Thick mucous (It is like thick saliva) flow into my mouth and I have to spit almost constantly.HELP
I´m living in a nightmare and hopes that you can help me. (I live in Sweden so I apologize that my English not is perfect.) This is my 17th week with more or less constant spitting. I am pregnant and it began when I was pregnant in my 15th week. I got in mucus (is that the name? As thick saliva) in my mouth that I can´t swallow so I spit it out. It feels as it comes from my throat. It´s more after food and later in afternoons and evenings. Evenings I have to spit severel times every minute. For a long time I didn´t get any help from doctors because the doctors who is not gynecologer said it is probably some normal reaktion to pregnancy. The gynecologists says they don´t recognize it. Finally when I search info I found something called "pharyngeal laryngeal reflux". That you can have reflux up to the mouth. I thought that maybe that was the thing. I finally found a doctor to ask and she said it is possible but if that the case it is probable to late i pregnancy to heal becaus the pressure from the child but she thought I could be better. I was then 25 weeks pregnant. Since then I have eaten 20 mg losec (PPI, omeprazol) morning and evening. Now I have taken it in sex weeks. The bad taste has dissapeared almost completely and mayble little less "fluid" in my mouth but it is even thicker mucus now than before that comes in. I met another doctor last week. He said that relux isn´t so thick. The thick mucus can comes from that my esofagus is inflammed. But if it is inflammed from the reflux he thought it should have healed now. So he thought it could be candida in the esofagus. I got a reaktion immediately when I eat some food. It get best with colhydrates as pasta. And the worse thing is when I eat fruit like rasperry or bananas. The mucus/saliva get thick immediately.. So thick that I can hardly spit it out. Have someone experienced the same, pregnant or not? In that case what was it? How did you get better? Hope someone can give me hope how I can get well. I know hormones weakens the "stomach-mouth" and that you easier get candida when you ar pregnant. If this don´t get away after my pregnancy they will do a gastroskopi. Does anyone have another suggestion what it can be? I hope you try to help me. This is really a nightmare. I must get well when the baby is born, otherwise I will not have the energy to take care of it in a good way. Kind regards Erika, Sweden
Hello Erika,
Your english is excellent. I completely understand your message. It is helpful to have so much information.
It is common to have reflux during your pregnancy. The baby is pushing on your stomach and many moms have heartburn, burping and discomfort, often for the first time. It is important to eat smaller meals and try not to eat for 1-2 hours before a nap or bedtime. Stay away from reflux triggers such as spicy foods, acidic foods, etc. High fat foods will digest slowly and may cause discomfort too.
The mucous you are describing needs to be checked by your primary care doctor. Make sure it is not an infection of some kind. Perhaps the doctor will test the mucous. In the United States, if the reflux is severe during pregnancy, a mom will often see a gastroenterologist. PPI medications are used during pregnancy but with a great deal of caution.
Let me know if I have answered your questions and let us know what you find out.
Maybe a baby picture too?!
Thanks,
Jan
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 11:09 AM
You are definitely not alone! I am in the 13th week of my 3rd pregnancy and my mucous will not stop. I had excessive mucous during all of my pregnancies. For me, it got better at some point but I can't exactly remember when. I know it's disgusting and bothersome but I haven't found anything to help. Sinus medicine doesn't help, expectorant doesn't help- nothing but giving birth helps.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 07:02 AM
Hi!
Thankyou for your answer. Is your mucous also thick? Can you swallow it or do you have to spit it out because it otherwise feels as it is stock in your throat? Does it come from your throat or is it more like excess saliva, or both? Have you had any explanation from any doctor? I am in week 37 now and it has been worse for every month. .. When I have search for this in discussion boards I have found none here in Sweden whith the same problem and when I ask my gynecologs they say they have never heard of it. When I have search on discussion boads I have found some in USA that have the same problem. Most seems to have excess saliva but some have excess mucous back in the throat. As we know there are very many people living in the USA, maybe this is extremly uncommen. And the quastion is if it the pregnancy is it only the hormones or hade the hormones created something else, for example reflux. It is nice to have direct contact with someone who have similar experience. It would be very kind of you if you answer me agian. It means a lot. Kind regard Erika
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 01:13 PM
I definitely have to spit it out. If I even feel it going down my throat while I'm eating food, I have to spit that bite of food out. I have a friend who is the same weeks pregnant as I am and she spits even more than I do. We both have an excessive amount of regular saliva- that we can swallow. The excessive mucous we do not swallow and keep spit cups or tissues nearby for this reason. Acid reflux, aka heartburn, is also normal during pregnancy. The mucous and the acid refulx are both due to pregnancy hormones. I feel bad that you've had to go through your whole pregnancy with this problem. If I remember correctly, I went through it the whole time with my first pregnancy but stopped sometime along the way with my second pregnancy. Don't be alarmed, though, because the spitting will stop pretty much as soon as you give birth. You should feel almost immediate relief. You've only got a few weeks to go, so stay positive :)
Just wanted to let you know, that my daughter had this during her second pregnancy, and she used to carry a soda bottle with her to spit in when she was away from home. It will go away after you have the baby. Congratulations on your new life!!!
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I had the same thing when i was pregnant with my daughter and have had it again with my second pregnancy but it's not as thick...it gets so bad in the morning when i wake up that i keep paper towels by my bed to wipe my teeth and tongue off. it's horrible and thick and makes me gag. i'm mentioning it to my dr when i go back and am hoping she can tell me what to make it better. but it is very common in pregnancy unfort. and a lot of people seem to have the same problem. with my daughter like 2 days after giving birth the thick spit was gone and i was back to normal. it was weird but i was glad to see it go. it may just be something that can't be cured during pregnancy but i'm hopefull for some answers too! GOOD LUCK!
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Hi Jan,
Thankyou for your answer. Do you recognize this thick mucous that I described? What do you think it can be for infection? Candida? Or something else? Do you know how to test it? If it doesn´t get away after the pregnancy they say I will do a gastroskopi but they don´t want to do it when I am pregnant. I use losec, a PPI, and it is classificed ias catogeri A here in Sweden. They say it will not harm the baby. But it is never fun to take medication when pregnan. Yes, I follow this sugggestions you wrote about, about smaller foood and so on. Do you recognize this constant spitting as a sign for reflux to the mouth or do you think it is a infection or inflammation? If it is inflammation from the reflux should it have healed by now? I have use PPI for almost seven weeks now. Hope you wants to answer me again. Kind regards Erika