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Help With Catarrh
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I have had bad catarrh for a couple of years..tried various medication from the Doctor, but nothing helped..can anyone suggest anything to help.?
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Does it come down the back of the throat completely disassociated with your nose OR does it mainly come down your nose?
If it comes down your nose is it thick or watery?
Is it white or coloured?
Is your nose blocked and do you sneeze ?
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Does it come down the back of the throat completely disassociated with your nose OR does it mainly come down your nose?
If it comes down your nose is it thick or watery?
Is it white or coloured?
Is your nose blocked and do you sneeze ?
Let's start from there.
Sqad...... I have had the same sort of symptoms for about 20 years, I had an operation on my nose around the same time, I was told that the mucus was not draining away as it should and the operation would help, the answer is that it didn't help, I wake up every morning and I'm block and clogged with mucus etc, I've got to have a good half a dozen coughs to clear it and for the first hour or so of waking up I've got to constantly blow my nose until it is cleared, I am lent over the sink every morning coughing my heart up, throughout the day i'm still blowing my nose after eating or drinking, if I bend down to tie laces, etc the 'snot' just drips from my nose, it can be very embarrassing, I am 73 years old and tried most sprays etc but nothing works, i've just learned to live with it.
Is there anything else I can do?
PS. After the op I also lost my sense of smell and taste.
Is there anything else I can do?
PS. After the op I also lost my sense of smell and taste.
SaintPeter......that is very helpful.
Clearly there was an obstruction in your nasal passage some 20 years ago and am sorry that the operation didn't help.
It would seem reasonable to seek another ENT opinion in case the "obstruction " has either returned or was inadequately treated in the operation that you have mentioned.
I understand your reticence for another operation.
Might I suggest seeing your GP and give intranasal steroids e.g Beconase Nasal Spray to be used last thing at night.
Clearly there was an obstruction in your nasal passage some 20 years ago and am sorry that the operation didn't help.
It would seem reasonable to seek another ENT opinion in case the "obstruction " has either returned or was inadequately treated in the operation that you have mentioned.
I understand your reticence for another operation.
Might I suggest seeing your GP and give intranasal steroids e.g Beconase Nasal Spray to be used last thing at night.