Allergies! Phlegm! Help!

[gypsyscribe 0]

:ohmy:It is allergies season and I have had my fourth fill which brings me to 4.5cc in an 8 cc band. I just got off an antibiotic and was just given cough medicine for the cough and a nasal spray for the nasal drip. I take one zyrtek a day as well.

I have major plegm which seems to be blocking what I drink. I can get some down but not much then it gets blocked and comes back up. I seem ok after I drink something hot but it builds up again. It does seem to get better everyday but it is hard for me to get my meds down that I need to take everyday.

How do I get rid of the phlegm? has anyone else gone through this?? Will iot get better or am I going to feel this way through the rest of the season??

Thanks:ohmy:

[stamp_demo 0]

I have problems with allergies too. Plemgm can clog the stoma and create all kinds of problems. I have recently started using a Neti Pot and it is working wonders! For the first time in years, my nasal passages are clear and I am not taking my allergy meds anymore (I was taking Flonase and loratadine). My headaches are almost gone too. Its certainly worth a try!

Gail

[Terri in KY 0]

What's a neti pot? i have seen signs at the pharmacy for these. I too have bad allergies and wonder if phlem sometimes makes my stomach hurt at night time. What does the neti pot do?

[stamp_demo 0]

A neti pot looks like a little magic lamp and you fill it with warm, salt Water and pour into one nostril at a time, letting it wash away mucus, dust, pollen, etc from your nasal passages. You can google "neti pot" to find lots of information on it. Some people use a syringe or other device to do the same thing. Try it - you have nothing to lose!

[Itsaboutme12 0]

OMG!!! Thank you all for the allergy advice and question... I came on here looking to see if I may have been having problems with the port or something, but after reading your posts, it's my allergies!!!

I have been having so much phlegm and sometimes I can't keep some foods that I had no problem with before down. I know that you tend to have a lot of mucus, but this hasn't been the ordinary.

Do you also have problems with the amount of food that you can eat. Another words, before I could have about a cup of Soup, but since ragweed season I can only get down about 2 tbs worth. Then it feels as if it's been sitting in my chest. And other times I have to make my sick to get it out. :laugh: