2 years of throat clearing, thick mucus and post nasal drip sensation (allergy/reflux/nerve?)

It sucks big time but nice to know there are others out there in the same situation, hopefully we can solve it for us all.

Here are thoughts from a different perspective. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believe such mucus are typical signs of "chilliness inside the body". Chilliness is a TCM term defining imperceptible chill that enters human body from the environment. For example, upon exiting a swimming pool, one tends to blow the nose and the nasal mucus is a sign of discharged chilliness. Even under intense sunlight in summer, 'chilliness' would enter human body due to extended stay inside relatively cold water. 

With your symptom, I would venture to guess that there might have been a history of either extended exposure in much colder temperature than body and extensive drink of ice beverages, which are the common ways of chilliness entering the body. One suggestion is to reduce exposure of such factors, and the ultimate treat is to see an authentic TCM doctor, who may prescribe some medicine to expel the chilliness inside the body, if not eradicate it.

hello all

recently I have read an article where they were advising drinking some apple cider vinegar and honey with warm water and they using a small amount in the nasal flush as well, I figured i would give it a try and 1 week in now 80% of my symptoms have gone and I am almost normal. I still have some coughing and gooey snot but very little now compared to what I had. Just thought I would share.

The Apple cider vinegar needs to contain the "mother" and the honey is melaka

Mine started from taking two breath of pot from a friend’s pipe and within week the green thick phlegm developed, contacted bacteria that were in the pipe and exacerbated what ever prior rather minor symptoms I had. 

1. Took Probiotics, result phlegm changed the yellow to white 

2. Neti pot any teapot small enough for nose cleansing will do, just pour in water one and flow other the other nose hole. Repeat in other nostril until water cleanses both pharynx and space near larynx, and I feel like I can function without a glob in my throat. Takes 5 min-10min morning and night. Result cleans it up for the day. 

3. Hydration! Keep fluid intake consistent through the day. Water, water more water. Your body forms a more stubborn phlegm from lack of fluid hydration. Water is the building block of all body process, builds Yin and Jing( which I explain in 6). Not sugary drinks. 

4. Cut out mucus producing food like buttery milky cheesy constituents

5. High pillow support at night to keep phlegm from building up blocking nasal passage and result in oxygen/ air deprivated sleep

6. This is getting into Traditional Chinese Medicine theories. So any kind of smoke pollution irritates the pulmonary system and burns up YIN. Yin is the ability of our body to provide fluid moisture and to provide a blood building/earthy quality for the body. Versus the YANG which is the energy that’s firey moving and can be irritating if over the Yin in scale. So this yin imbalalnce comes from the yang thickening the fluid and being older in age this is more likely to happen. With that understanding we do more Yin building activities like life style balancing acts. Sleep schedule regularity, eating regular on time nutritious meal not junk(avoid fried food, take less of the high calorie food like peanut butter and chocolate based food) , drink water not soda not energy drink, keeping exercise to moderate activity like swim and stroll yoga meditation not extreme sport, life in moderation so you don’t aggravate your yin. Also watching your high caffeine intake in coffee and other energy giving food/drink(red bull monster...), they borrow the parasympathetic energy building block to throw it into the sympathetic energy path way. Not good for yin metabolic normal body activity resting sustaining energy( digestion, thermo etc.)

in summary it is a more likely a lifestyle management disease not a cure all energy. 

Hello,

I am 28 years old recently just have similar symptoms that started in January 2018.

Events that led up to it was a sore throat that I was prescribed antibiotics for.

After the sore throat went away, the mucus started developing.

I thought it was from a cold so I didn't think anything of it. It has been 6 month now and its still here.

The mucus is clear and not clumpy. Its more of like a very sticky goo that stretches and not break.

The feeling is not in the lung/throat area, its more like a post-nasal drip that doesn't drip. 

To hack it out I have to force inhale through my nose to get it down in the back of the throat to try and cough it out. Even coughing it out is hard as it doesn't come out easily or sometime small pieces would shoot out 10 feet in front of me. I've also tried swallowing it but it does not go down. 

It does not seem to affect my sleep. It is an issue getting through the day having to hack every 5 to 10 minutes.

Its becoming a normal routine like breathing.

I have no other symptoms. The doctor prescribed me Rhinitis spray but made no difference.

I also tried saline spray into the nose and let it drip down to where the mucus is but its a relief for about 10 minutes and its back to square one. 

I really don't want to keep having to pay for doctor visit just for them to tell me they don't know whats wrong, or prescribe random medications.

Currently I do not have any other relief idea.

I will try the netipot that everyone here mentioned and post an update.