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                        are you sure it's mucous??  I have a similar problem and swore it was mucous; I was going out of my mind until i finally had an upper endoscopy...they found no mucous...it was bile from my stomach...the doctor gave me medicine and i've been fine since...he treats it as acid reflux. I hope this helps some...good luck.