Post Nasal Drip Not Caused by Allergies or GERD

March 30, 2024   Medical Issues

There’s posts all over the internet about ENT’s claiming excessive mucus / phlegm / Post Nasal Drip is caused by Allergies or GERD. I strongly disagree with this assessment.

Nine months after getting a Upper Respiratory Infection, I still have  excessive mucus / phlegm / Post Nasal Drip. Until I had this Upper Respiratory Infection, my throat felt perfect. Medical professionals are claiming it’s caused by allergies which I haven’t had during my entire life. I don’t have any of the classic allergy symptoms like sneezing, watery eyes or runny nose, which seemed to escape the medical professionals I saw.

I explained to my Primary Physician how the Post Nasal Drip began when I got the Upper Respiratory Infection, how it has continued months afterwards and how I never had allergies. His response was to say “people’s bodies change” and told me to start taking Nasacort & Xyzal, both of which are used to treat Allergy symptoms. IMO, prescribing Allergy medications for someone who has no history of allergies is the wrong treatment.

A ENT I went to claimed it was caused by either GERD or Throat Thrush. I tried taking nystatin oral for Thrush for 2 weeks and it made no difference.

I went to another ENT and he claimed the cause was most likely GERD so he prescribed Omeprazole. I tried taking it and all it did was give me a headache. Also Omeprazole has many dangerous side effects.

I’m in excellent health but this Post Nasal Drip / excessive mucus / phlegm in my throat is maddening.

 

Vasomotor Rhinitis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Vasomotor (nonallergic) rhinitis is inflammation of nasal tissues that results in sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose or postnasal drip.

I changed my search words a few days ago to “nonallergic post nasal drip” and began seeing articles like the one above which seems to match my condition.

They state: “Vasomotor (nonallergic) rhinitis is inflammation of nasal tissues that results in sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose or postnasal drip. Unlike allergic rhinitis (or hay fever), the symptoms are of an unknown cause. Likely, they result from triggers that irritate your nose”.

None of the doctors I saw mentioned “nonallergic rhinitis”.

 

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Effective Treatment for Chronic Post-Nasal Drip

Most people experience excess mucus production around a cold or allergies. Chronic post-nasal drip is similar, but it sticks around longer than it should. Do yo

I then ran searches for “nonallergic post nasal drip treatment” and sites like the above came up which mentions procedures such as ClariFix© and RhinAer.

I’m posting this article so people who has “nonallergic post nasal drip” can post their comments about their experience with this condition and treatments they used which worked.

Here’s more posts I found from other people about post nasal drip –

 

Per the above post: “Hi everyone. I’ve been struggling with constant post nasal drip and mucus in throat for over 3 years. It really is a head-scratcher. I’m hoping someone here can relate. Here’s my experience with this mysterious and persistent post nasal drip:

It started in March 2020 after a sinus infection lasting 2 months (UK doctors are stingy with antibiotics.) While it’s possible I had covid, I showed no typical symptoms.

Now, over 3 years on, the drip has continued and has been chornic. Thick, sticky mucus in my throat all day, every day. I can either spit it out, swallow it or scoop it out with my tongue and remove it from my tongue with a tissue. The consistency of it is thick, gloopy and sticky. Even once I’ve cleared the mucus I’m able to get rid of, I can still feel it sitting in my throat – too far down for me to get to. This causes a clogged feeling. I’m quite certain it comes from behind my nose as I can feel it initially building up there. It gets worse after eating. It also can occur when I’m doing nothing at all, having not eaten anything. I’ve attempted many times to establish a pattern but at this point have to acknowledge that there isn’t one.

I have been to many different ENTs. I have tried an array of different nasal sprays, saline rinses (with and without biofilm busters mixed in), an upper endoscopy to check for LPR (turns out I don’t have it) and the Clarifix procedure. None of this has helped at all. Quite disheartening, but I’m not giving up hope – I won’t accept that this is going to be for life. There surely must be something that will remedy it. Who knows, maybe an obscure problem requires an obscure remedy.  Anyone else suffering with this?”

 

Statistics claim Post Nasal Drip affects millions of people around the world. With all the posts on the internet from people who are at their wits end about post nasal drip, it’s inexplicable that medical professionals aren’t better versed in long term Post Nasal Drip and it’s treatment.

 

 

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