Eliminate dairy and sugars as they are mucus producers. Use nasal spray as suggested but I recommend saline spray or xylitol spray like xlear because they don't contain meds/steroids. PLEASE stop smoking! I truly plead with you. My 49 year old brother in law just died from lung cancer...one of many I now know but they're getting younger.
It's not weight related. I have the same problem. I'm 23 and only 135lbs been suffering from it for the past 6 years. I inheriteded it from my father who has a rare lung disease. I don't have the lung disease, but I have the starting of it, and unfortunately for me, there is no cure
I know this is an old forum, but I have had this for 5 years now. Started with an extremely painful 2 week ear infection in the eustachian tubes and throat area (nasopharyngal). The ENT says everything is normal with the scope. My Primary advised trying a NETI pot, worst mistake ever, During the night 2 days following the neti procedure I had the WORST headache, and had to go to ER it was so severe, I in fact had bacterial meningitis with two kinds of bacteria. Two weeks hospital and sent home with an IV. Super coincidental, as the same bacteria in noses was found in my spinal fluid, somehow from the neti flushing the water it spread the germ further into my head? I don't know but just want to share this story so be careful with the netipot. Even after the meningitis I still have the mucus problem. I am frustrated the DRS haven't helped. I will try to avoid wheat and dairy to see if it makes a difference. Mine did start from a sinus/ear infection, but even the strongest antibiotics do not make a slightest improvement so its either resistant or not an infection..
I believe I get what you are describing. I get these too, but they originate from one sinus opening in proximity to the nasal passage into the back of the throat. What happens is one (in my case) of the sinus openings accumulates dry mucus due to poorer drainage from this sinus for whatever reason. When the plug gets large enough, post-nasal hocking dislodges this plug into the back of the throat and what is then coughed up is a dimple-shaped circular plug of dry greenish-brown mucus. These can suddenly dislodge into the throat with some startling alacrity, but after they do, the open sinus, which lasts for a day or two before it plugs again, is relieving. These plugs can also be a source of bad breath, as they can stink of bacteria.
I've had these for about 40 years (chronic sinusitis) , and their formnation depends on the local climate. When I lived in humid New England (summers) they went away, when I lived in the arid southwest they were common year-round.
A simple nasal irrigation with warm salt water almost always dislodges these, when they become bothersome. Simply inhale warm salt water from a cup through each nostril one at a time, and then hock with gusto, the plug almost always dislodges into after a minute or so using this treatment.
The last paragraph above should have said "the plug almost always dislodges into the back of the throat after..."
The mucus plugs mentioned above can be both rubbery or hardened, and average a little bit smaller than a dime in size. The dimple shaped plugs usually have a thicker greenish-brown rim but can be translucent and clearer and thinner in the dimpled center. It is possible that a fungal sinus infection could produce these, if not bacteria.
It's your Tonsils. I have really bad Tonsil stones because I've needed to get my tonsils removed for 6 years. Try asking your doctor about your Tonsils.
I have this same problem, but I do not have tonsils. So, not necessarily tonsil stones.
Please read previous posts. These are not tonsil stones as many of us do not even have tonsils.
Please see previous posts. Not tonsil stones. As previously stated, these come from your sinuses and are mucus plugs as many of us do not even have tonsils.
Has anybody here been exposed to asbestos??