mucus (?) stuck in back of throat causing me to gag

Guest over a year ago

Hi my partner had this problem and he would wake up each morning feeling sick. He was diagnosed with sleep apnoea. However he actually got better by increasing his water intake and losing weight . Hope thy helps.

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Guest over a year ago

question...do you or your father by chance live in an environment of mold? I too am experience these things, and so are my neighbors...we are now thinking that it is our building and that their maybe a mold infestation.

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Guest over a year ago

Where do I find what an alkaline diet consists of?

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Guest over a year ago

I've had some symptoms you've mentioned. At times I'll get a scratchy throat so bad it'll make run to the toilet and gag and dry heave and nothing but a clear mucus is coughed up. That'll sometimes relieve the scratchy throat and I'll be good for some time. It's always a thick clear mucus that seems to come from the back of my throat. I've been to ENT's ((3)) stomach doctor and find nothing but acid reflux. I still have no answer

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Guest over a year ago

There is an article that explains how acid reflux can make people feel like they have post nasal drip

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Guest over a year ago

Hi, I have been suffering from the same thing for six weeks. Doctor had me on steroids, ventolin, then antibiotics. Nothing worked. I have chocked on phlegm so many times and was close to passing out being unable to breathe. I finally told my doctor I had enough and we need to find a cure.
He sent me for a nasal and throat swab. Bingo ... I have Whooping Cough ... Highly contagious, and have now started a new course of antibiotics...
Hopefully this time it will fix me. I go to bed wondering if this is the night I will choke to death !!!

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Guest over a year ago

how do I post here? I had my tonsils out 3 years ago and they supposedly fixed a slight deviated septum and now I have tons of mucus on my throat 24/7. i'm so sick if this I want to scream. The doctors don't do anything except the same tests over and over ct scans, swallow tests etc and I'm tired of it with 0 relief. I wish I never let them touch me

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Guest over a year ago

I have been dealin with this for now 8 years on and off. I have limited things from my diet at random. I am starting to think it could be gluten related.

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Guest over a year ago

i have the same problem :(

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Guest over a year ago

Don't fight it, let your body do its job. Gag reflex is there to clear airway of obstruction. I suffer same, due to my dog alergy and occasional cold. I start by coughing as hard as I can , and after two or three heaves , the reflex takes over. It's kind of gross, and scarry loud. I try to find a quiet private space, so neighbors and kids don't get scared. , perhaps in the wood Grove in public parks.
Bring a water bottle to clear your throat after expulsion. My proccess is accelerated by exercise, specifically running. The percussion effect , on chest and throat, from running combined with greater demand for air, causes my body to do a mighty hive.
Stay away from solid food , especcially, breads. The breading gets stuck on mucus, and turns into a sponge, further blocking the airway. So liquids, and stock only soups. No sweets, no vegetables, no meat, nothing with consistency higher the water.
After expulsion, you may get a lite headheaded. That's becouse you system is now unclogged, and there is a jolt of oxygen. It will pass in a minute.

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Guest over a year ago

I just looked this up because I've been having similar problems. I already had paragone tincture so I tried it. It has helped for sure. The Paragone Works.

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Guest over a year ago

Hi I have the answer to this miserable condition,had the same problem for years!! It got so bad after trying everything there was a dat where I couldn't go to work, it's hard to explain choking on your own snot and being sick, most people don't believe it but it's a condition called LPR it's bile we're gagging on not mucus, easily overlooked, then when a ent doctor suggests it it's hard to believe because it feels so sinusy, and because you don't have heartburn, but this works!!!! Everyone is begging for an answer and here is one, nexium or something of the like for stomach acid works! It is that acid that is making us choke and gag, worst in the morning cause it creeps up when we sleep,It gets better immediately, after starting nexium or a similar drug,but takes time to heal completely because of the condition having scarred the larynx, similar to a blister, Google why post nasal drip might be LPR , you are all welcome, it works, I firmly believe this is the solution to this miserable problem

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Guest over a year ago

I have the same problem, after years it got so bad I couldn't go to work last week so I googled it like crazy, it's stomachs acid , not from the nose even though it's hard to believe from the way it feels, nexium or something similar fixes it, it works immediately to make it better, but takes time to solve it completely, please share this information with all these people suffering so horribly as I have, I've never blogged anything before, I'm not even on Facebook but as someone who read how others are suffering so badly as I have I feel an obligation to help them back. nexium, or a similar drug( tums don't work) and one pill is not enough take them as the package says you will feel better immediately

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Guest over a year ago

Unfortunately this will not work for everyone. I have this exact problem I cant even brush my teeth in the morning. I also had the bile acid/heartburn throughout the day. Like everyone else this started only in the AM and slowly progressed to happening all the time. I believe it is a combination of things.
Anxiety
Strees
Nasal drip
acid reflux(for some)
I went to the ENT 5 weeks ago and was prescribed omeprozol(spelling). taking this eliminated the heartburn. I no longer feel the burn and no longer taste acid or anything of the sort. YAY! buuuuut the morning gagging, dry heaving and super thick mucus is still there!

I read the Mucinex can help and i also ready about the anxiety portion. While on a regiment taking Mucinex(allergies/sinus) , Omeprozol(acid/heartburn) along with Zinc and Magnesium(anxiety) I notice some minimal relief throughout the day but was still bad in the AM. I quickly ran out of the Mucinex(pretty expensive). I continued taking everything else and the gagging is now back throughout the day.

Today I decided to bombard my sinus' with everything I had in the medicine cabinet. Not sure if it will help.

So my final thoughts are this is primarily related to the nasal drip along with the anxiety. I still feel anxiety is involved because the fits get worse if Im getting ready to leave on a job or a meeting or some other situation where there is the slightest apprehension.

Hope this helps!

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Guest over a year ago

I too have had a thick mucus in my throat for several months. It doesn't bother me until it makes me gag. Then I get done gagging, there's always a little bit of mucus in my mouth, and I spit it out. Every morning I have a runny nose, but that always goes away within a few hours. I'm a 23 year old female and this is the second year I've had this. Please help. It's really annoying and gross.

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