Post-Nasal Drip Symptoms

Post-nasal drip is characterized by the sensation of mucus dripping from the nose through the back of throat. There can possibly be an increase and decrease in thin or thick secretions. An increase in thin secretions may be attributed to upper respiratory viruses which cause colds and flu, to allergies, certain foods and spices, pregnancy and its accompanying hormonal changes, various drugs including birth control pills and especially high blood pressure medications.

The escalated thick secretions are frequently caused by low humidity in homes and other dwellings during wintertime that are heated without adding moisture to the air. If the secretions from a common cold become thick and green or yellow, it is more likely that a bacterial sinus infection is emergent. In children, thick secretions signify a foreign body in the nose such as a bean, beads, or small part of toy. On the other hand, decrease in secretion may be credited to long-term exposure to environmental irritants such as smoke, pollutants, and fumes as well as structural abnormalities such as nasal and septal irregularities which modify air currents then dry surrounding membranes.

In either manner, changes in the normal amount of secretions are often accompanied by the following symptoms: tickling feeling in the throat instigating constant cough or constant clearing of the throat, congestion in nasal and sinus passages, sore throat, bad breath or halitosis arising from the posterior part of the tongue, feeling of nausea, vomiting, constant spitting, swallowing problems, snorting to clean up the clear liquid secretion from the sinuses that cannot be cleaned by blowing one's nose, broken or cracking voice, running nose due to mucus flow, difficulty in breathing and the presence of yellow or white mass called tonsil stones or tonsilloliths are formed in the crypts of the tonsils.

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