Transparent / cloudy Jelly snot

[Millhouse30]

Occasionally I blow out thick jelly like lumps from my nose.  I often suffer sinus congestion and when these are blown out they offer relief.  Recently i have started reaching up similar but smaller lumps from my throat.

What are these lumps?  Image attached

[HtwoO]

I get this too - I can feel the mucus lump at the back of my sinus/throat. I can’t shift it. Then about every 2-3 weeks it suddenly drops down the back of my my throat and I cough it up! It’s awful. It’s a clear lump of wobbly jelly. I only started getting it after I had a complete hysterectomy/oopherectomy and is part of extremely low estrogen levels (surgical menopause). My ENT has agreed that low estrogen levels can cause your mucus to thicken and dry your sinuses. If anyone has anything similar or a way of getting the jelly out I’d be most grateful (I sniff salt water which helps a bit).

[JerseyJanice]

Yes! Just like clear jello but rounded. I can not comment on the menopause section of this but I have been getting these for over 20 years. I think they are biofilm or by products of yeast/candida in the sinus cavity. My son, now 18, gets them on occasion too. I especially get them the morning after I drank red wine or ate sugary desserts. I would love to know what they are. I have specifically asked 3 different ENTs and they did not know.

[friggy]

Agree with Londres70, go to the ENT Specialist.  They could be infected mucus, which is easily treatable, or polyps, which require more complicated treatment, and only a doctor could make a correct diagnosis.

[Londres70]

Looks like gelatinous mucus plugs; pic is not really good.  Have you ever seen an ENT Specialist about this?