Thick mucous

terryscarlett
terryscarlett Member Posts: 143
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Does anyone have suggestions for thicking mucous. Have been doing mucinex D but doesn't seem to be helping as much! Know of anything else we could try?
Terry

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  • james chambliss
    james chambliss Member Posts: 70
    #2
    Bioteen
    It helps a little, but time is what will get rid of it. It takes a few weeks, then it goes really dry. We all hated the part you are going through now. It will pass though.

    Thoughts,

    James
  • abbimom
    abbimom Member Posts: 87 Member
    #3
    nose spray
    my doctor just prescribed me a nose spray of xylitol and saline and it seems to help thin it out. hope this helps I know I hate how thick it gets and it makes it hard to talk!
    Best of luck
    Linda
    but I'm not going through treatment now that was 10 years ago but I have a fungus in my throat that is making my mucous super thick. Just ask your doctor.
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #4
    Benadryl, maybe?
    I took a half dose of liquid benadryl elixer about half an hour before I had to be bolted down for rads. The mucous would subside long enought for me to get through the treatment without choking. Otherwise, as others have said, time will cure it.

    Deb
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #5
    abbimom said:

    nose spray
    my doctor just prescribed me a nose spray of xylitol and saline and it seems to help thin it out. hope this helps I know I hate how thick it gets and it makes it hard to talk!
    Best of luck
    Linda
    but I'm not going through treatment now that was 10 years ago but I have a fungus in my throat that is making my mucous super thick. Just ask your doctor.

    Saline Nasal
    I used just the over the counter Saline Nasal spray, it help a bunch.

    Sometime the simple things are the best.
  • Lena Rose
    Lena Rose Member Posts: 73
    #6
    D Lewis said:

    Benadryl, maybe?
    I took a half dose of liquid benadryl elixer about half an hour before I had to be bolted down for rads. The mucous would subside long enought for me to get through the treatment without choking. Otherwise, as others have said, time will cure it.

    Deb

    My husband gargled with
    My husband gargled with baking soda/salt mixture many times a day. That seemed to help and believe it or not it will subside. Hang in there.
  • denise417
    denise417 Member Posts: 32
    #7
    Lena Rose said:

    My husband gargled with
    My husband gargled with baking soda/salt mixture many times a day. That seemed to help and believe it or not it will subside. Hang in there.

    your baby
    Sorry, out of text as far as questions, but love your dog. Is that a bichon? Looks just like mine, I have two bichon's, couldn't love them more. Just had to ask... denise
  • Lena Rose
    Lena Rose Member Posts: 73
    #8
    denise417 said:

    your baby
    Sorry, out of text as far as questions, but love your dog. Is that a bichon? Looks just like mine, I have two bichon's, couldn't love them more. Just had to ask... denise

    Hi Denise
    He's a cockapoo-still very active at 10 years old!
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
    #9
    Water, Water, Water
    In your mouth/PEG tube, in the air, up your nose. I used saline spray (over the counter) and a humidifier. Have also heard selzer water was helpful, but I never tried it. Good luck.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #10
    Hi Terry


    I do baking soda to help control mucous problem, also I have started to us a stuff called Ocean Nasal spray it helps with problems in the nasal passageway
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #11
    Hondo said:

    Hi Terry


    I do baking soda to help control mucous problem, also I have started to us a stuff called Ocean Nasal spray it helps with problems in the nasal passageway

    Hondo
    Same stuff i use that I call an over the counter nasal spray. I like to tip head back and spray until i feel in throat, this helps loosen the nose and back of throat. Seems to work very quickly. Been using it now 14 years.
  • Pumakitty
    Pumakitty Member Posts: 652
    #12
    Hi
    My dad did the baking soda/salt thing off and on all day long. He said that is the only thing that helped. He is just three monthes out of treatment and still has a little issue with it. But a huge improvement from what it was.

    Kathy
  • terryscarlett
    terryscarlett Member Posts: 143
    #13
    Pumakitty said:

    Hi
    My dad did the baking soda/salt thing off and on all day long. He said that is the only thing that helped. He is just three monthes out of treatment and still has a little issue with it. But a huge improvement from what it was.

    Kathy

    Soda and salt
    Been doing that and its not helping as much as it did to start with. Maybe it is the fact he is now 6 weeks into treatment? Not sure!
    Terry

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