Waking up choking

I’m surviving on Afrin right now. I work at a hospital and I’ve been debating using a suction to clean out my nasal passages 😂. Currently thinking the nose Frida sounds good 😩

I’m also propping myself up more when I sleep so things drain down instead of back.

I found the humidifier to help. The heater dries out the air and the dry air dries out your mucus and makes it thicker along with drying out the nasal passage that helps move the mucus.

do you find that afrin helps? I have some but didn’t know if it would do anything haha

it’s the only thing that helps. I’ll not be able to breathe at all through my nose, take a few pumps and will finally be able to breathe again. Now I do have to really inhale to get it where it needs to go so sometimes it ends up in the back of my throat but worth it still.

yeah, one of the biggest issues is that I live in a Colorado, which is like desert dryness lol I have a humidifier that is on my nightstand but idk how much it does

the weird thing is, I can mostly breathe through my nose, I just don’t know how to get rid of the inflammation in my throat so I don’t choke while I’m trying to sleep

Are you sure your choking from nasal issue or possibly having aspiration from reflux? That happened to me pretty bad and they put me on pantropizole and it stopped!

I'm due in March but for the past couple of weeks I've been waking myself up choking as can't breathe through my nose! This is reassuring that it's nkt just happening to me

I’m waking up basically choking on my throat. The back of my throat is so swollen from drainage that it blocks my airway.

I tried Afrin last night and it was a game changer!

thanks so much, I will give it a try!

This sounds like what I had been going through for weeks. I believe it’s pregnancy rhinitis and unfortunately there aren’t too many things you can do. Like some people already said, I’ve been using a humidifier which has helped a lot. Also sleeping on a wedge pillow to relieve the stuffiness and congestion. Before that, I did find that I was waking up choking in the middle of the night from acid reflux - it was super scary. Having some elevation under your head should help. Good luck!