Help for getting rid of mucous in back of throat..?!
Question: i can't get rid of the thick mucous in the back of my throat & the specialists can't figure it out! i saw my ENT dr. early January & i got a generic for Avelox (the real stuff is over $100 for 10 days). it only partially cleared it up. i recently got sick again & saw him again almost 2 weeks ago. at the time i was sick i couldnt breathe through my nose, had a sore throat, coughing & the chills. he recommended Mucinex D & i've been taking it twice a day since my appointment. & everyday i'm still waking up w/ mucous clinging to the back of my throat. when i swallow i can tell whether it's there or not. i have gotten over my cold, so it's not from blowing my nose enough (i can breathe perfect). the mucous almost looks like snot (eww!) & i can only pull it off with tweezers. it makes me gag & nearly throw up everytime it's stuck. my ENT recommends i get my tonsils out as our next attempt to stop this for good. i cant do the procedure until June, is there something i can do until then??
Answers: i can't get rid of the thick mucous in the back of my throat & the specialists can't figure it out! i saw my ENT dr. early January & i got a generic for Avelox (the real stuff is over $100 for 10 days). it only partially cleared it up. i recently got sick again & saw him again almost 2 weeks ago. at the time i was sick i couldnt breathe through my nose, had a sore throat, coughing & the chills. he recommended Mucinex D & i've been taking it twice a day since my appointment. & everyday i'm still waking up w/ mucous clinging to the back of my throat. when i swallow i can tell whether it's there or not. i have gotten over my cold, so it's not from blowing my nose enough (i can breathe perfect). the mucous almost looks like snot (eww!) & i can only pull it off with tweezers. it makes me gag & nearly throw up everytime it's stuck. my ENT recommends i get my tonsils out as our next attempt to stop this for good. i cant do the procedure until June, is there something i can do until then??
It could be something else. I mean you are seeing the right doctor which is good. If nothing else is working try tea with honey, I did that once and all that stuff at the back of my throat came up and out. I am not sure if that will help you but it helped me. I am suprised your ENT wants your tonails out because now a days ENT's and other doctors recommend not doing that because it is better if you have them.
My ENT took out my adnoids and that helped me a lot. Your adnoids may be inflamed.
salt water or lemon in water i no it dont sound good but just trying to help.
I would try something like drinking lots of hot chamomile tea 3 or 4 times a day. The heat should help loosen some of it and chamomile calms and soothes. If that doesnt work bite into a fresh jalapeno those darn things clear my sinuses everytime. lol, hope it helps a little.
Had similar stuff; hot tea with honey every half hour, and eat pieces of lemon with sugar, eat quite a bit of those - I luv em and they dissolve all the bad stuff in ur throat! It's like that - chew the lemon, then sip tea, chew more lemon, sip tea...I don't visit any doctors, really, instead I follow grandma's recepies ^.^
Hope you get better