Stop Constant Throat Clearing: Understanding the 3 Causes of Phlegm in Your Throat

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today we’re going to talk about excuse me okay just one second okay good we’re going to talk about mucus in the back of your throat I’m sorry I just I just had to do that so I’ve done a video on this topic about six months ago but I didn’t cover all the underlying causes to this problem and then understand a little bit more about it and then also have remedies that don’t end up creating bigger problems unfortunately when you treat mucus problems medically uh comes with a package it comes with side effects especially if you use antibiotics when you really have a viral infection because it’s not going to do anything except you know make your immune system very very weak um a good portion of our immune system actually has to do with our friendly microbes that are living all around us outside and inside and as soon as you start killing those guys off you have a weakened immune system and then you get this overgrowth of other problems so when we’re dealing with mucus in the upper respiratory tract um you have to realize that any time you kill off bacteria you then get an overgrowth of fungus or candida or Yeast because the bacteria keep in check all the different fungal type microorganisms and this is why people develop candida and throughout their body and their mouth and the private parts and also that relates to the sinuses after an antibiotic here you are dealing with the bacterial infection now you’re dealing with a fungal infection right and then you take stronger medications and then you get this resistance to this treatment and now you have even a stronger microbe so it puts you in a really bad place so an ideal solution is a solution that doesn’t give you a bigger problem after you’re done trying to solve it all right so let’s just Dive Right In and talk about all the potential causes starting with the one that I talked about in the other video uh gerd okay gerd is a situation where you have um some really severe acid reflux because the valve on the top of the stomach is not closing so acid kind of goes up into the esophagus it can go all up into the throat and it can irritate the structures of the throat and create this inflammation and mucus and a lot of people have that problem and don’t really connect the dots okay and of course if they do connect the dots they’re put on an antacid or some drug that shuts down the acid which usually just keeps the problem there longer because the actual underlying cause to gerd usually is a deficiency of acid you don’t have enough acid or the acid is not strong enough so anything treatment wise to weaken that or make this worse or alkalize your stomach tends to cause you to go from bad to worse if you have this problem I do want you to watch a complete video on acid reflux and gerd so I will put that down below but the whole point is this if you attack the right problem you get rid of the problem and the symptoms so one quick way to know if your gerd or acid reflux whatever is causing this mucus is simply not to necessarily spend a lot of money on a scope you could do that to kind of go down and scope and see what’s going on and do a very expensive valuation but what about just taking a very inexpensive remedy like apple cider vinegar two tablespoons in some water and you just start drinking that a few times a day before the meals and see if your symptoms go away and then you pretty much know that was it you can also take something called betame hydrochloride which is another good remedy it’s an acidifier it’ll help build up the hydrochloric acid in your stomach and you would just take like five before a meal and you might want to go up each day to like one more one more because some people need like a good amount they might need like seven eight nine ten before a meal before they see changes but then they’re feeling much much better another indication to know that if you might have this gerd connection to your mucus is that you also have gas indigestion bloating when you eat next potential cause is this post nasal drip situation and that’s creating mucus and it’s just coming from on the back of the sinuses and it’s leaking down into the throat causing you to cough up mucus this could be coming from a bacterial infection a viral infection a fungal infection which also includes yeast and candida it can also be coming from biofilms if you haven’t seen my videos on that a biofilm is a collection a colony of microbes that band together to help them survive and usually they produce this mucoid or mucous layer this slime okay which happens to be common in the sinuses and then sometimes even a calcium shell as in like you would get tartar in your teeth or even plaquing in the arteries but the sinuses you just might have this mucous layer and it’s a biofilm that keeps things resistance against antibiotics and other forms of medical treatment yeah it keeps this constant irritation in your sinuses where your sinus is always stuffy you can’t sleep at night because you’re snoring and you got this uh mucus in the back of the throat and a lot of times if you have more of a fungal or Yeast or Candida or biofilms it’s just all year long you have this problem and usually it gets triggered by taking an antibiotic so if you’ve taken an antibiotic let’s say months ago or a few years ago and you notice wow my sinuses are worse after that suspect more of a this overgrowth of either fungus or biofilms now normally we have biofilms in the sinuses in the mouth in our bodies but we shouldn’t have a severe situation where it’s an overgrowth of biofilms and that’s what I’m talking about but think about this these microbes are just trying to survive right they need to protect themselves so anytime you try to kill them with the wrong thing they will resist that and become stronger and especially after antibiotics if this infection is post nasal drip infection is more bacterial the mucus will tend to be more yellow or green if it’s viral it’ll tend to be clear or white but that’s not 100 it can cross over you can also have an infection where you have both microorganisms living together so there’s a couple solutions that you can do for this post nasal drip depending on if it’s mild or a major problem okay if it’s a mild problem you can just use basic salt water or saline solution I recommend using a sea salt solution and you you get a Neti Pot which is like this little nasal rinse and you can put it up one nostril and let it drain out the other one you’re diluting the salt there’s a lot of videos on like demonstrating how to do it’s really really easy but it can flush out the sinuses apparently salt is antimicrobial especially for bacteria and fungus and yeast and candida and potentially it could help viruses too to some degree as well as help reduce how the biofilms stick to the inside layer of your membrane however if it’s a major problem you’re going to need something stronger you’d basically do half a teaspoon equals 2. 5 milliliters of sea salt into some container you’d have a cup of water which is eight ounces or 236 milliliters for those of you in Europe and my friend Dennis and so you dissolve the salt in the water and you use it as a nasal rinse and you just flush it out that may be enough to handle this problem okay but let’s say you need something stronger okay this next combination is very effective and a lot of doctors recommend it and use it you’re going to be using a small amount of baby shampoo yeah baby shampoo the reason why you’re not using regular shampoo it’s just going to be too harsh and it’s going to irritate your mucous membranes so you want to use something that is like a no tier very gentle and something that has the least amount of chemicals I’m not going to necessarily give you any Brands you’re going to have to do the research but all you do is you take two teaspoon