{"id":377761,"date":"2026-04-02T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377761\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:39:09","slug":"stay-well-my-husbands-constant-cough-is-down-to-post-nasal-drip-what-is-it-and-how-does-he-get-rid-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377761\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Well: My husband\u2019s constant cough is down to post-nasal drip. What is it and how does he get rid of it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nThat annoying drip that keeps you spluttering at night is often linked to infection, allergies or dry indoor air. Here\u2019s what causes it \u2014 and what experts say really helps\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A post-nasal drip can really disrupt your sleep and your health. Photo: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ages_2251550626 (2).jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">A post-nasal drip can really disrupt your sleep and your health. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">If you\u2019ve ever felt the irritating sensation of a persistent tickly throat when battling a cold, you may have experienced post-nasal drip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This common complaint is caused by excess mucus draining down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses, typically due to a respiratory virus or allergic rhinitis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That annoying drip that keeps you spluttering at night is often linked to infection, allergies or dry indoor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60,898,29782,128197,128198,133841],"class_list":{"0":"post-377761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker","12":"tag-service-journalism","13":"tag-shp","14":"tag-signature-health","15":"tag-signature-service-journalism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}