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Too much mucous in the throat

I too have suffered in the last 5 years from too much mucous in the throat.  I am doing a good deal of research and I am now trying a holistic approach - Apple Cider Vinegar (must be unpasturized/raw/unfiltered/). The dosage is 2 tsp. before each meal or diluted with water and drank during the meal (you'd have to love vinegar to drink it during your meal - o-o-o-o-o no, not me). Anyway, I am giving it a try and will keep you all posted on how this works.  I do know that dairy products product excess mucous so that might be part of the problem.  I have also read where the processing of milk (pasturized/homogenized) may be part of the problem. Of course we all know about the problem with these cows receiving anitbiotics and hormone injections.  Perhaps we should all become vegetarians we might live a longer life.  I am wondering if the byproducts in foods and even the processing of milk etc.. doesn't all this have a strong effect on our systems. Are we suffering because we're not eating the way people used to eat 100 years ago? Could this be the reason why we have these problems, too many additives,preservatives, byproducts etc...?
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I've been plagued by this sinus **** for months myself here.  I finally gave up smoking years ago and thought I'd never be hacking again, hah!

Anyway lets get to it.  I could, while up and moving around, breathe just fine through my nose, no 'congestion' so to speak, but the CONSTANT drainage into my throat.  My upper sinus (upper respratory I guess) was packed with mucus too.  

At night the **** would drain down into my lungs (my lungs still ache some) and I would sometimes be stuffed up when I woke up and have to clean it all out.  Most often I would have infected mucus too, yellowish green or the like instead of clear.

I have gone through boxes and boxes of tissues cleaning this junk out.

So after months of this and thinking I should have gotten over this sinus infection or whatever it is I finally broke down and went to the doctor.   He told me that I had some water on my ear and it could be an infection and explained a lot about it.  Then he told me that while he could give me a shot with anti-biotics and some other goodies and a script for a z-pack of antibotics to fill several days later that it could be VERY difficult to get the problem solved as there really isn't much blood flow in the upper cavities.

So two shots and a script later and several more weeks I've still got the problem.  Now it's time to start doing some googling on the subject of homeopathic health!

Geez the HUGE PILE of information out there!   Lots of good stuff too, interestingly a lot of stuff the pharm. companies would just as soon you not know about I suppose.  (keep ya sick and dying till your bankrupt)  ...anyway I'll stay off the soapbox.. (meds have their place)

So I found a website talking about washing out your sinus cavities and cleaning out the junk...

I went to Walgreens and bought a device that looks like a small plastic teapot and comes with saline packets to rinse out your sinuses and that helps to get a majority of the junk out in the mornings / evenings.  The thing is called a SinuCleanse kit:

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100095&navAction=jump&navCount=2&skuid=sku399136&id=prod399135

Dunno if the links will post but you will know what to look for anyway.

Then I was doing some other research and somehow came across an article on 'zapping'.  I won't go into depth but it's basically a simple circuit device (bought one off of ebay for like 13 dollars, easier than getting out the soldering iron!) that is hooked to some contacts (copper tubing or something) and you hold one in each hand and it puts a tiny amount of DC voltage (5 to 9v) in you (can't really feel it) and it kills the parasites in your body.  

Anyway I have a Tens unit, which is a medical device that is similar in function but for other uses, and I fooled with it for a day or two until the ebay item showed up.

In somewhere between 3 and 5 days I went from going through boxes of tissues to virtually none!  Mind you I was taking lots of vitamins to help my immune system too.  My sinuses are still draining down the back of my throat (and God only knows how much gunk is in my lungs because of this) but it is MUCH more manageable.

Let me explain how drastic of a change it was.  I work graveyards and my work week ended thursday morning.  I knew I only had 4 saline packets left for my sinus cleanse thing so I went straight from work to Walgreens and bought a 100 pack.  

They had a 40 pack but I had no inclination that I would not be using the thing a couple of times a day any time soon.  Between using the devices from thursday till monday or so it was a dramatic difference!  I've used maybe 6 or 8 packets in the last few WEEKS!  

I've been having some problems the last several days so am going to try the saline solution with a small salt mix that I was reading about on another website.

Now before you go screaming 'hocus pocus' or 'quack medicine' I'll post a link to one of several books written by the lady who came up with this device.  The book is called 'The Cure For All Disease' and she does sell it but also GIVES it away for personal use.  Here is a PDF link, right click on it and save it to your desktop.  It's about 5 meg so will take a while.   I've only read about 200 of the 600 pages or so but this lady explains a LOT about why we're sick, how we get sick and how to prevent and recover from this.  

It all makes good sense too so far, doesn't require much faith the way she expains it.  Anyway here is the link:
http://www.royalrife.com/cure.pdf

On another website I was reading that some doctors (still the minority I think) say that you don't catch a cold or get an infection from your mouth or nose but only through your ears.  Do you put your fingers in your ears a lot or have other ear problems?

A little over the counter hydrogen peroxide will kill the infection (germs bugs etc) in there.  If you don't have metal dental work (and if your careful if you do) you can get off of toothpaste and mouthwash and brush gently with a mix of that and water (I just use it straight 3% and avoid my 2 fillings)

This will help knock down the smell problem that you might have too, you can gargle with a hydrogen peroxide and water mix to kill the germs.  Most germs are anerobic and don't live well in an oxygen rich enviroment and hydrogen peroxide is just oxygen and water (well basically).

My sinuses wre doing pretty good up until a few days ago so I am going to try some peroxide in my ears and try and remember what I've ate the last several days that is different from the past few weeks. (well besides the chocolate chip cookies, not giving those up! hehe)

  ...but the thing is I still need to narrow down and figure out what is CAUSING the problem.  Is it just an infection that I still haven't managed to get rid of yet?  Is it something inviromental?   Until I figure that out neither drugs nor surgery will be of much help.  

This forum is definately a place that I will be keeping up with though!

in a closing note (need to get back to work!) the only thing I recall being different around the time all of this started was my wife had bought a bunch of those battery powered, oil fragrance devices and has them all over the house.   I've disabled them about a week ago but doesn't seem to make a difference.  

I wonder if we could all compile a list of foods we eat, products we use and other items and see what comes up in common?   Might be worth building a website with 'radio' buttons to choose from and see what comes of it.

    M@
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I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THREE YEARS. CONSTANTLY CLEARING MY THROAT. ITS WORSE AFTER I EAT AND WHEN I GO TO SLEEP. ENT DOCTORS SAY ITS ACID REFLUX, GASTRO DOCTORS SAY ITS POST NASAL DRIP. I HAVE HAD THE 24 HOUR PROBE FOR REFLUX.I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY REFLUX MED AND EVERY NASALSPRAY BUT ALL TO NO AVAIL. ANY OTHER SOLUTIONS? HOW WAS THE APPLE CIDER VINAGER WORKING OUT?
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glad  to  know  im  not  the  only  one  but  sux  that  no one  has  found  a  way  to  get  rid  of  it! Guess  im  stuck  with  this  flem  like  feeling  in  my  throat  for  now.  at  least  i  know  not  to  waste  my  time  seeing  doctors.  if  anyone  out  there  has  found  a  cure  or  solution  to  whatever  this  annoying  thing  is..please  let  us  know!!!
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Have your lungs checked. It may not be sinuses, especially if you lived in a non-smoke-free home. We lived in toxic mold three and a half years and after we evacuated, it turns out I know have COPD. Which causes that mucus. In asthmA, for example, your bronchial tube swells and has mucus as the air it's able to expel ( not breathing in, but breathing out) gets less and less room.

Included with this is constantly clearing your throat, coughing, possibly wheezing, and yes, after a while your vocal cords now make you cough. Laughing. Cold, heat, crying. And because you're so mucusEd up, you'll gag and sometimes throw up. The act of being sick then causes an asthmA attack..  I'm Rambling. Please, sinuses not causing this, nor allergies, or ENT, have your lungs checked. Also if you already use asthma or COPD medicine, check the INHALENT ingredient. Turns out I'm allergic to the ones in several types. It took.A couple of years to figure it out and saved my life. Everything got back to MY normal. Good luck! Oh and I tried the vinegar, too and I gag. It really stinks. I even tried putting it in a roast and.. Nasty stuff!
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I have had this same problem for years too...it got worse when I moved to texas....don't know if its what's in the air...but I am constantly clearing my throat and have lots of drainage.....I have found the only thing that works for me at night is actifed..it really helps me sleep better...but as for in the day I think its better...but using that ocean spray in nose really clears sinuses out...u can get it at wallgreens....hope everyone finds relief...cause its a miserable thing to go through.....
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sorry i didnt mean to leave the same to comments! btw has anyone else's stomach become irritated from the post nasal drip? its horrible when i go to sleep. my stomache makes these popping noises and messed up my digestive system! my allergist put me on prilosec as well and i am now getting allergy shots..but i am still suffering..hopefully the frost will help resolve some of my seasonal allergies. my sinus infection lasted 2 1/2 months and i cudnt leave my house :( now its my sinusitis and allergies that are causing these problems but once again if someone could pleasee give me any suggestions it would be much appreciated!!
and i COMPLETELY sympathize with anyone else who is suffering from the stupid MUCUSS!
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recently i have developed HORRIBLE ALLERGIES, tho ive had them since i was young but they never reli bothered me til now. i developed the worst sinus infection ive ever had in my life this summer and ive been sufferinng ever since. after losing 10 lbs and not eating for weeks cuz the mucus made me so naucious, i went to an allergist. my reguular doctor misdiagnosed me and refused to help..sayin it was a head cold...what an ***. sorry i am just tired of the post nasal drip because i still get naucious and my stomach is completely messed up! i just want to feel like myself again :( im going to college soon and i dont want to suffer anymore! :( if anyone has any suggestions could you please let me know??? im currently on zyrtec, cingulair, asterpro, and nasonex.
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recently i have developed HORRIBLE ALLERGIES, tho ive had them since i was young but they never reli bothered me til now. i developed the worst sinus infection ive ever had in my life this summer and ive been sufferinng ever since. after losing 10 lbs and not eating for weeks cuz the mucus made me so naucious, i went to an allergist. my reguular doctor misdiagnosed me and refused to help..sayin it was a head cold...what an ***. sorry i am just tired of the post nasal drip because i still get naucious and my stomach is completely messed up! i just want to feel like myself again :( im going to college soon and i dont want to suffer anymore! :( if anyone has any suggestions could you please let me know??? im currently on zyrtec, cingulair, asterpro, and nasonex.
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cant doctors knock you out stick a tube down your throat and then suck the mucus out and diagnose you??
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