots of water and hydrating drinks makes a difference for some. I thought I kicked it once but they came back. I think its an evolving thing where solutions work for only so long.
Yes..look up Austin Goh and the Natural Method. If you decide to take the course you wonāt be sorry. I found relief and now I just want every to know there is help for this terrible malady!!
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Hi Renee,
i saw your post and had to reply. i too have suffered with severe sinus issues all my life. Doctors were little help.
Recently I stumbled upon a teacher who specializes in simple exercises to stimulate and heal sinus passages. Long story short I decided to try his full online course and it worked!!
Look up Austin Goh and the Natural Method. I can only say if you are suffering with this you wonāt believe how Austin and his team can help.
Best wishes,
Deane
I also have the same annoying problem. At times i feel like Iām suffocating. Has anyone got any answers?
This week I have managed to have both nostrils clear, the left side has been blocked for years, I couldnāt blow my nose and often have large pieces of shoe leather type stuff appear on the back of my tongue. Following a camera investigation I was prescribed antibiotics for 14 days 1 tablet twice a day, a nasal spray once a day 2 puffs plus an antihistamine. After the first 5 days my nasal passages cleared, the feeling of the air coming through my nose was amazing. Gradually the mucus started to disappear and so did my long lasting constant urge to suck it back.
I have noticed I sleeping better too.
Hope this helps,
do you know the name of the nasal spray you were given?
Oh my god, I canāt believe Iām not alone here. I have tried to explain to my doctor what youāve been talking about, thick mucus being stuck in your throat, unable to move. Sometimes sneezing dislodged it, sometimes I need to make this horrible snorting noise for hours before itāll move. I feel so disgusting. Have you had any success with treating it?
i know this is fairly old but i too have had a lot of the same symptoms sometimes i would push on my lymph modes in my throat just trying to get it to dislodge and swallow it or spit it out i assume that mine is due to allergies and post nasal drip. its so uncomfortable makesnit hard to swallow feels like im trying to swallow thick glue almost and then something just hangs there eventually i get it to go away but usually after hours of fighting it ive tried some nasal sprays they sometimes work but i used to get a tonsil stone and still do from time to time using q tips ive learned how to remove them and there offending problems for some reason i was going theough this mucus stuck in my throat feeling and i went in to use the bathroom and i figured well let me see if i can see anything took a light shined it in there and there was a glob of mucus sitting behind my ulvula i used some q tips and tried to grab it without trying to gag myself and after a coulle of times i finally got all i could see immediate relief i did notice that some of the mucus was dry and rubbery kinda so maybe a combination of thinks dry sticky mucus pnd and instead of leaking down your thraot to be swallowed it backs up and hangs out in the throat i assume the dryer stickier mucus causes a glob to form so maybe next time if you all feel this itll help i wish i had known about or thought to do this ueara ago for it happens so oftwn
hey im back and feel worse than ever. still no answers and feel like crap. im having a bunch of systemic issues now and feel like im dying a tiny bit everyday. i keep getting dismissed by doctors; they simply are giving no effort into trying to find a diagnosis
im getting this image cultured but i know its going to be tested for the wrong crap. to get somthing like that out from my sinus (snorting, being forceful) is like winning the lottery; it simply doesnt happen.
Hi something similar happened to me. i sometimes get that Sensation of constant postanal drip & the urge to blown my nose/ itch my throat but no reliefā¦in my experience the only thing that really helped was 4 things - 1) - trip to a allergy specialist
2) drink warm tea / hot soup. and
3) 3) using a baby nose suction - 4) - expensive nose sprray called Xhance. its like around $300 but it works helped and lot. I found Coupon to help afford et . xhance is supposed to work diffently than normal flonase spray because the bottle is shapped differently to give a better spray deeper in the deep pockets of nasal sinus cavaties.
I knows its an old post but i was looking to see if anyone had done what i did tonight and stumbled upon it. Then i HAD to create an account JUST to comment!!
1: Thank you to everyone who has commented even though you will likely never see this. The many different suggested remedies have been noted and saved to try if my remedy tonight proves ultimately unsuccessful! So thank you!
2: I was really hoping I wouldnāt be the only one who basically tried to operate on themselves, but I guess i am.
I took a mini flash light and shined it on the back of my throat while using a q-tip and the end of a (clean) pimple popper tool thingy, to literally cut the damn thing so what HAD come out of my throat partially could finish its journey down my esophagus! Now im afraid i injured my throat cause now Im not just clogged up, but now it feels like i cut my throatā¦even though i didnt because its kinda hard to do without abrasive tools and they werent abrasive.
But we will see if i can finally get glob of gunk left over to finally come lose so it will come out.
I have always had nickel/dime/sometimes even quarter size masses that would pass through my sinuses before i was able to choke myself till they came out. Earliest memory of it is actually my big brother teaching me how to āhawk-a-loogieā when i was 5 trying to dislodge one. Drs have recommended surgery for years even though it wont really fix it because the cause is dehydration. RARELY is this an issue when its warm outside but in the winter my chronic dehydration coupled with dry air because of running the heater, never failsā¦by Thanksgiving Im in a contest with my nephews who can āhawk-a-loogieā the fastest and whos is bigger! I usually win!! LOL
I am allergic to the minerals water treatment plants and facilities use to clean and purify the water that comes out of our taps. 99% of bottled water is just tap water, or tap water ran through another at the bottling warehouses so i really cant drink bottled water either. I started smoking very young and quit 5 years agoā¦still happening! I drink juices and milk instead of water but still dehydrated.
So yeahā¦hopefully i didnt injure my throat because that would really suck to realize i did that and it didnt really fix the problem! But grabbing the glob and wiggling it to cut itā¦feeling it move inside is freaking disgusting!
So in closing, my contribution on things to try would be this: take a bath as hot as you can tolerate it, and put your head under the hot water so your ears fill up with hot water. Coax all the air bubbles out so youre fully submerged and the pressure is equalized in your ears. Then sit up let them drain on their own. Then go under again and repeat a few times till you can feel the difference. Then when you get out, clean your ears and dont vomit when you see what comes out! And start hacking like crazyā¦glob should dislogde after that.
And if it doesnt, grab it and dont cut your throat when you try and pull it out!
Hello! I (a 29y/o old female) have this same mucus plug that forms around every three days. I cannot say how long Iāve been getting these, because I was oblivious to them for some time, only noticing when they became so large, they dislodged themselves and slid down my throat causing coughing/gagging etc. I have, however, become extremely familiar with them since late 2019 and for that reason, have not really seen fit to burden any medical professionals with my boogers right now.. (Covid crisis, and all)
^That is not to say that is the best move for others - I am young, otherwise healthy, and experiencing no pain associated with these issues, allowing me to postpone treatment.
ANYHOO - Iām just here to share my
little tip for getting them out to hopefully lend some relief to you guys!
I get them out through my nose. The key for this is usually catching them early as to keep them small, but if itās soft-ish, it should come out regardless of size. Start by getting ready to blow your nose as usual, creating the necessary pressure to get as close to a āhonkā as you can get, but instead of āblowingā from the base of your nose/sinuses, force the air up starting from the base of your throat. It takes me 2 - 7 good pushes and the scab is dislodged, blown back through the nasal cavity, and straight out my nose! The weirdest part is, because itās coming from the throat, it can come out of either nostril.
I really hope this helps you all remove these in a newer, easier way because I know first hand how much stress all that sucking, clicking, coughing can put on oneās body /:
And in adding insult to injury, itās also an embarrassing scene to make!
- Stay Strong yāall! <3
i am so happy i found this thread. iāve been wondering for years whatās wrong with me with these big plugs of greeny brown mucus coming out of my nose, or coughing them up when they get caught at the back of my throat. antibiotics werenāt helping and i spent a lot of money on a dehumidifier that also purified the air, thinking my allergies were just flaring up constantly. iāve wanted an ENT appointment for ages but with covid i donāt think iāll get any clarity any time soon
ok so i have the same problem..and this past week had a bad experience. the week before i had one so bad it was the size of a lighter..bic lighter! few days later..i couldnt swallow without candy or drink. very painful and annoying! i know this isnt the best ideaā¦but i snorted some peroxide ..cause i was trying to kill the infection cause those big boogers smell like an infection.
my question to all yall isā¦ do yall smoke cigs?! have you ever snorted drugs. i never had this peoblem while i was snorting pain pillsā¦but that gave me a deviated nose or whatever im sure. however, im sober and all this ā ā ā ā is catxhing up with me or somethingā¦
- dry sinuses.. i have found when i have a big one lodged up there, i snort water while in hot bath or spray saline up my noseā¦ that takes a little time to get the booger good and moist to slide outā¦but yall let me knowā¦drug useā¦ smoker or notā¦ i need help! so glad i found others like me to ask questions!!
Good Evening Renee and Everyone,
I was up late googling some information and came across this discussion and site. I would like to share my story for support and to provide any information with my experience.
After returning from Afghanistan August 2010, I experienced many medical issues to include mucus plugs (scabs) ever 5-7 days. I had no idea what they were and never shared with anyone, I was embarrassed. They started to impede breathing, they became very smelly, and reached out to my primary doctor for help. I was referred to ENT November 2020 and my doctor saw the āmucus plugsā in my nasopharynx and diagnosed me with chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis. Since that time, I have had the following treatments:
13 Nov 2020: Aggressive saline irrigations for 1 month.
13 Dec 2020: (Follow Up) mucus plug was still present and added 2 week of mupirocin ointment (antibiotic) into my saline irrigationās for 2 weeks.
5 Jan 2021: (Follow Up) mucus plug was still present. I started having deep jaw pain/pressure and ear pain. I was Issued oral antibiotics (Amoxicillin) 875 MG/twice a day for 10 days.
21 Jan 2021: (Follow Up) mucus plus was still present. My doctor ordered a contrasted CT Scan of my nasopharynx and I hope to have it completed by the end of next week.
During my appointment on 21 January 2021, my doctor started asking me questions about being exposed to radiation, had any radiation treatments, or if I ever lived in Korea. I told him no to the 3 questions but told him I was deployed to Afghanistan.
With him asking me those questions, I started doing more research and found a few interesting things.
-Dr. Tahir Saharan, Director of Afghanistan Atomic Energy High Commission, released a report on 25 September 2020. This reported stated, during the survey, our team found a number of radioactive materials among Military Scrap Metal with very high radiation doses.
-I also discovered an Ionizing Radiation fact sheet from 1996. This sheet stated the largest natural source of radiation exposure to humans is radon gas. Radon concentrations can vary depending on the soil and rock composition beneath buildings. The northwestern part of New Jersey is part of the āReading Prongā, a geological region with a high granite content. Granite can contain higher than average amounts of uranium, which decays to radon gas.
I grew up in Southwest New Jersey and lived in Northwest New Jersey. I was also stationed in Afghanistan Feb - Aug 2010.
Have any of you lived in NJ or stationed in Afghanistan?
I am trying to add the reports but I am having issuesā¦I will post them in a separate post.
Thank you
Heather
golden seal and noni juice get rid of mucous. when u take it make sure u take cough micture that thins mucous at same time . much love
its in the nasal cavity not throat so drinking doesnt affect it.