Yu trot de pul di mכkus? Mek wi lan bɔt dis ‘Postnasal Drip’!

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se sɔntin de kɔmɔt na yu trot bak, ɔ lɛk se yu trot de tik? Sɔntɛm yu kin gɛt trot we de at ɔltɛm, ɔ yu kin kɔf. Wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn ‘Postnasal Drip’. Pan ɔl we i kin mek pɔsin vɛks smɔl, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin rili siriɔs. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis ditayli tide.

Wetin na dis ‘postnasal drip’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, postnasal drip na we yu nos ɛn trot de mek mɔ mכkus pas aw i nɔmal ɛn i de dreyn dɔŋ di bak pat na yu trot. Tink bɔt am, di smɔl smɔl gland dɛn we de insay wi nos kin mek mɔk ɔltɛm. Dis na tin we rili nɔmal. Infakt, wi bɔdi kin mek lɛk wan ɔ tu lita mɔkus ɛvride.

Naw yu go mɔs de tink se, "Wow, dat bɔku mucus?" Yɛs, bɔt i gɛt big wok fɔ du:

• I de ɛp fɔ mek di insay pat na yu nos wet ɛn klin.
• Yu de wet di briz we yu de blo.
• I de ɛp fɔ trap dɔst ɛn jem dɛn we de go insay yu lɔng we yu de blo ɛn pul dɛn kɔmɔt.
• Dis mכkus de εp bak fכ fכt infεkshכn.

Nɔmal wan, wi kin swɛla dis mucus, ɛn i kin miks wit saliva ɛn go dɔŋ wi trot, so wi nɔ kin ivin notis am. Bɔt we dis mכkus de bכku, כ di mכkus tik, i kin bigin fכ fil lεk se i de kכmכt na di bak pat na di trot. Na dat dɛn kɔl ‘postnasal drip.’

Yu gɛt ‘postnasal drip’ bak? Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik?

Postnasal drip kin mek yu trot fil pen, lɛk se yu gɛt trot we de at. Yu tonsil ɛn ɔda tisu dɛn na yu trot kin swel bak. Dis kin mek yu nɔ fil fayn. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil bak lɛk se dɛn gɛt wan bɔtul na dɛn trot. Na sɔm ɔda sayn dɛm wae kin apun:

• Di filin we yu kin fil ɔltɛm fɔ gɛt mucus na di trot.
• Fɔ swɛla bɔku tɛm.
• Sawnd we de kɔmɔt na di trot, ɔ we yu vɔys chenj (hoarseness).
• Ɔltɛm yu kin fil lɛk fɔ klin yu trot.
• Bad briz (halitosis) we pɔsin kin blo.
• Kɔf we kin mɔna yu mɔ na nɛt.
• Sɔntɛnde, di mכkus we pasmak kin go insay di bɛlɛ ɛn mek yu nɔs ɛn vɔmit.

di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, if dis mכkus stɔp na di Yustachian tyub dεm we de kכnεkt yu yes, nos, εn trot, i kin mek yu yes infεkshכn εn yu yes at.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt dis ‘postnasal drip’? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

difrεn rizin dεm de we mek ‘postnasal drip’ de apin. De men rizin wae mek dis sik kin apun pan bɔrku pipul na alɛji. Wi kin kɔl am ‘alɛjik postnasal drip’.

כda tin we kin mek i apin na we di septum de kכmכt, כ di septum we de kכmכt. if di septum, di katilej bitwin yu nos dεm, dεn deviet, wan nos sכm pas di כda wan. dis kin mek di mכkus bכku εn nכ de drein fayn, we kin mek i drip afta di nos.

Apat frɔm dat, sɔm ɔda rizin dɛn kin de:

• Vayral infεkshכn lεk kol εn flu.
• Baktri infεkshכn dεm.
• Sayn infεkshכn, dat na, ‘sinusitis’.
• Kol weta, chenj na di wɛda, ɛn dray briz.
• Brayt layt.
• Fɔd dɛn we gɛt spays.
• We uman gɛt bɛlɛ.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin, fɔ ɛgzampul, bɔn kɔntrol pils ɛn mɛrɛsin fɔ ay blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Dis sik kin apin bak as yu de ol.
• Lכng tεm asid rεfluks sik, we dεn kכl bak GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease).

Dis na sik we pɔsin kin pas?

Postnasal drip insɛf nɔ kin pas. Bɔt, sɔntin we pɔsin kin gɛt kin kam wit am. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt postnasal drip bikɔs ɔf wan vayral infɛkshɔn lɛk di kɔmɔn kol, yu kin pas di vayrɔs to ɔda pɔsin.

Aw dɔktɔ go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt ‘postnasal drip’?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go chɛk yu yes, yu nos, ɛn yu trot. Dɛn kin yuz spɛshal kamɛra bak we dɛn kɔl ɛndoskɔp fɔ luk insay yu nos ɛn yu trot. Dɛn kɔl dis tɛst nasal ɛndoskopi. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin tek ɛkstrem rayt bak.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ ‘postnasal drip’?

Sɔntɛnde, di postnasal drip kin at fɔ wɛl ɔl. Di tritmɛnt dipen pan di tin we mek i apin.

Fɔ tin dɛm lɛk di kɔmɔn kol ɛn flu, fɔ drink wam wata (lɛk sup ɛn ti) kin ɛp fɔ mek sɔm pan di mɔkus we pasmak. Apat frɔm we yu de drink bɔku wata, dɛn mɛrɛsin ya we yu kin yuz na os go ɛp bak fɔ mek yu bɔdi nɔ gɛt wata.

Ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn we yu kin gɛt kin bi:

If na bikɔs ɔf alɛji:

If yu gɛt postnasal drip bikɔs ɔf alɛji, yu fɔ avɔyd di tin dɛn we yu alɛji to as yu ebul. Mɛrɛsin lɛk dis kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di sayn dɛm:

• Antihistamin, lɛk loratadine-pseudoephedrine (lɛk Claritin®).
• Dikɔnjɛstant dɛm - Mɛrɛsin dɛm we de ridyus di mכkus.
• Kromolin ɛn stɛroyd nasal sprɛy.
• Ɔral stɛroyd - insay siriɔs kes dɛm.

Apat frɔm dat, alɛji shot ɔ sɔblingual drɔp (immunotherapy) kin gi gud rilif frɔm dis kɔndishɔn.

If di nos bon dεn deviet (deviated septum):

If yu gɛt di septum we dɔn deviet, yu kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kɔl sɛptoplasty fɔ mɛn di postnasal drip fɔ ɔltɛm. Dis ɔpreshɔn de mek di wɔl we dɔn kɔmɔt na yu nos stret, ɛn dis kin mek i izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.

If na baktriyal infεkshכn kכz am:

If yu gɛt postnasal drip bikɔs ɔf baktriyal infɛkshɔn, dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk:

• Antibayɔtiks.
• Nasal spray dɛn we dɛn kin yuz.
• Dikɔnjɛstant dɛn, fɔ ɛgzampul pseudoephedrine (lɛk Sudafed®).
• Yuz tin dɛm lɛk nasal saline irigashɔn ɛn neti pɔt.

If di tin we kin mek pɔsin drip afta yu nos na saynsaytis we nɔ de dɔn, dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn pan di sayn. Dis ɔpreshɔn de opin di sayn dɛn we dɔn blok.

If na bikɔs ɔf asid riflɔks sik (GERD):

Pɔstnasal drip we GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) kin mek kin du dɛn tin ya:

• Nɔ it ɔ drink at le tri awa bifo yu go slip.
• We yu de slip, mek yu ed ay lɛk siks to et inch pas yu bɔdi.
• If yu fat pasmak, lɛf fɔ it bɔku bɔku it dɛn.
• Stɔp fɔ yuz kafinɛ ɛn rɔm.
• Tek antisid (lɛk TUMS®) ɔ asid blɔk (lɛk Pepcid AC®).

Wetin wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ drip afta di nos?

Wan we fɔ mek yu nɔ drip afta yu nos na fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku alɛji to di tin dɛn we yu gɛt alɛji to. Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis sik:

• Fɔ tek alɛji pils ɛvride (as dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du am).
• Fɔ kip yu os klin ɛn nɔ gɛt dɔst.
• Yuz pilo kes ɛn matres kɔva fɔ protɛkt frɔm dɔst mit.
• Yu de chenj di filta dɛn na yu HVAC sistem ɔltɛm.
• Fɔ shawa bifo yu go slip afta yu dɔn spɛn tɛm na do.

Wetin wi fɔ ɛkspɛkt we wi gɛt ‘postnasal drip’? Aw wi kin kia fɔ wisɛf?

Pɔstnasal drip na wan sik we kin rili kɔmɔn, ɛn bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek i apin. Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin siriɔs, i kin mek pɔsin vɛks smɔl. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin trit am wit mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn nɔ kin bay ɛn simpul mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz na os.

Bɔt if yu gɛt prɛsistɛnt postnasal drip, ɔ if yu gɛt ɔda sayn dɛn wit am, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. Yu kin gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn ɔ ɔda sik we nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin.

Sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du na os:

Yu nid fɔ drink mɔ wata fɔ mek yu mucus tan.

• Drink bɔku wata.
• Ridyus di drink dɛn we gɛt kafin (ti, kɔfi).
• If i pɔsibul, nɔ tek diuretics (mɛrɛsin we de pul wata na di bɔdi) (na dɔktɔ advays).

Yu kin yuz bak wan tin we de mek yu nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ, lɛk guaifenesin (Mucinex®). Dɛn tin ya go mek yu mucus tan. If yu was yu nos wit salin wata, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku wata. Salin nos sprɛy kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nos wet.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu dɔn tray difrɛn tin fɔ trit postnasal drip ɛn i tan lɛk se dɛn nɔ de ɛp, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Yu kin gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn we nid antibayɔtik. Di sayn dɛm fɔ baktriyal infɛkshɔn kin bi:

• Fiva.
• We pɔsin de swɛt.
• Mucus we de smɛl.

Wetin na di impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn we wi fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Wetin mek a kin gɛt postnasal drip?
• Us chenj na mi sayn dɛm a fɔ wach fɔ?
• Us siriɔs kɔmplikeshɔn kin apin bikɔs ɔf dis kɔndishɔn?

So, di las mɛsej we yu go kɛr go na os:

Postnasal drip kin anɔynt smɔl, bɔt i nɔ kin bad. Bɔrku tɛm, yu kin trit am wit simpul mɛrɛsin na os ɛn mɛrɛsin wae nɔr de na kɔt. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɔda sayn dɛn, ɔ if yu postnasal drip nɔ go afta lɛk tu wiks, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. Dɔn dɛn kin no if yu gɛt wan sik we nid fɔ tek ɔda mɛrɛsin ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt. So, nɔ panik bɔt am, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ de wach!

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