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Q: Post nasal drip ?
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BubbRubb
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I have been using Nasonex for about 3 weeks and have noticed little improvement. I keep very good dental hygiene (brush and floss twice a day), use a 'tongue scraper', drink lots of water, and have even started with nasal irrigation... none of which seems to have done anything.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I got curious tonight and got out a flashlight and looked way back into my mouth. What I noticed was a whitish coating on my soft palette with about 3 small pumps (kind of like zits). I could see another 'zit' on one of my tonsils. As I was poking around, I noticed that this area (very back of throat/mouth) is the source of the odor.
I looked a little further, and noticed on the very back of my throat (I believe its called the 'pharynx' if i am not mistaken) had thick whitish mucus on it. (I assume this to be the post nasal drip?)
At the risk of self diagnosing, it seems to me that I might have post nasal drip with tonsiliths? But then what is the white coating and bumps on the soft palette? and what can I do to treat this?
I wouldn't make a big deal out of this kind of thing normally, its just that this kind of thing really hurts a person's quality of life. Its just sort of embarrassing.
*and you can rule out STD/Drug/Steroid use, i don't do any of that stuff.
I truly appreciate any help/advice you might give.
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illustriously fickle
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BubbRubb
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illustriously fickle
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BubbRubb
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So, I started gargling tons of highly concentrated salt water. (at least 4 times a day). At first, nothing really happened, but I stuck with it. This afternoon I gargled and then checked my breath and inside of my mouth a few hours later... I couldn't really find anything unusual or any odor whatsoever. So it looks like I might finally be cured. 
I will probably continue to gargle with salt water for a few more days for good measure. Just to think, all these months of suffering to be fixed in about 72 hours!
I also read today, that I should be eating yogurt to make sure that all this salt water doesn't kill the good bacteria, so I guess I will give that a shot for good measure.
Anyway, thanks so much for your help!
And for anyone else suffering for a similar problem, that may stumble onto this post, I did try gargling salt water a while back when my symptoms first appeared, but it had no effect. This time however, I gargled salt water every few hours and in a much higher concentration and for a much longer time. So, my suggestion is to keep with it and don't let the bacteria or whatever is giving you problems time to recover.
I will probably continue to gargle with salt water for a few more days for good measure. Just to think, all these months of suffering to be fixed in about 72 hours!
I also read today, that I should be eating yogurt to make sure that all this salt water doesn't kill the good bacteria, so I guess I will give that a shot for good measure.
Anyway, thanks so much for your help!
And for anyone else suffering for a similar problem, that may stumble onto this post, I did try gargling salt water a while back when my symptoms first appeared, but it had no effect. This time however, I gargled salt water every few hours and in a much higher concentration and for a much longer time. So, my suggestion is to keep with it and don't let the bacteria or whatever is giving you problems time to recover.
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jchartr1
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