And then almost nothing the whole day except this feeling remains that something's there in the throat but rarely anything comes out - sometimes some semi-mucus (?) (or just spit - white but slightly thicker than spit - comes out)
And then almost nothing the whole day except this feeling remains that something's there in the throat but rarely anything comes out - sometimes some semi-mucus (?) (or just spit - white but slightly thicker than spit - comes out)
It's a treatment, unless you're one of the people it causes frequent nosebleeds in. Ugh.
I woke up every morning feeling terrible. Since then I made the following changes that have completely changed everything.
1) Got a robot Vacuum with hepa filter that cleans under the bed
2) Got dust mite covers for my pillow etc
3) Got a Hepa filter that runs constantly for both my furnace and my room
4) Installed a dehumidifier that lowers the humidity in the entire house. Dust mites loooove humidity above 50 percent.
Now I wake up feeling pretty decent everyday
Also, since it's steroids (speaking as a layman) is it not like something that has lots of side effects? So a daily usage over prolonged periods of time may be undesirable?
The last doctor had also found out (after a CT scan) DNS and when he tried to inset a tiny camera up my nostrils he was not able to do so in one of them (that's when he suggested CT scan).
And my nose rarely runs. I mean it does little bit maybe couple of times a month when I catch common cold but on the daily basis it just doesn't. Also, what kind of specialist should I be approaching? The last doctor I saw was in Otorhinolaryngology. But that was more than a year ago - since then there's been nothing done related to it.
People can live like that forever without any issues. Linked to increased intracranial pressure, empty or partial sella, headaches that improve when laying down.
I had that, had trouble breathing every night, thought it was allergies, rinsed my nose but still every morning woke up with mucus in nose and throat. Metallic taste in mouth.
Only when I started powerlifting and got the headaches, doctors did an MRI, found empty sella, protrusions of brain tissue in sinuses and a quick procedure relieved me of my yearlong miseries that accompany the clogging.
I wake up feeling as fresh as when I was 10 years old.
Adding a HEPA air filter to your bedroom might help.
Washing all your bedding in hot water with allergy safe detergent; mattress protector; deep clean carpets; and always showering before bed would reduce pollen / mite activity.
A few over-the-counter supplements you might try:
* Mucinex D - an expectorant; common name 'guaifenesin'.
* NAC 'N-acetyl cysteine' - an amino acid - loosens mucus, among other benefits.
* Hot saline sinus rinses (ex Neilmed bottle)
I also have HEPA filter on the house HVAC.
I will try HEPA filter in my bedroom (can't do it for the entire house - it's quite big, open, and a shared apartment and not designed in that way really)
Not even regular coffee/tea other than occasional green/oolong/chamomile. Liquor even more in frequent. Normal rice/wheat based food with veggies and lentils on a regular basis. Occasional dairy and meat products. Yes, I do have eggs almost everyday (since almost as long I can remember).
It's a more recent (~1.5 years) phenomenon and I am in early 30s. Before this it just didn't happen at all and suddenly it became a daily thing.