I have had this problem for about 20years & it is so bad that it keeps both me & my husband up @ nights. I do have frequent bouts of pneumonia & am a non smoker with a diagnosed allergy to cigarette smoke. It feels like there is a constant build up of mucous & it also feels like it is going to choke me. I have to take a very deep & forceful swallow to either swallow it or cough it up & it is rare that I can in fact cough this mucous up. I am under the care of Dr Peter Ford, world renown compound pharmacist who seems to think there might be some degree of mast cell degeneration & by the way I have had one episode of Hodgkins Lymphoma 7 yrs ago, Epstein Barr as a teenager and Scarlett Fever as a young child. Anyway I am curious as to a second opinion of sorts while Peter researches this problem ...plus this is driving me crazy. On the bright side I am 40 years old & i have the neck muscles of a 20 year old due to all the swallowing. Any insight on this matter would be much appreciated.
Thank You
Lanna Lanteigne
Thank You
Lanna Lanteigne
Your history of frequent recurrence of pneumonia raises the doubt that you might be aspirating food and liquids due to weakness or impaired pharyngeal muscles. Do you cough and choke during/after your meals frequently? Then, seek the opinion of your physician if an MBS (Modified Barium Swallow) study is will help explore the swallowing mechanism.