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Help, do I have post nazel drip

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sarah87559
sarah87559

I have been suffering now for a few months and it's making my life hell, I'm so uncomfortable all day and my doctor thinks it's anixity, my symtons are , constant mucus in the back of my throat ,constantly trying to clear my throat , a dry cough, and swallowing all the time wich leads to my stomache being very tight and very uncomfortable , any information will help , thank you

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  • care4health
    care4health sarah87559

    Posted

    Have you seen any other doctor? It doesn't sound anixity at all. Is the musuc clear or green dark colour? 

    I would see an ENT specialist. You might have a sinus infection

    Meantime you could try steam inhalation, infrared lamp - very helpful if you have an infection and saline sprays.

    Hard to advise anything else, as these sypmtoms could be anything from allergy to infections. Best person to get advise from  is a specialist.

    • sarah87559
      sarah87559 care4health

      Posted

      Hi , the Mucus is clear , I've been steaming and taking a hay fever spray which it has helped a bit , I do suffer with anixity so this just makes it all worse , thank you for getting back to me
  • tofutiger
    tofutiger sarah87559

    Posted

    This type of symptom is encapsulated by the term rhinitis, which has many subtypes. It may be reaction to an allergen, in which case I recommend a trip to a local immunologist. If it's not due to allergies, it may be due to hormonal changes(happens to women during pregnancy), sudden emotional change, a side effect of prolonged intranasal decongestant use, physical irritants in the air, and some other ones which I might not know about. If your doctor has ruled out all of the other possibilities, it just means we don't know what is causing the symptoms, in that case, it falls under the diagnosis of nonallergic rhinitis which unfortunately is not well understood. Some therapies may be helpful to try such as intranasal corticosteroid and antihistamines.

    In any case, allergy testing is probably the best first step.

    Hope for the best

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