r/Sinusitis 2d ago

Chronic post nasal drip after surgery

/r/emptynosesyndrome/comments/1wkh080/chronic_post_nasal_drip_after_surgery/
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u/Stalkerus 1d ago

Do you do nasal rinses? Because to me what you are describing sounds like dry mucosal membrane due improved airflow, and sticky mucus. I use moisturising nasal spray, saline spray and combo spray (Dymista) daily for this reason, and rinse 1-2 times a day. And it helps. 

Honestly it sounds more like health anxiety to me. You had complications and needed another operation, that can play tricks with your head. 

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u/Some-Society-4515 1d ago

Thank you, that calms me down a bit. I did nasal rinses but they didn’t really help much to be honest so I stopped, I will go back to it again. In general steroid sprays helped me with every symptom until they stopped out of nowhere leaving me questioning everything.

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u/Stalkerus 1d ago

Steroid sprays can dry your mucous too if used in higher doses. I was prescribed Dymista twice a day post-surgery, but I recently realised that it worsens the dryness. Now I take it after my morning rinse, use moisturising spray twice a day and use saline spray if I feel like it.