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Sinus problems with anxiety

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rachel18350
rachel18350

Does anyone else get sinus problems with their anxiety and mucus?? Like a runny nose and feels like mucus in my throat, anyone else get it

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  • gillian26312
    gillian26312 rachel18350

    Posted

    HI Rachel,

    I used to get a feeling like mucus in my throat.  My doctor told me it was down to stress.

    You should maybe see your gp if you are worried but i think it can be smpytom of anxiety/stress. 

    Hope this helps x

    • rachel18350
      rachel18350 gillian26312

      Posted

      Hey and yes I've been to see my gp and she said I'm fine there's nothing wrong with my sinuses so I think it's deffo stress x
  • richard89308
    richard89308 rachel18350

    Posted

    that is your body ridding itself of waste and nothing to do with anxiety.  Sinus problems are due to infections.

    Richard

    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 richard89308

      Posted

      excess mucas yes is certainly a by product of anxiety - infections are not no, but Rachel was asking about mucas and not infections.
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 richard89308

      Posted

      one could also argue that when we are stressed we are much more likely to pick up an infection, which can relate infections to anxiety
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 rachel18350

      Posted

      indeed, i didnt either. i actually went so far as to get a camera down my nose and throat at the hospital as i felt i was always congested and had a lump in the throat. nothing there at all - all anxiety
    • pauline94401
      pauline94401 jmcg2014

      Posted

      My sinuses are definitely worse when lm stressed or anxious or depressed.
  • tina90965
    tina90965 rachel18350

    Posted

    Yes Rachel I do I have had a lot of sinus problems which causes earache and headaches.  My sister who sufferes from anxiety also gets sinus problems.
    • rachel18350
      rachel18350 tina90965

      Posted

      Yeah it's so strange how anxiety can cause all this, anxiety is like an illness in itself 
  • CJ95
    CJ95 rachel18350

    Posted

    I just recently got the same problem. I was on the bus and it felt like my nose was bleeding but it wasn't, it was just my nose running also soreness around the nostril area and constant blocked, stuffy nose.
    • rachel18350
      rachel18350 CJ95

      Posted

      Yeah that's exactly how I feel aswell it's horrible 
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