Constantly having to clear my throat.

[hairyfairy]

I seem to produce far too much phlegm. especially in the morning, & have to keep clearing my throat. It drives me up the wall! Is this a symptom of underactive thyroid? I`d buy something from the chemist for it, but most of these medicines interact with levothyroxine. Is there anything that I can do to dry everything up?

[shaws Administrator]

Phlegm has also a good side to it as well. This is a link which might be useful.

nativeremedies.com/ailment/...

[Willowluv]

Hayfever could do this, gluten can too, dairy is a mucus builder. You could have post nasal drip. Antihistamine may help. X

[hairyfairy in reply to Willowluv]

I do have a runny nose a lot of the time, but I don`t want to use anti-histamines because theyv`e been linked to alzheimers.

[Willowluv in reply to hairyfairy]

Can I suggest you go go gluten and dairy free and see if this helps. I have suffered this for 25 years! I have taken an antihistamine for the past 4 years, my thyroid is optimally treated for now and it doesn't. Make a jot of difference boo! Is it all antihistamines or just certain kinds as they differ in ingredients. X

[greygoose]

It is a hypo symptom, yes.

[Xanthe]

I have started producing enormous amounts of mucus, day and night. By chance, a test on my adrenals showed that my secretory immunoglobulin A was elevated - off scale. The Genova commentary said that this was usually linked to intestinal infections, since this type of mucus is produced there, as well as in the respiratory system.

[Hidden in reply to Xanthe]

Yep Xanthe, I suffer from it too. It is called non-allergic rhinitis and it is a symptom of an underactive thyroid.

[Xanthe in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Mongolia, maybe I'll get my thyroid re-tested - it has been OK for the past year or so.

[Bagpuss]

If it's msinly in the morning it could be an acid reflux problem. This can produce phelgm and It can be 'silent '- as in , you are unaware of it and it's symptomless. Guess you could try treating and see if it improves.

[TandemTadpole]

I visited my GP with this symptom a year ago, having already had it for a year.

I have been hypothyroid for 30 years, but she did not connect the two. Instead, I had a chest x-ray and numerous blood tests. No obvious reasons came up for the phlegm, but hyperparathyroidism was indicated.

As part of the tests and scans for that, a FNAC was done on my thyroid, indicating nodules.

When I saw the parathyroid surgeon (at last) last week, he said he would also be removing half my thyroid for tests. When I related the phlegm story, he said that the thyroid nodules could be the cause.

To cut a long story short - ask your GP to request a Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) (quite quick and painless) to see if there is a connection.

[faith63]

Couldn't this be a symptom of not just beib=ng Hypo from undermedication, but from having an Autoimmune Disease, in and by itself? We are full of inflammation and it really effects everything too.

[E_lizab8]

Google candida intestinal overgrowth,my phlem problem clears up when I take probiotics. I have Hashi and eat glutenfree but the constant clearing my throat drives me mad so every so often I take a course of probiotics to put Candida in its place. I take Bio-Kult 14 strains but there are many makes available.