Drinking water will also help you swallow the gunk. Irrigation with a neti pot will take a little time to prepare, and by then, you may have already swallowed the boogers. Stacey Silvers, MD, of Madison ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in NYC, who is board certified in otolaryngology one of her specialties is sinus surgery.
Or should you cough it out, since it also feels like it’s positioned right at the point where it can be coughed out? Should you try to swallow it, even though repeatedly swallowing isn’t budging the gunk? The booger clump or snot is lodged in the back of your throat, and maybe some of it is still in the lower end of your sinus cavity. Technically it’s mucus but in a more solid form. You can tell it came from your nasal passages, and you know exactly what it is: boogers. It’s a common problem: You suddenly feel this goopy clump in the back of your throat, even though you haven’t been eating. This gunky “snot” is stuck there for a reason & here’s what you can do to help prevent this from happening. Euwww, do you feel boogers stuck in the back of your throat when you swallow?
