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postnasal drip

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drip

 [drip]
the slow, drop-by-drop infusion of a liquid.
postnasal drip drainage of excessive mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the postnasal region into the pharynx.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

post·na·sal drip (PND),

term sometimes used to describe sensation of mucoid or mucopurulent discharge from the nose into the pharynx.
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postnasal drip

n.
The chronic secretion of mucus from the posterior nasal cavities, often caused by a cold or allergy.
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postnasal drip

ENT The sensation that mucus, secretions, or inflammatory products are passing from the nasopharynx into the oropharynx; PNDs usually occur in a background of chronic sinusitis
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

post·na·sal drip

(PND) (pōst-nā'zăl drip)
Term used to describe sensation of excessive mucoid or mucopurulent discharge from the posterior nares.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

postnasal drip

An intermittent trickle of watery nasal discharge or mucus from the back of the nose into the throat. The excess secretion usually results from inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose, as in RHINITIS from any cause.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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In particular, these examinations should be performed in patients presenting with persistent nasal obstruction and postnasal drip in order to avoid missing the diagnosis of TC.
Gastrointestinal symptoms resolved within 2 days, and the ocular symptoms, nasal congestion, postnasal drip, and febrile symptoms resolved within 4 days.
Cause: Anaerobic bacteria that live at the back of the tongue eat and grow off whatever they find: from dead skin cells in the mouth to mucus to postnasal drip. The byproduct: volatile sulfur compounds that cause halitosis.
Acid regurgitation from the stomach and chronic sinusitis with a purulent postnasal drip could also produce these symptoms.
Since it is neither life-threatening nor likely to lead to anything else a postnasal drip will almost certainly fit into the general category of "trivia".
Childhood symptoms include wheezing, postnasal drip, nighttime cough, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Secondhand smoke can aggravate sinusitis, rhinitis, cystic fibrosis, and chronic respiratory problems such as cough and postnasal drip. It also increases the number of children's colds and sore throats.
Allergies and the common cold produce similar symptoms--sneezing, stuffiness, runny nose, itching, and postnasal drip. A multitude of viruses can cause the common cold and its nasal symptoms, as well as fever, sore throat, aches, and chills.
The adverse effects of air pollution range from postnasal drip, shortness of breath and chronic cough, to cancer.
Gas also can occur for any of the following reasons: Some people swallow air frequently because they have postnasal drip or chew gum.
Some patients have had side effects, however, including fatigue, depression, weight loss, cough, postnasal drip and body aches, he says.
23.3% of the patients complained of postnasal drip (Table 9).
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