That persistent feeling of mucus dripping down the back of your throat or constant need to clear your nose isn’t just annoying — it’s a condition called catarrh that affects millions of Americans.

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The nose, ear and throat are much related. What affects the nose may affect the other two organs and vice versa. Nasal discharge is a common symptom of an underlying disease state in both adults and ...

Catarrh is a word rarely used outside humorous contexts these days, but for most of Cincinnati’s history catarrh was nothing to sneeze at, so to speak. It was, up until about 1940 or so, the accepted ...

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Based on: Autumnal Catarrh (Hay Fever), with Illustrative Maps. By Morrill Wyman, M. D., late Hersey Professor Adjunct of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in Harvard University, etc., etc. New York ...

GP referral of patients with chronic catarrh has a limited role in their management, a UK study has concluded. The research looked at 138 patients referred to secondary care with chronic catarrh, ...

A traditional medicine practitioner, Dr Lambo Adebisi, has recommended onions, garlic and sunflower for the prevention of catarrh and cold. According to him, these plants have essential ingredients ...

I am 65, a lifelong non-smoker and mostly healthy. Ever since a throat infection some years ago, for which I was prescribed antibiotics, I have suffered from a build-up of catarrh. It feels like there ...