I'm 38 and I just started having the same problems this year. I do have a little asthma and acid reflux problems. This year I had a cold that seemed to hang on forever. Ever since the cold subsided I get the same congestion feeling in my chest I had when I was sick after I eat something.
Hi everyone, I stumbled across this forum a couple weeks ago looking to find out what was wrong with my mom since she has had the exact same problem for about 6 years now and I was getting pissy about the doctors knowing NOTHING! Well on monday of this week our doctor sent her for another set of tests, one was an xray and one was a flourascope of the upper GI and then NOW we have something to work with! She went back to the doctor on friday to hear th results and it turns out that she has scarring on the esophagus above the stomach! I guess from what I hear second hand from her is that it can be a few different types of scaring but the over all for the most part means that acid has gone up enough to scar the esophagus which makes it swollen, and think about it when something is swollen things dont pass through it very well!
So if you have had problems with acid reflex also but not that "bad" and all those pills arent helping the icky stuff ask your doctor about doing the flourascope of the upper GI, maybe you have the same thing.
Will post again when she goes back in to talk to the dude that is suppose to deal with it.
So if you have had problems with acid reflex also but not that "bad" and all those pills arent helping the icky stuff ask your doctor about doing the flourascope of the upper GI, maybe you have the same thing.
Will post again when she goes back in to talk to the dude that is suppose to deal with it.
For years, my husband has been coughing like that after eating. It's usually a little bit after, and we kind of joke that he's allergic to driving after eating because after we've eaten at a restaurant, it's when we are getting into the car that he starts the coughing and hacking up thing. I've always assumed it was a food allergy...like a protein or fat allergy, particularly beef, because it doesn't seem to occur when he has light or low-fat meals.
I've noticed that since I had bronchitis a few weeks ago, now I"m coughing and have a lot of mucous after eating. I started taking an over the counter protalic enzyme called Serrapeptase and it's helping with the mucous. Serrapeptase is available at natural food stores, like MOMs or Whole Foods.
I've noticed that since I had bronchitis a few weeks ago, now I"m coughing and have a lot of mucous after eating. I started taking an over the counter protalic enzyme called Serrapeptase and it's helping with the mucous. Serrapeptase is available at natural food stores, like MOMs or Whole Foods.
I'm almost 27 and I've had this issue for the longest time as well. In addition to that, whenever I get super full, I start sneezing. The more full I am, the more I sneeze. No idea why though.
I have it, too. Seems to have just started in the last week. I have had a fungus/mold allergy for years. Recently got terrible sinus headache followed by cough both of which lasted about 4 weeks before i got so fed up that i went on sulfa antibiotics. six more days with no change and increasing more pain in sinuses and the doctor very reluctantly put me on antifungal terbinafine. My sinus headache cleared right up but now have developed this flood of mucus and coughing after eating- i also have some pain;feels like pleurisy. I have just started treating it with probiotics (taking them anyhow as i just finished antibiotics course); i think it may be helping. Anyone else wiped out their resident stomach flora with antibiotics or chemotherapy? Anyone else have a mold allergy? Anyone else have sinus pain in response to food allergy??
Looking for a connection.
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mo
Looking for a connection.
Thanks
mo
I don't really cough after everytime I eat, but my nose gets congested. I can't breathe out of one nostril and my nose is runny and stuffed up at the same time. I've tried figuring out if it only happens when I eat certain foods, but it seems to happen no matter what I eat. Its been going on for a few months now and I have no idea why or what could be causing it.
Wow. I'm amazed and comforted that someone other than me has this VERY annoying problem. I'm 57 and have been doing this for several years now. It's totally annoying for me, so I can't imagine how it is for those lucky people around me after I eat. Makes no difference what I eat or drink. It can be water. Almost like the simple act of swallowing sets in motion a phlegm manufacturing plant that's activitated in my brochial tubes. I had such a hard time determining where it was coming from and thought it was a post-nasal drip thing, but then I realized that it was up coming from my lungs since when I didn't cough it up, it would rattle around in there until I did. I will try taking something for reflux to see if it helps. Thanks for any suggestions and will post any thing I find that I find helps me, in case it might work for the rest of you. Has anyone ever put a name to this syndrome?
P.S. I'd love to hear an updated posting from Huggles as to how your mom is doing and what she found out. Thanks!
Same problem here... For what it's worth, I have been diagnosed with Barrett's and take Nexium, as well as anti-cholesterol drugs. 56 yrs old, never smoked (except 2nd hand). Nose gets stuffy after supper, have to blow for about half hour, and after that it subsides. Would love to know what the problem is. I always figured it has to do with poor breathing coordination while eating supper.
I noticed this problem a year ago, but has become worse after recovering from a sinusitis episode, which I self-treated partially with antibiotics ( I say partially because I ran out of the antibiotic and didn't bother to go to the doctor to get a prescription. What if I had lived in the pre-antibiotic era? So I decided that my body has to fight it off by itself. So far it seems to have been cleared away). Before I go on to speculate on the possible causes of this, I must say that all my life I've suffered from some kind of nasal disorder, sinusitis during my childhood; allergic rhinitis during adulthood. I speak with a nasal voice, I often sneeze; and always carry some kind of handkerchief or napkin to blow my nose. Currently I take antihistamines every day (Allegra or Claritin) with modest relief. So I'm doomed. Now, this post-prandial nasal congestion comes up to top it all off. Anyway, I've been thinking about it and I came up with a couple of hypotheses of what might be causing this (in addition to my underlying disorder). Some are testable but I'm still working on them. Hypothesis# 1-Excess of coffee. It seems silly but I often drink 2 large cups of coffee in the morning. What I think coffee is doing is acting as an'enhanced sympathomimetic'. So what about it?. Well, it's known among athletes that their heart rate is slower. Why? Because they compensate with parasympathetic activity their usual heightened sympathetic activity during exercise. If they overcompensate, they might even suffer vasovagal syncope and bradycardia. So coming back to the paroxysmal mucus expectoration after dining; it could be an overcompensation to the sympathomimetic action of coffee (or stress?). To test this, I need to stop drinking coffee and see if the postprandial nasal congestion disappears. Not an easy thing to do. Like I said, I'm working on it. If any one wants to test it, please be my guest.
Hypothesis #2. Cross-wiring (kind of 'crocordile tear syndrome'). It's known that the seventh (facial) cranial nerve controls salivation and lacrimation (among other things) but if you study carefully the embryology of the head and neck, you'll realize that there's a lot of cross-wiring especially inside the brain. Many years ago I heard the term 'salivo-occulo-lachrymonsal complex' to describe the functional interrelatedness among the neural centers in the midbrain, but now I can't seem to find this term in Google. Cranial nerves 5, 7, 9 and 10 perform several functions that if not overlapping yet they are harmoniously associated with the act of salivation, lacrimation, mucous production, and carry both sensory inputs from the sides and back of the tongue and palate, as well as motor output to muscles (gag reflex, and many other actions in the nasopharynx, and larynx). I don't mean to say that these nerves perform identical or overlapping functions (remember I'm not a neurophysiologist) but they do control organs that perform coordinated activities, for example, a couple of nerves can detect the smell (1st) and taste (9th) of food, and others will actually salivate (7th) or swallow (9th, 10th) the food once eaten. So it's well possible that some functional derangement like the 'crocordile tear syndrome' might occur but not so much on an anatomical level (like a functional dysautonomia -reversible?). So it's possible that many more (mucous) glands are stimulated than necessary by the simple act of eating. Like I said above I'm just speculating, these are hypotheses, they need to be tested or investigated if deemed plausible. This is pretty preliminary but I want to share it before I change my mind and possibly end up not writing anything at all. Let me know how mistaken I am. Regards.
Hypothesis #2. Cross-wiring (kind of 'crocordile tear syndrome'). It's known that the seventh (facial) cranial nerve controls salivation and lacrimation (among other things) but if you study carefully the embryology of the head and neck, you'll realize that there's a lot of cross-wiring especially inside the brain. Many years ago I heard the term 'salivo-occulo-lachrymonsal complex' to describe the functional interrelatedness among the neural centers in the midbrain, but now I can't seem to find this term in Google. Cranial nerves 5, 7, 9 and 10 perform several functions that if not overlapping yet they are harmoniously associated with the act of salivation, lacrimation, mucous production, and carry both sensory inputs from the sides and back of the tongue and palate, as well as motor output to muscles (gag reflex, and many other actions in the nasopharynx, and larynx). I don't mean to say that these nerves perform identical or overlapping functions (remember I'm not a neurophysiologist) but they do control organs that perform coordinated activities, for example, a couple of nerves can detect the smell (1st) and taste (9th) of food, and others will actually salivate (7th) or swallow (9th, 10th) the food once eaten. So it's well possible that some functional derangement like the 'crocordile tear syndrome' might occur but not so much on an anatomical level (like a functional dysautonomia -reversible?). So it's possible that many more (mucous) glands are stimulated than necessary by the simple act of eating. Like I said above I'm just speculating, these are hypotheses, they need to be tested or investigated if deemed plausible. This is pretty preliminary but I want to share it before I change my mind and possibly end up not writing anything at all. Let me know how mistaken I am. Regards.
wow, same here- 39 years old- very healthy. Its only large meals that it happens with. its been going on a few years but decided to look it up now.
Interesting info about the acid reflux. I've always had some problems with that so it seems to me i might try a heartburn medication to avert it.
Interesting info about the acid reflux. I've always had some problems with that so it seems to me i might try a heartburn medication to avert it.
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It seems like everyone who has had this problem is older. I'm only sixteen and i have congestion after i eat, mostly larger meals, and this has been going on for a couple of years.
I have experienced these same symptoms since I was about 17 and am now 25. Severe sinus congestion and coughing would happen when consuming a full meal. In 2006 I was diagnosed w/ Celias Disease and it seemed that the symptoms calmed down. For the past year they have worsened. I'm not sure if it is related to Celiac Disease or some other digestive problem. I do experience heartburn and a thickness in my throat as well on a frequent basis. My only other guess is that it could be acid reflux. I will be making an appt w/ my doctor soon to see if he has any further suggestions.
So is there no answer to all this? No solution? Just people sharing similar ailments is it but no advice?