Dissolve mucus in throat

I 24M, have been dating my NB22 boyfriend for a little over 1 year. We recently have both escaped abusive situations, and he is recovering from a particularly nasty break-up(we are poly, their bf dumped them on the street while they were struggling with unemployment and it REALLY messed him up), we currently live together.
Important information: I am DX AuHD, trying to get medicated for it, and I suspect I have some form of DID/OSDD. I struggle a lot with memory, it's just something I can't be consistent with. It's frustrating, and it makes remembering to do chores around the house agony. I've been trying to cope by asking for lists of things to do from my live-in bf, so I have a physical reminder of tasks to complete. I also ask for help from my headmates, and sometimes it works, but they are just as AUHD as I am and we're really sick and tired of it affecting people around us, which is why we're hoping getting medicated will help. The thing is, my bf doesn't always have the energy to write out lists for me and I don't want them to be carrying me, basically. I've asked for a permanent list that I can keep on my phone, so he doesn't have to keep reminding me, but he brushed me off.
When we first started dating, I wrote up a little manual for them, detailing how I learn and think and how my moods work and what to do in case of XYZ scenario. I know that my AUHD makes me a lot. I know it makes me a really bad and forgetful partner whos best doesn't meet the bar. I asked my bf if he could write a manual for themselves, so I can better navigate my relationship with them. They keep saying they don't have time or energy. I wanted to let them know what they were getting when they chose to date me, and they have told me that I've made it clear to them, but I don't know if they're saying that just to please me now. I don't expect them to be at 100% all the time, but I want to know that I can rely on them for the occasional reminder or push in the right direction when I lose track.
We've also been struggling with money a lot lately. I was able to finally land a part-time job, even though it's not nearly enough to cover everything. I'm looking for a second job while selling(or, trying to) my art on the side. Every month, my bf has a breakdown about not being able to cover rent. Naturally, I mirror his distress. He's told me I need to stop treating it like life or death, but they have panic attacks about the rent like clockwork every month. I don't know how else they expect me to react if they're always on the verge of a mental break every month, crying and shaking and repeating out loud "we're not going to make it. They're gonna evict us." I don't know what they expect me to say or do in that situation. I tried asking them about it and they didn't give me an answer that made sense. "Stop worrying" and "you need to be okay with me being okay eventually", which sounds like fucking nonsense.
In the past, they asked me to offer help more often. So I do, when I wake up I ask, "Anything I can help with today?" When they're distressed or upset I ask if there's anything I can do to change the environment or my actions so that they feel safer. I try cooking for them, something I enjoy doing, and I'll offer to cook for them and they'll say no.
After all this, they got angry with me because I'm sick and there was meat(that he took out) on the counter defrosting, he'd wanted me to put it away. I was sleeping and getting up to puke pure mucus, I never even knew he'd taken out the meat. He questioned me, asked if I was really that sick, and all I could do was nod. My voice is shot, my throat is sore and dry and sandpapery. I'm leaking snot by the bucketful and my eyes are puffy and gross from inflamation. They asked me why I hadn't been helping or cooking for them, and I told them. "Every time I offer, you say there's nothing I can do. I offered to cook for you these past few days and you rejected me. I'm trying to do what you asked of me, but you tell me no, so I listen to that no. What do you want from me?" And all they could say was "Sometimes I don't know."
I've never felt so fucking defeated. Six months of this, and I can't do anything right. I don't know if it's genuinely just me or if it's something with my bf. I'm questioning our compatability, I don't know what to do and I don't know how to correct things. I asked what I could do, and was told nothing, and now they're angry at me for doing nothing.
What the hell do I do? Sorry if this is long and rambly, I've stressed myself out to the point of a migraine, and I'm still sick. Any advice would be appreciated.
TLDR: My boyfriend asks me to do one thing, I do so, and he rebuffs me, then gets angry at me. What the hell do I do?

This is SO funny, I am reposting it and will repost it every once in a while.
From:
https://www.reddit.com/tifu/comments/2vdwtw/tifu_by_drinking_an_entire_bottle_of_louisiana/

I have had a number of job interviews recently that went poorly and did not result in securing employment.
I started to think I needed to do something during an interview to really stand out, be impressive, unique, and highly memorable. I thought it could be risky, but might work out.
I came up with the following idea: After concluding the interview, after the hand shakes, etc, when leaving the room stop, turn around, and say "There's one more thing you need to know about me."
Then pull out a bottle of hot sauce, down the entire bottle, slam it onto the ground and say "I can handle the heat." Nod confidently, leave the room.
Boom.
I imagined that they would be really impressed and wowed by such a performance.
Well it didn't pan out like I thought it would. It was only a small bottle of hot sauce, I figured it would be no big deal to actually do. I should have tested at home first, but I didn't.
I was nervous as a bitch-ass during the interview, but I was determined to follow through with the plan.
So I started exactly as described above. I was leaving, I turned around, maybe not with as much swagger as I'd imagined in my head, and I declared "There's one more thing you need to know about me."
I pulled out the hot sauce bottle, almost dropped it, and started to open the bottle. In my head it was all one quick confident motion, like an electric Indiana Jones, but instead I fumbled around and had a tough time getting it open. It felt like a nightmarish eternity but was probably only about 20 seconds. Enough time for one of the interviewers to ask me what I was doing.
I didn't answer directly. Instead, after I got the bottle open, I repeated "There's one more thing you need to know about me." (But stuttering.)
Then I guzzled down the entire bottle of hot sauce. I instantly regretted it. My mouth and throat felt like lava was swirling around inside me. I immediately started to gag and loudly cough, I was crying involuntarily. Tears hardcore streaming down my face. I was sweating like a terrible fool.
I desperately tried to scream "I can handle the heat" but just kept coughing before I could get anything out.
The interviewers were all standing up looking at me in horror and confusion.
A few seconds before I threw up all over the floor I knew it would happen, but I tried to hold it back. I couldn't.
I threw up all over the floor. It hurt as much on the way out as it did on the way in, if not more so. The vomit felt like flaming barbed wire shredding its way through my neck.
I should mention a disturbing amount of fiery mucus was also leaking out of my nose uncontrollably.
After I finished throwing up I could not bear to look at the interviewers. I hoarsely mumbled an apology and started to stumble as quickly as possible out the door.
I have never been more shamed in my life.
I didn't get the job.

i dont smoke, drink, use drugs for starters, i weigh somewere 135lbs height is 5'6 in the usa
Hello this is my first time posting on this sub reddit i hope its okay, i didn't want to book an appointment because money is tight-ish and its something minor that i figured i can ask here
yesterday i swallowed a small heel of bread and it scratched my throat on the way down, i didn't think much of it until today it stills feel irritated, like kinda sore and the feeling of mucus like when you have a cold.
i did have coffee this morning that kind've made my thoat/mouth a little funny so i stopped sugar and caffeine all together just in case
is it just irritated?

Hello everyone. I (20M) have been smoke free (vaping nicotine and hitting bongs) for 2 months and 29 days. However, I am still dealing with mucus every time I clear my throat and brown spots in my phlegm every morning. I would really like some clarity for my mental health seeing as I went to 4 doctors and had numerous blood tests and chest scans and everything seemed ok. I just need a timeline for how long this could last seeing as I would prefer to smoke since none of these problems existed beforehand. Any advice would suffice. Thank you.

Saw a gastro specialist yesterday. He wants to do another endoscopy and a colonoscopy too.
He said a few interesting things though. Firstly, stress definitely causes issues. It apparently creates additional acid in the tummy and can also cause your gut to not properly function (where it squeezes and rests). This can cause the build up of pressure and gas which can push open the flap between your tummy and throat.
He also said that different ant-acids work better for different people. For some people, gaviscoj doesn’t work as well as tums, and vice-versa - and to try several different brands to see what works best for you.
I think mine is IBS-related too as he agreed that a lot of my symptoms (bloated, gassy, mucus in stools) is IBS related and so recommended a dietician that specialises in that.
A few interesting things that I’d not heard from other docs before.

My boyfriend have been together for almost 2 years. There have been numerous transgressions that have made me reconsider this relationship. I will summarize these issues to the best of my ability and hopefully some of you can help me see past my rose colored glasses.
After the initial three months of us dating, I had discovered my boyfriend had cheated on me the entire relationship with an ex he had recently broken up with. I had suspected that something was going on when I got the worst UTI I’ve ever had, it actually passed to my kidneys, resulting in an expensive ER bill that I couldn’t explain. After learning of the cheating, it made sense how my UTI had me hospitalized. We got back together (I forgave him like a dumbass). I learned not even a month after us restarting our relationship that he had tried to reach out to the girl he cheated on me with again.
He got a new job & I found out he was hanging out with/flirting with a female coworker and had been invited to her house, but didn’t go because he doesn’t have a car to drive. The entire fight ended with me apologizing for invading his privacy and reading these messages. Our relationship transformed into something more serious after numerous conversations surrounding trust. He had really improved his communication and genuinely stopped reaching out to other women.
Then he quit his job and began spending as much time as possible with me. This factor actually made us much closer, but I grew a resentment against him for not working or doing anything productive in his life. (He’s not in school, not working, no car). So I broke up with him for a full month, even saw other men, but I couldn’t stop myself from missing him. I felt incomplete without him, and I backslid hard into his arms.
Things were going extraordinarily well, and the fighting stopped. He promised he would change and strive for better things for himself and for us. We started a conversation about living together. Then it turned into us going on apartment tours, picking out furniture, talking costs, and almost submitting an application. Yet all of a sudden he said he doesn’t want to live with me. Not because of finances, but because of “our relationship issues”. He said I was boring, bad at sex, and a slew of other hurtful excuses. To avoid several long paragraphs on this argument, the essential issue was apparently me. This argument absolutely crushed me, it destroyed me, and I have never forgotten any of the words he said to me. They linger in my mind like mucus in my throat. Every time we argue it’s counterproductive and so is our recollection talk. The end always comes with my apology and admitting im wrong. That was two months ago that he dropped the bomb. Thankfully I was able to pivot and instead move back in with my family.
I just found out he recently started dming several girls off of instagram. He is clearly trying to talk with them seriously and hang out with them. I consider this cheating and would absolutely end the relationship over it. We have had numerous conversations about female and male friendships and how they are inherently sexual. I’m not allowed to have male friends, even those who i’ve known longer than him. The nature of the relationships he’s creating is sexual and inappropriate. He doesn’t know that I know.
Also, yes I’m aware its a privacy violation to search through your partner’s social media. I don’t care, I would do it again to cover my ass.
My question is, do I leave my boyfriend over the cheating on instagram?
TL:DR Do I break up with my boyfriend of two years because he is flirting with girls on instagram?

Using my Alt account. 37M. 6 feet tall roughly 160 pounds. Ever since the beginning of 2020, I've had breathing issues. It's never been to the point where i feel I need to go to the hospital but it's definitely an annoyance. I also most of the time can't get a full yawn. What I mean by that is the yawn just doesn't...complete, I guess? Like I don't get that fulfillment from a yawn like i used to. Since then I've done numerous tests: cat scan of my chest area, x-ray, lung capacity air test, etc. I WAS prescribed an albuterol inhaler, which I take occasionally as problems arise, and it does help me get a fuller breath.
Couple other factors to mention: 1. I do have oral allergy syndrome. I have an Epipen but haven't had to use it in probably 5 years. Still need to follow up with the allergy doctor 2. I have Tourrettes Syndrome, and one of my ticks is clearing my throat/coughing. 3. I do take a daily Zyrtec to help with seasonal allergies 4. Since having the problems I have stopped smoking medical marijuana. I used to be a relatively light smoker at least compared with the majority of people I know. I didn't really start smoking weed until after college and even then it would take me around 2 weeks to smoke 1/8 of an ounce.
Anyway. After all those tests I don't really have a definitive answer. Again I never had these issues until 2020 after I had the flu (it's not totally impossible that it was Covid, but i digress) I should also note that I don't really work out at all, except for walking and sexual intercourse with my wife.
Would love any help/ideas on what I'm experiencing.
Edit also wanted to add another symptom I'm experiencing: feeling full of mucus. I feel like there's constantly mucus in the back of my throat.

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Looking to get some opinions from people who are either medical in background or have experienced a run on both.
I've been diagnosed with GERD but think I'm more likely LPR as I have barely any typical GERD symptoms and predominantly throat based (severe swallowing issues, chronic cough, excess mucus, etc). I've been on PPIs a handful of times in increasing doses and every time have complained to my GP that they do not help, if anything make me feel worse, and I would like to try H2 blockers instead as I think my issues might have been caused by an allergy or histamine intolerance (I also get hives, red nose, itchy skin but I haven't been able to track these to any specific trigger foods and I can't afford a comprehensive allergy test in the UK right now)
Has anybody had a similar experience and found relief from switching to H2 blockers? I haven't been able to drink or eat properly for going on 2.5 years and it's definitely starting to cause me further issues in other areas of my health so I'm quite eager to find any option I can. Thanks!

Anyone who’s been experiencing the same? I usually get it when I sneeze or if something stuck mucus at the back of my throat and cough it out. Sometimes its clear and sometimes greenish in color. Diagnosed sinusitis and post nasal drip as symptom.
How did y’all get rid of it? Any supplements?
Thanks!

Anyone who’s been experiencing the same? I usually get it when I sneeze or if something stuck mucus at the back of my throat and cough it out. Sometimes its clear and sometimes greenish in color. Diagnosed sinusitis and post nasal drip as symptom.
How did y’all get rid of it? Any supplements?
Thanks!

Warning
Hello, I just want to preface a warning before I share my story and the things I've done to get me to this point in my journey. The symptoms that I have and the things I've done may not give you the same outcomes as I have as we are all different people with different symptoms, and different severities of our LPGERD, but I definitely have been wanting to share my findings in hopes to the people who feel lost and depressed to a path that may be successful for them as well.
My Story
I didn't know it at the time, but as a 21 year old, my first encounter that is very bright in my mind about my first occurrence with LPR definitely happened when I was 14/15. It first started with a lump in my throat that I noticed one day. This led to anxiety in my young mind that I was dying and that something was stuck in my throat. Because of this anxiety, I didn't eat that much for a whole month and would cry when I ate food that was very "thick" and I could feel it going down my throat and getting stuck. I lost so much weight because of this. When I told my mom, she didn't believe me and just warded it off as me being dramatic. After a while, this feeling went away, but for years to come, I didn't realize it but I was slowly losing my intolerance to dairy. This realization struck me when I was about 18, when I would start running to the bathroom not even 20 minutes after I had something that had incredible amounts of lactose in it. As one would do, I chose to ignore it before I loved dairy, I loved mac and cheese, and it wasn't exactly harming me, and I continued eating like this.
Then at certain instances of the day, I would notice certain things. In the morning, I would wake up with crazy amounts of mucous in my throat that was yellow and thick. I didn't know why it was there, and didn't really care, so I paid not much attention to this observation. I would also notice that I would wake up with a stuffy nose every morning as well, but blamed it at the time as spring allergies. Another observation I had made was that for years, (I do singing as a hobby) I noticed my voice deteriorating to the point where up until I was 18, I noticed that if I had to scream, I physically was not able to. It was like my upper register was completely sealed away from me, blocked away from me like it was on a very long hiatus. This is when I became concerned so I went to the doctor and they referred me to laryngologist (or something similar) and they stuck a camera down my throat because I was completely positive that I had vocal nodules on my vocal chords and that was the reason why I lost my upper register. To my dismay, he told me my vocal cords looked healthy and had no nodules on them. He asked me what was bothering me and I told him my symptoms. He then diagnosed me with LPSilent GERD.
He then explained to me like it was a common illness and that it was SO easy to cure. He shoved a paper my way, told me to pick up PPI's and to stick to this bland diet outlined on said paper and told me that in about 6-8 weeks it should be gone. At the time, I was happy it was curable and that I could get my voice back and was eager to start. Long story short, it was not that easy. I gave up not even 2 weeks later even though I saw little improvement, noticing that my upper register still had not come back. I shortly went back to my terrible diet and lived my life as if I didn't have LPR. I continued to drink dairy with no worries.
A year later, I could not ignore it. This was last summer in May. Before May, I would get these little episodes where I had that "something is stuck in my throat feeling" accompanied with a new feeling; like my throat was going to close. This scared the living hell out of me and then realized I had to take this seriously. Another reason I decided to take it seriously was because now when I ate dairy, the 20 minutes signal that I had to use the bathroom turned into less than 3 minutes accompanied with a stomach ache and my stomach bubbling. I literally had basically lost all tolerance to dairy. I did so much research, feeling depressed because it didn't seem like it was curable but I was stubborn and was determined to heal myself because I had a huge motive. My dream is to be a singer and singing is a big part of my life and I haven't felt like myself since I lost my upper register slowly since I was 13/14. This is where I began my journey to healing.
Symptoms:
*****These were my symptoms for LPR. Most of them happening gradually.

• Constant Throat Clearing
• Excessive Mucous when waking up and throughout the day
• Lump or "Stuck in Throat" feeling
• Throating closing episodes (it wasn't actually closing though and anxiety made this worst)
• Lost of Vocal Registers (Upper Register in my case)
• Difficulty Swallowing (I could not swallow pills in fear of choking)
• Postnasal drip sometimes (because of the mucous)
• Excessive Burping

What I Did:
*****As soon as I promised myself to adhere to the diet and healing myself, I did extensive research. Here is a combination of everything I did with explanation if you would like to read. (Hopefully I don't forget anything)
1. First I Started off by taking PPIs (I took Omeprazole), Adhering to the bland diet, Alkaline Water, Baking Soda gargling morning and night, and a LES (Lower Esophageal Sphincter) daily exercise.
Bland Diet: I did the typically bland diet they tell you to do. But in this phase you may need to experiment with foods to see how you react to them. I've read numerous posts on Reddit where some Bland Diet Foods actually aggravated their LPR. I stuck to no coffee, no alcohol, no tomatoes (they triggered me), NO DAIRY (especially for me), no high acidic foods (vinegar based things, etc), etc. This was hell for me because at the time I was at college taking summer classes, so I had to buy groceries, and cook for myself everyday. Everything at school had dairy in it or wasn't "bland enough". I felt very depressed because of this because I'm a foodie and I love food and trying new foods. I stuck to bland rice cakes as snacks, these cracker (by Simple Mills they're so good still eat them even though they're bland). I would stick to fruits as sweet alternatives (I also eliminated processed sugars for a while since I heard that may aggravate LPR but it actually wasn't a trigger of me). In conclusion, it was just really hard to live a normal life on this diet. My mom didn't understand why I ate like this, told me that I can't eat like this for a long time, I told my friends about it and they were understanding but they would forget what triggered me (I mean who wouldn't though the list was long as hell), and I couldn't just hang out with friends and eat at some random restaurant we found. It was just chicken breast, rice, fruits and vegetables like this for like 3 months. It was really isolating, but know that you won't have to eat like that forever. You are doing this to let your body heal, and you need to attest to how long you need to be on this diet for.
Alkaline Water: I started drinking Essentia water aka alkaline water. Alkaline water is amazing for LPR and I drink it everyday and probably will for the majority of my life moving forward. Especially Essentia in my opinion, it has sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda) which calms and neutralizes the acid in your stomach. The main reason I drunk/continue to drink it is because of my voice and to deactivate pepsin. What is pepsin you might ask? Pepsin is stomach enzyme that is found in the stomach that is used for digest proteins found in ingested foods. Yet, why would I be worried about this if it's a stomach enzyme which is mainly located in the stomach? Because when you have LPR, your LES becomes weak and it doesn't remain closed after you eat and drink like it's supposed to. It remains relaxed, and this stubborn enzyme can get trapped in your throat, causing that tightening, "lump or something is stuck in my throat feeling". It's actually so stubborn that it won't deactivate unless you're eating alkaline foods or water that is 9.5ph or higher. So, it makes sense why we are on this diet right? To deactivate the build up of pepsin and to give our body time to heal. By drinking alkaline water constantly, you don't give pepsin time to build up in your throat as your constantly deactivating it. (I won't explain more but there's YouTube videos and information online that's very helpful but I just gave you the reasoning). So, aka Alkaline Water is your LPR lifeline. Especially for me, since the build up of pepsin in my opinion was blocking my upper register this whole time. Also when you're constantly burping because of all the acid in your stomach, the burps have pepsin in them that floats all the way up to your throat causing the pepsin to reside here and weaken your LES. Alkaline Water is very important. I also drink a liter of water a day (The biggest bottle of Essentia water there is available. Not only do you need to drink water everyday, it helps dissolve the mucous in your throat.)
Baking Soda: Like mentioned in the above paragraph, baking soda neutralizes the acid in the stomach, calming down the amount of times you burp a day as well as helping your stomach settle down. When I first started I would gargle like a teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of warm water in my mouth day and night. When I was almost done with the cup for gargling, instead of gargling the 1/4 water remaining, I would just drink it, so I would start off my stomach I guess in a calm way. (I also saw this YouTube video where baking soda is good for LPR). After about a month, I stopped doing this but it definitely helped.
The LES Exercise: Truly, I believe this is by far one of the best ways I decreased my LPR and why I haven't had trouble with it for almost a year. Upon doing research, I found this government article about an experiment someone documented where they did this LES Exercise to strengthen it. From all the research I did online, everywhere was basically telling me that once you destroy your LES, you can no longer strengthen it unless you get this surgery or something. I was sad, yet I didn't give up. I read this article thoroughly (I will provide the link below if this sub will let me, but if I can't just look up "A Simple Exercise to Strengthen the Lower Esophageal Sphincter" and its the one that's by the National Library of Medicine the .gov website) and I decided to try it because even if it didn't work, at least I tried it. The goal of this exercise is to strengthen the LES by making it work harder than it usually does. You achieve this by essentially swallowing in an "upward" motion. The article is a bit confusing so I will explain the best I can.
First you want to find something where you can achieve a bit of height from off of the ground. You can be creative with this, you can stack pillows, sit on a box, sit on a plastic container, on the couch, just anything that can support your weight. Once you find this height that is off the ground, you must first kneel on this surface, then you will stretch your arms out and reach your arms to the ground so your body is in a sloped angle. The steeper the slope is though, the harder it will work your LES. Why are we sitting slopped? This will help you achieve this "antigravity" we need in order for your LES to work harder. Since it will be working against gravity, it should help strengthen it. Once you know how to position yourself, choose an easy simple meal to swallow when you are in this position. When I did this exercise daily, I used bananas, oatmeal and rice cakes to exercise my LES. I would chew the food in a normal upright position and then when I needed to swallow, kneel and stretch my arms out, and then swallowing. I did this throughout the time I was on my bland diet as well as a couple months out. The longer you do this exercise though, the better results you get. The person in the article did it for about a year, so I would definitely recommend that. 1-3 years would be best, and you wouldn't have to do the exercise everyday, you can do it once a week when you know that you have no issues with your LES (You'll notice a difference). If you have any questions about this, I will be happy to help.
Linke to Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9106553/

1. Finding the Root of your problem

I believe this advice is also the best future wise so that if you have an LPR flare up in the future, you'll know how to deal with the underlying root of it. What I've realized is that LPR doesn't just suddenly happen, it's a build up of something. That something can be like what I have a lactose intolerant issue, the way you're eating, or the most important one that ties all of these together, gut health. I believe that the reason most of us even stumbled across this illness is because of our poor gut health. Our gut health is like its own environment, with its own rules and its own triggers. When you disturb the balance of good and bad bacteria (basically having more bad than good), especially for a long time, it will of course result into a stomach issue or LPR or something even similar. As you get older, your body can only handle so much and when I look back at the way I ate, it was horrible. I love sugar, I had ungodly amounts of sugar daily, I never drank water (it's so sad I know), and I wasn't eating enough healthy foods. This, as well as me ignoring my lactose intolerance, pushed me into the realms of LPR. Do I believe this is the case for everyone? No. But, as someone who has LPR, you need to be looking and taking care of your gut health as one of your most important goals. Probiotics are vital to LPR and overall gut health. In unison with everything else I was doing, I started taking probiotic supplements, and I noticed a huge improvement as well. Later on, I moved to Lactose supplements as well as just taking yogurt daily as my probiotic. Yogurt has live cultures that are beneficial with balancing the bacteria in your stomach (especially the bacteria lacto. acidophilus in yogurt. I recommend the Forager yogurts or the silk almond milk yogurts their really good). When I did all of this in unison, I started back incorporating dairy little by little around 5 months of my diet. I stopped having bland foods after 3 months, but I was still eating healthy those 2 months, just not as strict and still took no dairy. Yet, when I had dairy around the 5th month, I noticed that I could eat it easily. I'm not gonna say that I started having dairy everyday and was scarfing down ice cream day by day (I did not have ice cream or anything that had heavy dairy in it). But, I was able to get my life back and once in a while have things that I normally couldn't have. And I was content with that. (Also at this time I took this supplement on Amazon called "Lactose Freedom", it really did help and I recommend if you have an dairy intolerance as well)

1. DO NOT EAT FOOD OR DRINK ANYTHING 3-4 HOURS BEFORE YOU SLEEP

I recommend setting a daily cut off time for eating. Mine was 8pm but as long as you don't eat 3-4 hours before and don't lay down even for a nap after eating when your first starting off with your diet, you should be fine. Just listen to your body and adjust accordingly.
4. Sit Upright on your back at night
By laying completely down, you're giving that food an opportunity to come back up, especially if you're just starting off with healing. Only sleep upright on your back or on your left side. For some reason sleeping on your left side opposed to the right helps with reflux. Just don't sleep on your right side (I'm a side sleeper as well I know its hard.)

1. I stopped clearing my throat

Because of all the mucous in my throat, I would clear my throat multiple times a day so that it wasn't hoarse, ultimately growing a habit for clearing my throat. Clearing your throat isn't good for your vocal cords, so I just made a mental note in my head before I started to clear my throat to not clear it. Of course I wasn't perfect at the beginning of clearing it but after about 2 weeks I had completely stopped clearing my throat!
Conclusion
In conclusion, I believe this is all I did to heal my LPR. If I forgot something then I will reply to my post below (or edit my post). Also, when I say that I'm healed, it doesn't mean that I'm healed forever, I'm not sure how the future looks and what my eating habits will be like. LPR is unfortunately a long life battle that we'll have to struggle with for the rest of our lives. If you start eating bad again and forgo your diet or eating healthy 85% of the time, then you will get LPR back. It all depends on how you handle yourself and how strict you are. For me, I know if and when I start having an LPR flare up instantly before it even gets bad. I stick to what I know so that I don't have to go back to the bland diet I had at the beginning when I originally started healing myself. (I myself have been eating more dairy this month then I know I should have and am now facing the consequences). Since I continue to eat dairy sometimes, I still haven't gotten my full upper register back. Yes, I have access to it, but I have to let go of dairy for probably years, and that's what I'm trying to do as of currently. As much as I love dairy, I love my voice more and I can't wait to sing how I use to. I already know how it feels since I can reach high notes now, but the power in my voice isn't exactly back yet. I don't know how to describe it. I love food and I love dairy, yet even with my love for it, I love feeling healthy and being able control how my good my gut health is, and how I haven't have severe LPR symptoms in months since last summer. You just have to find foods in place of the ones you use to love. I found new restaurants that make me excited and okay with being lactose intolerant. And who knows, maybe in a few years when I have dairy again, maybe it won't affect me how it affects me now because of all the work I've done. I just wanted to share my experience between I know that LPR doesn't control me anymore. I can control it, and I know how to deal with it. I feel happy that I got my life back and can pretty much eat food with as much seasoning as I want. I can have coffee, I can have pasta, I can have almost anything I want, but of course in moderation though. I'm okay with eating healthy for most of my life if I now know that I don't have to give up some of the parts that I love about food. And I want you guys to be to that point as well. I hope you guys can learn from my journey and it may help your journey as well. You can heal from LPR. I might also post this to other subs regarding GERD/LPR because I really want this to reach as may people as I can, I wanna help people overcome this if it works for them! If you have any questions, please please let me know, I'll try my best to answer them all. Happy Healing! :)

The combination of honey and ginger has been used in traditional medicine for centuries due to their potent medicinal properties. Together, they provide a range of health benefits that can support overall well-being. Here’s a detailed overview of the benefits of honey and ginger:

Benefits of Honey and Ginger

1. Anti-inflammatory Properties: Both honey and ginger have strong anti-inflammatory effects. Ginger contains compounds like gingerol, while honey is rich in flavonoids and phenolic acids. These properties help reduce inflammation in the body, which can be beneficial for conditions such as arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
   
2. Antioxidant Effects: Honey and ginger are rich in antioxidants, which help neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative stress. This can lower the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative conditions.
   
3. Immune System Support: The combination of honey and ginger can boost the immune system. Honey’s antimicrobial properties, combined with ginger’s immune-boosting abilities, can help the body fight off infections and illnesses more effectively.
   
4. Digestive Health: Ginger is well-known for its ability to aid digestion and relieve gastrointestinal discomfort. It can help reduce nausea, vomiting, and indigestion. Honey acts as a prebiotic, supporting the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, enhancing digestive health.
   
5. Respiratory Health: Honey and ginger are commonly used to treat respiratory issues such as coughs, colds, and bronchitis. Honey acts as a natural cough suppressant, while ginger can help reduce inflammation and mucus production in the respiratory tract.
   
6. Natural Pain Relief: The anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of ginger, combined with honey's soothing effects, can provide natural pain relief for conditions such as sore throat, muscle aches, and menstrual pain.
   
7. Antibacterial and Antiviral Properties: Both honey and ginger have potent antibacterial and antiviral properties. This combination can help combat bacterial and viral infections, supporting overall health and wellness.
   
8. Heart Health: The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of honey and ginger can contribute to cardiovascular health. Ginger helps improve blood circulation and reduce cholesterol levels, while honey can help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
   
9. Blood Sugar Regulation: Ginger has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce blood sugar levels, making it beneficial for individuals with diabetes. Honey, with its lower glycemic index compared to refined sugars, provides a healthier alternative to sweeteners, helping to manage blood sugar levels.
   

How to Use Honey and Ginger

1. Honey and Ginger Tea: Brew a warm tea by adding freshly grated ginger to boiling water and letting it steep for a few minutes. Strain the tea, add a teaspoon of honey, and enjoy. This can be particularly soothing for sore throats and coughs.
   
2. Ginger and Honey Paste: Create a paste by mixing equal parts of grated ginger and honey. Take a teaspoon of this mixture daily to boost immunity and aid digestion.
   
3. Ginger-Honey Lemonade: Combine ginger and honey with fresh lemon juice and water to make a refreshing and health-boosting drink.
   
4. Topical Application: For skin issues, mix honey and ginger juice and apply the mixture to the affected area. This can help soothe inflammation and promote healing.
   

Precautions

• Allergies: Some individuals may be allergic to honey or ginger. If you experience any adverse reactions such as itching, swelling, or difficulty breathing, discontinue use and seek medical attention.
• Blood Thinners: Ginger can act as a blood thinner. If you are on anticoagulant medications, consult with your healthcare provider before using ginger supplements.
• Moderation: While the combination of honey and ginger is beneficial, it should be consumed in moderation to avoid potential side effects such as gastrointestinal discomfort.

Conclusion

The combination of honey and ginger offers a powerful natural remedy with a wide range of health benefits. From reducing inflammation and boosting the immune system to improving digestive and respiratory health, this natural duo can be a valuable addition to your health regimen. As with any natural remedy, it's important to use it in moderation and consult with a healthcare provider, especially if you have any underlying health conditions or are taking medications.
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To give you guys some context. I can no longer smell/taste my food to the point where i’d be outside and a foul smell arises and i’m the only one who cannot smell it. I also feel as though ive got mucus stuck in my throat aswell as a bleach like smell in my nose. Sometimes i smell a foul scent too.

I’ve been working IFT for like two months and I’d say one of the most stressful pt encounters are the ones with trachs since they aren’t verbal, some don’t respond at all or can’t communicate in general, and the only thing I can do is put the pulse ox on them. Often times, I hear them cough and I can hear the mucus in their throats or something. Is it fine to just leave it be or should I suction via the trach hole for a few seconds at a time?

My family has always been of great minds. I hated it. Growing up and having to study day and night to try and live up to them was extremely exhausting when I couldn't care how things worked as long as I was happy. I gave up but somehow everything kept turning out to be true.
Over my lifetime I have become the Gorden Ramsey of the science world. Known for my temper and also for huge things like curing world hunger using play-doe and cancer with baby powder I got in a back street ally while drunk.
To get my family off my back I started making random ideas so they could see me as a failure and leave me alone but...they keep working. And soon people started to praise me. Fame has left me with nothing but more and more attention. So today I plan to make sure that everyone can just think I'm insane and leave me alone and not some king.
I chuckled like a kid who was opening a Christmas present as I heard the crowd of people chatting and talking loudly as I hid behind my stage in a grey tight suit that my sister had picked out. I sighed and was ready to walk out and make a fool out of myself but my brother stopped me.
" Jack... I just want you to know how proud I am of you. Dad would have loved to see you right now. "
I thought it was ironic because last night while chilling on the couch watching TV and eating chips I made this theory up. He dusted off my shoulders held them tight and looked me in the eyes taking in the moment.
" go give them hell man. "
He had a goofy smile just like Dad but spoke with confidence.
" you got it, man. "
I heard my name being called onto the stage and the uproar startled me for a second but I collected myself and headed out after giving him a nod just to entertain him.
The lights were blinding as I grabbed the mic and looked at the table in front of me with a small box with the ingredients I needed and a chalkboard behind me.
After I stood still for a minute the crowd died down. I had not told anyone what I was presenting so the whole world was watching without a clue of what I was doing this time.
"Hello everyone. Today I believe I have my most important presentation yet..."
The crowd grew silent and hung on every word. And I heard my voice around the room through the speakers.
" Today I have with me a box...and inside is spaghetti I had for breakfast. "
The crowd laughed thinking it was a joke
" shut up "
The crowd grew silent once more
"Behind me is a chalkboard and I will now present my new findings to all of you...I have found out how to make portals to other worlds. "
A man in the far back of the audience yelled bullshit in a heavy Indian accent but he was so far it was a faint sound for me. I smiled at that thinking I had finally found something that would make me lose my title and I could go ahead and live a life without people making me feel like an evil man for not helping others.
I opened the box got a handful of the noodles and threw them at the chalkboard. I then grabbed a paper towel on standby to clean myself.
The noodles hit the board and slowly moved and rested on a spot on the board. I made eye contact with my brother backstage and he had a look on his face showing he believed in me.
I spun the board dropping the noodles to the ground I then grabbed the chalk and drew around the sauce and noodles that stuck to the board then drew my attention to the others that had fallen on the floor and drew an outline of that.
After it finished I threw the chalk in the crowd violently hitting an old lady in the face.
" Quickly I want a show of hands who thinks I'm a crazy guy "
Everyone raised their hands and I laughed to myself
I then went behind the board and laid it horizontally. I grabbed a small knife in my pocket and poked my finger with it. The crimson blood fell and hit the chalk and then as more and more blood hit the chalk it started glowing.
" you have got to be joking. "
I said out loud as it started to spark an orange glow and it slowly grew color to the rest of the chalk in orange sparks.
Once the symbol was fully sparking with orange the sauce began to swell and move around in a counterclockwise manner. I stepped away from it in shock as small parts of the blood in my finger began to float to the parts where it fell on the floor I drew my outlines on and started sparking those as well.
It started to smoke and hiss as if lightning could whisper and the orange began to take shape and the sauce made a doorway. The parts that were not on the board began to grow ice around them and started to make designs on the floor circling me and the board. Suddenly it grew in size and a large booming voice was heard through the portal as I felt panic of people start to set in.
A huge claw came out and scrapped the sides of my table trying to crawl out from the world it had been trapped in. Cold winds hit me as they cut my skin and threw around my clothes. As I saw the table was now melting from its touch.
A slimy green claw with mucus like a face-hugger egg from the movie Alien carved through the floor and pulled the rest of its body out slowly. A beast stood at 12 feet tall adjusting to our world as goop grew and shaped its body as people screamed, ran, and stood frozen in fear.
As it looked around it locked its spider-like eyes and swerled around coming out from the portal and twisting and turning around the body as it made its way to its head finding a place to rest. It then locked its eyes with me and its jaw twisted slowly from an ant-like maw to mine and slowly shrunk and it soon took the shape of me and knelt on the floor and spoke to me.
" master. "
I stood in shock as everyone seemed to calm down and watched to see what I would do.
"...umm "My family has always been of great minds. I hated it. Growing up and having to study day and night to try and live up to them was extremely exhausting when I couldn't care how things worked as long as I was happy. I gave up but somehow everything kept turning out to be true.
Over my lifetime I have become the Gorden Ramsey of the science world. Known for my temper and also for huge things like curing world hunger using play-doe and cancer with baby powder I got in a back street ally while drunk.
To get my family off my back I started making random ideas so they could see me as a failure and leave me alone but...they keep working. And soon people started to praise me. Fame has left me with nothing but more and more attention. So today I plan to make sure that everyone can just think I'm insane and leave me alone and not some king.
I chuckled like a kid who was opening a Christmas present as I heard the crowd of people chatting and talking loudly as I hid behind my stage in a grey tight suit that my sister had picked out. I sighed and was ready to walk out and make a fool out of myself but my brother stopped me.
" Jack... I just want you to know how proud I am of you. Dad would have loved to see you right now. "
I thought it was ironic because last night while chilling on the couch watching TV and eating chips I made this theory up. He dusted off my shoulders held them tight and looked me in the eyes taking in the moment.
" go give them hell man. "
He had a goofy smile just like Dad but spoke with confidence.
" you got it, man. "
I heard my name being called onto the stage and the uproar startled me for a second but I collected myself and headed out after giving him a nod just to entertain him.
The lights were blinding as I grabbed the mic and looked at the table in front of me with a small box with the ingredients I needed and a chalkboard behind me.
After I stood still for a minute the crowd died down. I had not told anyone what I was presenting so the whole world was watching without a clue of what I was doing this time.
"Hello everyone. Today I believe I have my most important presentation yet..."
The crowd grew silent and hung on every word. And I heard my voice around the room through the speakers.
" Today I have with me a box...and inside is spaghetti I had breakfast. "
The crowd laughed thinking it was a joke
" shut up "
The crowd grew silent once more
"Behind me is a chalkboard and I will now present my new findings to all of you...I have found out how to make portals to other worlds. "
A man in the far back of the audience yelled bullshit in a heavy Indian accent but he was so far it was a faint sound for me. I smiled at that thinking I had finally found something that would make me lose my title and I could go ahead and live a life without people making me feel like an evil man for not helping others.
I opened the box got a handful of the noodles and threw them at the chalkboard. I then grabbed a paper towel on standby to clean myself.
The noodles hit the board and slowly moved and rested on a spot on the board. I made eye contact with my brother backstage and he had a look on his face showing he believed in me.
I spun the board dropping the noodles to the ground I then grabbed the chalk and drew around the sauce and noodles that stuck to the board then drew my attention to the others that had fallen on the floor and drew an outline of that.
After it finished I threw the chalk in the crowd violently hitting an old lady in the face.
" Quickly I want a show of hands who thinks I'm a crazy guy "
Everyone raised their hands and I laughed to myself
I then went behind the board and laid it horizontally. I grabbed a small knife in my pocket and poked my finger with it. The crimson blood fell and hit the chalk and then as more and more blood hit the chalk it started glowing.
" you have got to be joking. "
I said out loud as it started to spark an orange glow and it slowly grew color to the rest of the chalk in orange sparks.
Once the symbol was fully sparking with orange the sauce began to swell and move around in a counterclockwise manner. I stepped away from it in shock as small parts of the blood in my finger began to float to the parts where it fell on the floor I drew my outlines on and started sparking those as well.
It started to smoke and hiss as if lightning could whisper and the orange began to take shape and the sauce made a doorway. The parts that were not on the board began to grow ice around them and started to make designs on the floor circling me and the board. Suddenly it grew in size and a large booming voice was heard through the portal as I felt panic of people start to set in.
A huge claw came out and scrapped the sides of my table trying to crawl out from the world it had been trapped in. Cold winds hit me as they cut my skin and threw around my clothes. As I saw the table was now melting from its touch.
A slimy green claw with mucus like a face-hugger egg from the movie Alien carved through the floor and pulled the rest of its body out slowly. A beast stood at 12 feet tall adjusting to our world as goop grew and shaped its body as people screamed, ran, and stood frozen in fear.
As it looked around it locked its spider-like eyes and swerled around coming out from the portal and twisting and turning around the body as it made its way to its head finding a place to rest. It then locked its eyes with me and its jaw twisted slowly from an ant-like maw to mine and slowly shrunk and it soon took the shape of me and knelt on the floor and spoke to me.
" master. "
I stood in shock as everyone seemed to calm down and watched to see what I would do.

"...umm "

Part two of the noodle demon.
Now that this creature knelt before me I realized that the room I was in was so terrible quietly you could hear everyone's ass get tight in anticipation of what would happen next.
" ...what...are you. "
I spoke carefully to the being that had taken the shape of myself. It still took my breath away and my throat was dry.
The beast was a deep green. The color mixed with shades of grey streaming from it. The longer I looked at it I could see it getting closer to what I looked like shaping itself.
From small flowing green tendrils to an arm they grew as they twisted and made bone then muscle and finally skin.
It locked eyes with me and it smiled deeply at me. As it formed the face finally.
" Your vassle. "
My eyes had not moved to the crowd at all but even though the lights hit the stage so hard it was enveloped in smoke.
The creature's eyes glowed as it answered brightly, not figuratively. This thing's eyes were glowing.
"To serve you, We are bound by blood magic. I am a reflection of your desires, Master, " it said, its voice now a whisper in my mind.
It began to stand up as my grey suit began to form on it and by the time it stood fully up it had copied what I looked like.
" let me explain everything. "
My body frozen in fear woke up with adrenaline as I blinked and a flash of green smoke covered my vision as he teleported right to me face to face.
Its body turned to smoke and went into the slits of my eyes. I felt visions follow me in my peripheral vision but surprisingly no pain followed power filled me and it felt like one hell of a drug.
My body and mind altered.
I was now in a very dark place with no walls or light except my reflection on the floor which waved like water.
I took a step back looking around and back to the reflection of me on the ground.
Soon the water rippled and my reflection fell through the floor like gravity was inverted. he flew upright and water fell off of him as he looked at me as he now stood straight ahead of me. He was just reflecting in the water but now eyed me down.
Collecting my nerves.
I begin to speak.
" what do you want..."
He was still in my form and stood perfectly straight. Now with water dripping from his...my hair.
Slight stubble with hair that hung down and my hazel eyes were not present within him but I was greeted with a swelling acidic green that doubled the size of my pupil.
" to serve you. "
He made no other movement than putting his hands behind his back like a soldier at ease.
I could not tell if it was lying or not.
" ...is that it? "
" I am the embodiment of your fear desires and brilliance. You have shaped me. Your desire for solitude birthed me. I will aid you in shaping the world how you see fit. Your reality becomes mine. "
There was a slight echo in the room as he spoke.
" wait...where are we "
I questioned haphazardly
" your mind. "
An awkward silence was in the air until I spoke
" so...am I just standing on the stage not making a sound? "
He gave me a concerned look.
" no...time has frozen outside for you. You may sleep here without having to in the real world so to others you look as if you never rest and you may think and plan what to do in battle here. For them, it will be about two seconds...Do...do you not have any knowledge of what I am? "
Suddenly I felt bad like I had encountered someone famous and I had no idea who they were. A slap in the face like a popular kid meeting someone who had never heard of them. Ego shattered.
" ok sorry no. I...don't go around reading about...monsters?"
I felt like was I saying the n-word of the demon realm not knowing if that word was offensive.
He folded his arms a little upset.
"Are you not a warrior? "
" well...no I...just watch TV and cook here and there- "
The demon cut me off
" weak. "
" excuse me? "
" look. I am an immortal being and after a while you get bored. So I'm sorry if I may be a little upset after being bonded with some nobody. "
I got quiet and I was a little annoyed that I was being roasted by some demon that I just met.
Its form wavers and eyes begin to open on its skin. Cheeks forhead etc.
"After being a god for so long it's fun to play with limitations. Makes things extremely exciting. "
" what do you mean by that? "
" look. You can only be so entertained by the same things. Life gets boring and now...you are going to help me with this. I get to have pure entertainment while you get every wish you could ever want. A mutual bond no? "
He then closed his eyes annoyed and the other eyes meshed back to his skin.
" though... the TV is not that interesting...life is what gets the blood pumping"
I felt the need to quickly change the topic
"Are there others like you? "
The room began to take shape very slowly as the water floor turned to wood and walls went around us.
" of course. You may meet them one day "
Confused and curious I pressed.
"Meet them? "
" yes. Summoning one of us is considered a threat to them. "
He spoke while opening and closing his newly found hand except backward.
" hm...no that don't look right "
I quickly responded
" Wait! How is doing that a threat! "
"Well, one doesn't just accidentally Summon one of us to suddenly get powers beyond human control. "
I thought back to how I summoned him by accident with some food I made.
" well...funny story but I summoned you using my breakfast..."
I had never regretted speaking so much as in that moment.
" What... "
Acid dripped from his words. Literally. His pupils split in half and his bottom jaw ripped open like an ant and curved giving sharpness to the bone.
"Please don't kill me. "
The room began to look like a cozy cabin with a fireplace and he slowly went back to normal.
" I would if I could. I've never felt so disrespected. We are bonded by your blood. If you die...I die. "
Suddenly I felt at ease by this new information.
Then a thought came to my mind
" ...God's can die? "
" you did hear me, right? "
The SAS from this guy was unneeded and I was starting to miss him being on his knees as weird as that sounds.
" so...all that power gone.... in an instant... "
" well...no actually God's powers don't just disappear they transfer to whoever killed them...wait...hold up."
He suddenly had an epiphany.
A smile grew on his face and he grabbed my shoulders
" you! You are going to help me kill the other gods! "
He sounded proud but I let him down.
" ha! No. "
" oh come on! Don't be like that. "
He did a pout.
"Look, man. I'm not killing gods for you. Just because you are bored. "
" hey...they might send people to kill you because you bonded with me. "
"What did I ever do to them? "
"They have a system to this stuff. They like to build and watch things play out. You're a problem. That can mess it up. So...they kill ya...to be honest, I don't know any other way to explain it, man. You know people normally just use my power to kill people and become a king and know this already. "
"This is outrageous. "
" bro. Look if you do this I will be able to get their powers and you will be able to do so much more than what I offer "
I tilted my head
" what can you do? Know what never mind. I will just talk to them and figure things out. "
He groaned and his form melted down sagging and it shot back up reforming
"Is there not anything that you want? Anything in the world? Gods don't put themselves in physical forms. They give people power and can make beings to hunt you. And if they care enough to come down themself. Ha, good luck."
I stopped and thought about it trying to weigh the options of pissing off higher beings.
Suddenly. I found something.
"Can you bring back the dead..."
He stopped confused.
" well...no "
" then I don't want anything "
" wait! "
He threw his arms out pleading
"I don't...but another God does..."
He crosses his arms smiling. He had left the question hanging letting me reconsider his offer.
I stopped and thought for a while before looking back up to him.
I let out a sigh and looked him in the eyes
" ok...you are going to help me get my father back. "
The demon smirked.

So my ENT diagnosed me with nonallergic rhinitis and a deviated septum. He said he could treat me by "zapping the inside of my nose" (can't remember the professional medical term for this) as a long term treatment for my post nasal drip BUT I would need to have surgery to fix the deviated septum first.
My entire life I went thinking I had seasonal allergies and rotated through every allergy med known to man and it would never work long term. I switched to Flonase and had some success but could not reason with using the spray every day for the rest of my life. I finally had allergy testing done and it revealed I am not allergic to anything aside from nickel.
My rhinitis manifests in a gnarly post nasal drip that wakes me up at night coughing from the mucus as well as swelling in my tonsils that causes lots of soreness and a constant "frog in my throat" feeling. It's worse now during allergy season due to particulate and irritants in the air.
Does anybody have any recommendations for relief in the meantime? I'm willing to get the surgery and go through the procedure but I just started a new job and my current private insurance is not very good/I don't have the time to take for recovery.
Antihistamines don't work ❌ Nasal sprays don't work ❌
My doctor said he can prescribe things that could help but I really don't want to be taking more pills - I finally stopped taking antihistamines after taking them nonstop for nearly 20 years.

Really looking for some reassurance.
I had a major anxiety attack in mid March and began having difficulty swallowing immediately after. It has still not resolved and seems to be getting worse. I can swallow and eat and drink, but I have a constant lump in my throat, food goes down really slowly and needs a lot of water to finish going down, food and drink feels like it sits at the back of my throat and my throat never feels clear, I have lots of mucus that I can’t clear and swallowing salvia is particularly problematic. I get a clicking sound when swallowing saliva.
How long will it be like this? Has anyone experienced something similar? I feel like I’m never going to swallow normally again 😕

I had a partner before and we had an encounter (condomless) after that im having a mucus discharge (based on lab test-stool analysis its yeast) on my anus. I came to a doctor and got checked up and the doctor administered medicine for me to drink but after that the mucus is still persistent. I had no fever but right now, im feeling that something is on my throat and there's always an urge for me to clear my throat by swallowing or drinking water. Another thing is that, i noticed my teeth to be more prone in bleeding when im brushing my teeth, tho when i changed my toothbrush it lessened. Should i worry for hiv if i got tested two after my last encounter with my partner and i tested negative. I will appreciate ur comments or thoughts tho im planning to get tested three months to have an accurate result.

I had a partner before and we had an encounter (condomless) after that im having a mucus discharge (based on lab test-stool analysis its yeast) on my anus. I came to a doctor and got checked up and the doctor administered medicine for me to drink but after that the mucus is still persistent. I had no fever but right now, im feeling that something is on my throat and there's always an urge for me to clear my throat by swallowing or drinking water. Another thing is that, i noticed my teeth to be more prone in bleeding when im brushing my teeth, tho when i changed my toothbrush it lessened. Should i worry for hiv if i got tested two after my last encounter with my partner and i tested negative. I will appreciate ur comments or thoughts tho im planning to get tested three months to have an accurate result.

Abdominal and GI Issues
Hello, I am a 29F living in the USA. I am 133lbs and 5ft 3inches tall. I am caucasian.
I have a history of kidney stones and sponge kidney disease.
For the last six weeks, I’ve been having horrible GI issues. My H Pylori test came back negative and I have close to normal bloodwork. I can post the bloodwork and urine from labcorp in comments if it would be helpful.
My symptoms are:
-Extreme Constipation
-Dry Mouth in AM
-Constant Burping (Burping up food I ate 8+ hours ago)
-Food can sometimes come up the back of my throat mouth after recently eating (within 20min of eating food)
-Acid Reflux
-Excessive Fatigue (I’m so tired all the time)
-Yellow and “fluffy or fuzzy” stool
-White mucus in stool. Now I’ve gone to ONLY pooping yellow mucus. I can’t do to the bathroom without extreme measures like magnesium citrate
-Long strands that look like worms in stool
-Stomach pain
-Stomach growling that HURTS when stomach is empty
-Getting full very quickly (about 6-8 small bites of food)
-7+ lbs of bloating in lower abdomen. The bloating can hurt at times and is painful to the touch.
-Skin rash on face
-Hiccups
-Hot flashes during the day
-Night sweats
Please, please tell me what to do to make this better. I am tempted to go to the ER but I don’t think they can do anything and will send me to a GI. I am absolutely miserable in my own body. I cried really hard when H Pylori was negative because I just lost all hope.

Hello. I truly appreciate everyone taking the 5-10 minutes to read through this and provide any advice or suggestions to find out what I’m dealing with. I’m 29M, smoker. The nightmare started somewhere around March-April 2018.
First episode: Everything before March 2018 was normal. I had no known health issues. Was pretty active. Woke up one night with night sweats, white coated tongue, pain in underarms, swollen tonsil on the left, swollen left thyroid area, burning on left side of the throat, and feeling like something was stuck like a stone on the left when i would swallow & constant pain on left side of throat while speaking (felt like outer throat pain). Went to the doctor, she looked at the tongue and prescribed nystatin for two weeks. The white coating on tongue cleared 90% but the pain persisted. Kept going back to the doc and they insisted it was nothing to worry about. I tried to forget it and live with it thinking may be it was my anxiety. Fast forward October 2018, i got diagnosed with balanitis, which cleared up with a week’s treatment of fluconazole 50mg. Couple of days into the diflucan treatment, i started getting mild fever which eventually went away in 4-5 days. Throat pain was still there at its best. Went to an ENT in Feb 2019, he prescribed antibiotics which did nothing. He said my tonsils were causing it and i need to get a tonsillectomy. Got it done in May 2019. Globus sensation had cleared. But mild pain when speaking and mild burning sensation on left side persisted (felt like it was a specific spot and when something i eat or drink would touch it burning was triggered). I ignored it and lived with the mild symptoms for about a year. Then came the real nightmare.
Second Episode: Fast forward Aug 2020. left side burning and mild pain when speaking was there but i had learned to live with it. Suddenly one night i wake up with exact same symptoms but this its time my right side of the throat. I had no burning on the right, but a sharp knife like pain when i spoke and like my throat muscles were rubbing against each other and causing the knife like pain. Swollen right thyroid, sternocleomastoid muscle. Painful clicking on the right hyoid area when i swallowed. It was 10/10 pain. Went to the ER, the scoped it and said my vocal cords looked perfectly fine. But i had a swollen epiglottis and again white coated tongue (this time it was worse, had a brownish tone too)They advised me to take advil, thats it. I waited to see an ent until jan 21, who scoped my throat and said it looked fine. My CT scan was clear. I told him about my previous episode and prescribed fluconazole. Once i started taking it, i got very high fever this time. For 20 days. And i took it for 4 weeks and the fever was gone. After then i felt sort of a clarity of mind which i hadnt felt in 3 years. But the physical pain was still there. I couldn’t clear my throat bec it felt like a sharp knife rubbing pain. Also I noticed i had stopped burping for some reason. I just couldnt burp. Sometimes i would try to swallow air and force burp but could only release a mild burp and it came with sharp shooting pains in throat when the burps were released. I was learning to live with it and i had seen multiple doctors at this point who found nothing. Also, i had elevated tsh levels but normal t3 and t4. No thyroid antibodies as well.
Episode 3: April 2022, throat tightness was improving slightly and i would get one burp once in a while, 70% problem was still there. I was starting to develop kind of insects crawling on skin sensations and random tingling and pins and needles around my thyroid area, chest, abdomen and pelvis, clogged nose, and foul tasting mucus from sinus. One morning woke up with shooting pain in my back and thighs. I couldnt sleep on my back since then and had couple of spots with altered sensation to touch( muscles in these area feel like a ball and when i palpate them i get a weird itching and soreness like when you get a bruise) Back MRI was clear. Also felt mild inability to maintain erection. Doc suggested PT. It helped with back pain but back felt constantly tight and with altered sensation to touch. Fast forward today, i have bodywide numbness and altered sensation to touch. Very sore muscles like cant sleep on either side or my back feels like muscle pressing against bone. Its driving me crazy. I have no smell, extremely sore muscles to touch and loss of sensation throughout my body. Pls help! I just feel like im dying and worse is i dont know why