Drink more fluids. Water helps loosen mucus and soothe an irritated throat. Dry, hacking coughs respond to honey in hot water, tea, or lemon juice. Do not give honey to children younger than 1 year of age. Elevate your head with extra pillows at night to ease a dry cough. Try a cough drop to soothe an irritated throat.
That is actually true to a certain extent. Most of the time you need to have some sort of sensitivity/allergy to dairy. But dairy products can increase the thickness of your phlegm, therefore can clog up your sinuses, and eventually cause the sinus pressure.
1 Inhaled Irritants-This is cause swelling of the nasal and sinus linings, and is common where there is a lot of smog and dust. 2  Dairy Products-they can cause mucus to thicken dramatically. 3  This will lead bad drainage. 4  Allergies to foods-These will thicken mucus, and cause bad drainage.