SORE THROAT WITH TROUBLE SWALLOWING

[jamiels11]

My daughter for the past month and a half has had difficultry swallowing (she has a very thick mucous / saliva ) everytime she swallows it chokes her then she gags and ends up throwing up.  Her other problem is that the side of her throat hurts as well, plus her mouth and teeth... I have taken her to an ENT and she has been scoped in the office and everything was fine.  They thought it might be acid reflux, which we have been on zantac and prilosec for a month with no help... We then took her too see an Oral Surgeon (for the mouth and teeth pain) which they said her 12 year old molars are coming in.  But would this cause salivia to be thick and make your throat hurt???  She has no stuffy nose (so I don't think it is sinus related)??  she does have asthma, but so far her lungs have been clear???  We are just trying to figure out what to do for her, as she keeps paper towles in her mouth to avoid swallowing...  Will this go away on its own?? If so how long? Or could this be something more?? Have we seen wrong specialist?? If anyone can give me some help it would be greatly appreciated.  My daughter was diagnosed two years ago with severe narcolepsy with severe cataplexy (but I don't think this would have anything to do with??) Like I said any answers will be so appreciated, as we just want her to get better and be happy again.  Thank you so much.

[jamiels11]

Hello, been a while since I have been on here, as things were going pretty good at the begining of the year.  My daughter is still continuing to have the same problems, thick mucous, feels like choking on it when swallowing, has sore teeth as well.  She had another CT scan of the Sinuses done, and this CT showed, stenosis of the frontal recesses and maxillary ostia with a right nasal deviated septum.  Is this something to be really concerned about???  It seems like a very abnormal CT scan to me, but our ENT says it just means she has a sinus infection???  Can all of this be causing her problems?? If so, is there any way to treat this??  It seems like she is on anti-biotics every month, as she keeps getting either sinus infections which always turn into lower respiratory infections??  We are just really concerned parents, as we do not want her to build up a tolerance to antibiotics, we try not to give them to her, but treat her with OTC meds instead.  With all of her other medical conditions we are just too afraid to add more medication to her.  Any help or suggestions would be very appreciative. thank you so much

[Michocana]

I have same problem and i use a decongestent.and sinus spray ...u can email me ***@****

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

In addition to mucinex she could take multivitamins. Also, give her plenty of warm oral fluids. For further relief from her symptoms she could do warm salt water gargles and steam inhalations. Please ensure to do this prior to her meals.  This will help to liquify her secretions. Hope this helped and Do Take Care!  

[jamiels11]

Thank you for your feedback on this, this is something we have not looked at yet... she has had a CT scan and swallowing study done now and the CT scan showed her sinuses closed, however her ENT that she sees says this is okay, and to keep her on Mucinex as needed.... I hate keeping her on meds, but it does help her a lot to be on the Mucinex as it keeps her symptoms very mild, but if she misses one table of it, her symptoms continue like they were.. We will definatly go see her Pulmonologist about this.  Thanks again for the advice.  

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Understand your predicament. If she is on inhalers for the Asthma, check to see if there is a fungal infection in the throat, this could cause problems with swallowing. Difficulty swallowing can also happen due to iron deficiency anemia causing Plummer-Vinson syndrome, where there changes to the soft lining of the throat. This can be detected by a simple blood test. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.