Post Nasal Drip – Ahem! What is it?

Ahem…ahem! Do you constantly feel like you need to clear your throat?

It could be that post nasal drip is the source of your trouble.

To understand this condition, we should take a look at one of our body’s protectors: mucus. As gross as the topic may sound, mucus is one of our body’s important ways of defending us against infection. We make a whole bunch of it. In fact, we’re sort of mucus factories.

During the course of a day, glands in our nose and throat produce up to 2 of quarts of the gooey stuff (1). But look past its goo-factor and you’ll find that mucus protects us from germs, by trapping them before they can get inside our body. Keeping germs out helps to keep us from getting an infection. Mucus also helps keep your nasal passages moist. When you’re healthy, you probably don’t pay any attention to the mucus, because it simply runs down the back of your throat. Without even noticing it, you swallow it.

But when you make more mucus than usual, or when it’s thicker than usual, that’s when it becomes an issue.

Feeling the mucus in the back of your throat can be very annoying. That’s where the constant urge to clear your throat comes into play. You can also wind up with a nagging cough–post nasal drip is the most common cause of a chronic cough(1). Often times, it gets worse at nighttime.

Aside from the annoying sensation of wanting to clear your throat and the nagging cough, that extra–or extra-thick–mucus can also plug up your sinus passages. If that happens, you can wind up with a sinus infection (1).

So, aside from being annoying, your post nasal drip can also lead to bigger problems.

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