Suggest Treatment For Mucus Formation While Recovering From Flu

Posted on Mon, 9 Mar 2015

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Mon, 9 Mar 2015 Answered on

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Question : I have had a severe case of flu the past week.I get a lot of mucus into my stomach.What can I do to relieve the problem,It has been keeping me up at night

Answered by Dr. Prahlad Duggal (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Use nasal decongestant and mucolytic

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for the query.

Please take steam regularly along with saline irrigation (which you are already using).

Take a mucolytic like ambroxal or bromhexine along with nasal decongestant drops like xylometazoline.

In case the post nasal drip is very thick and is colored (yellowish or greenish) or accompanied with fever, you may need to see an ENT as an antibiotic may be required.

Feel free to ask another query.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Prahlad Duggal (17 minutes later)

I always belch a lot of gas when I get this issue.Does the mucus turn into a gaseous form?

Did someone get my question from 16 minutes ago about getting a lot of gas when I get the post nasal drip.Does the mucus turn into a gaseous form?

my follow-up was not answered.Does the mucus turn into a gas.I am having a lot of gas when also dealing with the post nasal drip.

Answered by Dr. Prahlad Duggal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
usually due to aerophagy

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the query.

Mucous does not turn into gas but one tends to swallow a lot when there is post nasal drip and due to this aerophagy, belching can happen.

You can take a proton pump inhibitor along with a prokinetic for this if this is disturbing you a lot.

Feel free to ask another query.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar