Thick sticky mucus in my throat

[xLindyx]

Reposting ..hoping for some help

Hello .. I have been suffering from thick sticky mucus .. clear but sometimes white . Its hard to get rid .. wont move . So thick and very distressing .its really effecting my quality of life . I forever howking up to try and move it ..but however much I do so and manage to get up ..theres always a ball of it just stuck at the back of my throat . Sometimes I can grab it and drag it out from the back of my throat .. thick and stringy .. and could almost tie it in a knot . Gross eh :-(

Ive tried steam inhalation .. gargling .. drinking loads of water . . and still its the same . Had this problem about three years now . Is there anybody out there that help me please .

Thank you

[KkYoung]

After jaw surgery, I had a breathing tube that got clogged with white,sticky mucus. The post op nurse said she'd never seen that happen before. Years later, I still have problems. I always feel like I have snot hanging down my throat. I'm always trying to cough it up. In the morning, I'm getting stuff out of my throat for half an hour. Sometimes it gets so bad that it stops food from going down. I have had a barium swallow that showed nothing.
Hot'steamy showers do little to help. I have to drink a lot of liquids to keep everything moving. However, I am now trying to get over a cold but the phlegm has been significant for about three weeks. Everyone who got this cold after me, are fine now but I'm still coughing up phlegm with no end in sight.

[studentmom13]

Hi. I discovered that I am allergic to concentrated orange juice or any concentrated drinks--slushes, snowcones bc the syrups come from concentrated juices.  also--cant have any chili pepper in anything. ill get a sore throat--on fire--then mucus starts up for days.  

[zoate74]

I have been having some problem with this mucus thing I hock a loogy spit it out but stuck in my I try to get have to put some of the loogy out but turn into a stringy and evaporate at the touch and has cause me some vertigo has it cause people vertigo and fever sweats

[laur35]

Unfortunatley there is no known cure.i have it for three years.you will have to adapt.this is the true.i have seen at least 20 doctors and made 100 tests.Nothing...The nasal douche is working but only for a few hours or so.keep in mind that if you do not have lpr or allergies there can be Lsn(laryngeal sensorial neuropathy).Have you noticed if you have or feel worse with the mucus of you are stressed or nervous?if so you might try a combination a B vitamins with Potasium.This can work after few weeks calming down the laryngeal nerves and you will no feel them all the time.Good luck

[Kitshealth]

Drink ginger root in warm water with honey..its helped me, and camomille for nausia

[sneezing_cleopatra]

I have the same thing. Mine is definitely allergy related. Corticosteroid nasal spray helps a lot. You just have to use it religiously every day. One spray doesn't do anything, but after a week you can tell the difference. It could be anything, bad air quality, animals,  perfumes, food, dust mites, mold etc..

[campkitten81]

Picked this up about 16 months ago on a flight from Calif to Pennsylvania.  Started with a cold-makes breathing difficult at times.  Currently take 1/2 a 75 mg zantac twice a day and two benadryl at bedtime.  Oddly enough, the problem disappears when I get on an airplane.  Cleared up in New Orleans this April, St. Croix in July, and Los Angeles this month.  As soon as I get off the plane in Philly it starts back up.  AND, it got worse in Dublin.  Could it be somehow/some way associated with humidity (although New Orleans is humid, it wasn't that bad in April and St. Croix was extremely dry this summer)