Get Rid Of Mucus In Throat With Home Remedies
You may wake up one morning with a hacking cough, a sore throat or may just feel like clearing your throat ever so often. You might feel that there is a lump of mucus that seems to have settled in your throat. This means that you might have got a postnasal drip, the term that describes all the symptoms mentioned above.
Generally, one or two quarts of mucus keep running through the back of our throats. Mucus is actually like a broom that cleans out the nasal passages by flushing out the viruses, bacteria and foreign particles. It also humidifies the air that moves through our body, thus, keeping our insides comfortable. Most of the time we do not even feel the mucus trickling down our throats, but if we do tend to become acutely aware of the fact, then most probably we’ve got the postnasal drip.
Causes: We can get too much of mucus in our throats because of –
- Allergies: Pollen, environmental conditions, food products or insects can bring on an allergy attack that can cause a postnasal drip.
- Air pollution: Smog is infused with pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide that can cause the mucus to drip excessively.
- Cold air: A chilly winter day can cause our nose to drip and mucus to settle in our throats.
- Colds and flu: The flu or a cold can lead to too much of mucus in our throats and nose.
- Deviated septum: This happens when the cartilage dividing the nose into two sides, moves. It could be a structural problem or can be caused due to slight trauma in the nose. This can lead to an alteration in the way the mucus flows.
- Dust and smoke: Some people are more sensitive to dust and smoke. They can get a mucus problem in their throats and nose in case they come in contact with too much of these elements.
Home remedies:
- Gargle with warm, saline water to soothe your throat.
- Mix a spoonful of salt and a pinch of baking soda in warm water and squirt some of the mixture into your nostrils with a nasal syringe. Close your throat and palate while you do this. Tilt your head forward, backward and to each side, so that the solution swishes to all sides of the sinus cavities. Then blow your nose.
- Drink enough water through the day so that the mucus is thin and does not clog your throat.
- Try a cough syrup or cough drops.
- Keep away from smog, allergens, smoke, dust and other pollutants.
- If it still doesn’t go away, do visit a doctor.
