Always feel like something is stuck in my throat?

[mtmc]

Ok let me start off by telling everyone that I am an average build 23 year old male. I went to the doctor back in October I believe because I felt like I had something stuck in my throat and I had a very minute ammount of blood in my saliva when I spit. Anyway, he told me I have a sinus infection and gave me antibiotics. Now I have always had allergies and plenty of sinus infections and I knew this was no sinus infection. So I take the antibiotics and nothing changes. So I go back to the same doctors office to see a different doctor. This time because again I feel like something is stuck in my throat and I have a small dull paint to the left of my sternum. The blood in the saliva has stopped at this point. She decides it was acid reflux and gives me a months worth of Protonix and schedules an appt. for me to see someone in gastreology. So I've been taking the protonix and I went to see that doctor and he said he thinks I have acid reflux. I've been taking the Protonix as directed but still all the time I feel like something is stuck in my throat. Feels like it's right behind my tongue in the tonsil area. Sometimes it's on the left and sometime's it's on the right but it's always there. I drink plenty of water and the only other thing I drink is sweet tea and that's every now and then. I've drank it my whole life with no prior problems. Also I've noticed that it seems like something slimy. Almost like mucus drainage or something. I have been able to pull some of it up out of my throat and spit it out but it's clear with no color or spots or anything. No relief comes from that. Sometimes I can make it go away for a couple of minutes if I brush the back of my tongue. I took some Ztus expectorant last night hoping it would release it but no luck. Does anybody else have this problem and what can I do about it? I'm going to schedule an ENT appt. next week. There is no pain, it just feels like there is something stuck there much like when you try to swallow a pill without enough water. It makes me worry when I go to sleep because I'm afraid my throat might swell up causing breathing problems. Thanks in advance.

Matt

[KristinOH]

Hi Edith. Did you find a solution to your problem? I'm experiencing what sounds similar though mine doesn't move from side-to-side. I can "feel" it and moreso when I swallow. It's worse at night and when I try to lie down to rest. My ENT said that it could be tonsil stones, but upon a thorough examination, did not see anything. :-( Hope you're feeling better and found a solution.

[KristinOH]

Oops... it was a previous poster who mentioned hypothyroid. Sorry about that!

[KristinOH]

Oh yeah, and I'm going to try your massage suggestion, too! Thanks again, soohoo!

[KristinOH]

This is awesome, soohoo. Thanks so much for sharing and thanks to all previous posters, as well. About three months ago, while lying in bed, I inadvertently bit a small piece of dry cuticle off my finger (old, nervous habit) and while attempting to swallow it -- stupid, I know, it got lodged on the left side of my mouth/throat (felt like at the base of my tongue). It bothered me like crazy for a few days, always bothering me most at night while trying to fall asleep, then it seemed to resolve. Then I did it AGAIN! I know, I deserve a DARWIN award. Duh! I felt so stupid. And, it was so annoying. Well, that, too, seemed to resolve on it's own. Then, and you'll never believe this, but while eating a small piece of dark chocolate (the fancy kind with the foil wrapper), I felt like I had a small piece of the foil in my mouth, but decided to finish the piece of chocolate and swallow and not spit it out. It felt like the apparent small piece of foil got stuck! Ugh! I give up! While that bothered me for a few days, then, too, seemed to resolve, about every week for a few days, I'd get that feeling again like something was stuck behind my tongue. I had my primary care physician take a look. She didn't see anything and suggested I see an ENT. I just saw an ENT last week. He examined me with a tongue depressor and long q-tip, then a long mirror while holding my tongue out with gauze. He said everything looked great, no white spots, no lumps, no bumps, no infections, but guessed that what I might be feeling was one of three things: a stuck food particle, tonsil stones (tonsilloliths), acid reflux or a combo of one or more. Your post was the first I've ever seen that it might be thyroid-related and I possibly have an underactive (hypo) thyroid. I'm curious about your comment. Did your friend have a swollen throid gland? For me, it feels like something is stuck on the left side at the base of my tongue and when I push the skin up under my jaw and swallow, I feel it more (maybe almost like a blister, like someone else mentioned). I'm going to try gargling with warm salt water morning and night for the next week to see if it improves. I've also started doing my neti pot again, as I, too, suffer with sinus congestion and post nasal drip. My doctor suggested avoiding acid-producing foods and foods that could get stuck (isn't that pretty much anything chewed to small enough pieces???) and suggested I take an antacid (Prylosec - sp?) every day for a month. That seems drastic, especially since I don't have any acid reflux symptoms. I'm going to start with the gargling and neti pot. I'll keep this group posted. Thanks for all the great posts!!! Hope everyone is feeling better really soon!!! God Bless.

[mul779]

Hi, For over 3 years I have been having the same problem of the feeling of something stuck on the left side of my throat, I got my tonsils out because they believed it was tonsil then I had an operation only recently to control acid reflux and still hasnt helped, Every morning my throat is burning and then the rest of the day I have the sensation of something stuck, Does another know what it could be???

[Smiley2000]

Hi there,

What you are describing sound like sleep aphnea to me!  You should try and get a sleep-study-test done and EEG.

I can just imagine how frustrating it must be for you to have to live with this and hope that they soon find a solution for you.

Please let us know how you are doing and all the best!