no burping / gurgling in throat - Gastroenterology

bekah08

Nov 08, 2010

Wow! I too am so relieved to know there's other's with their insides talking as well! I've got all of the same symptoms, but i do have another one. Sometimes late at night (if i've had a particularly bad day with the gurgle noises) then i get a very thick musous feeling in my mouth and thoat. It's extremely uncomfortable and i feel like i have to keep swallowing. I'm not sure if that's what some people were describing as a "lump in the thoat" or not, but I can't stand it! And it's made me throw up twice. And of course, the only cure is to lay down. Anyone else having this horrible mucous feeling??

tigerknitting

Nov 10, 2010

To: bekah08

I also have the thick mucousy feeling, especially after hours of gurgling. Sometimes it makes me feel very sick, and sometimes I have to swallow almost continuosly for a while. I've found it helps if I take very small sips of water and swish it around in my mouth before swallowing. It seems to dilute the mucous a bit, making it easier to swallow. I've also found that if I take small bites of food and chew them very carefully and fully that the gurgles aren't bad after eating. Small meals help, too.

AngW88

Nov 16, 2010

To: 123

Like everyone else on here, I'm so glad I'm not the only one! I overheard a classmate years ago talking about it happening to her but I never talked to her about it. It only happens to me when I eat a meal or drink soda then go to class or somewhere quiet. Which is the worst. I would much rather it happen at night or something. I'll have my lunch then go to class and (lucky me!) we'll be writing a note and the class is dead silent. It's horrible. Sometimes I'll put pressure on my throat between my collor bone where that little indent is and it will help stop it a bit but not really. I don't know why it only happens when it's quiet. I'm sort of a shy person so I've been thinking it happens when the room is silent because it makes me uncomfortable and the weird noise in my throat is caused by being anxious but a lot of the times I'm okay with the quiet so I don't know... And it doesn't help that I sit beside a cute guy either lol. (Hopefully he never hears it!). I'll definatly be coming back here for any answers someone might have or if I find an answer. Good luck to you all for finding a way to stop it.

whoever_I_am

Nov 17, 2010

To: anyone

I don't think that I need to say it, but I will anyways. I have the exact same problem, and have had this problem forever, and I thought I was the only one. Although, those of you who get made fun of for it (I feel sorry for you) have it tough; I am in Middle School and I don't get made fun of for having the gurgling problem in my throat. My friends and family, and even the most random people, never say anything about it to me. It always happens after I eat or drink, And it really ticks me off. I am also not able to throw up; the last time I did was 9 years ago, when I was 5. And I never burp. If I were to raise a finger for every time I have burped, I would have raised a total of 0 fingers.!
Too bad for me.

whoever_I_am

Nov 17, 2010

To: idk

Oh, and It has gotten to the point where the lump in my throat has made it almost impossible to breathe at times, and I have to go to a sink or somewhere and constantly spit and spit until I feel better.

patient915

Nov 17, 2010

To: whoever_I_am

If you have any questions that you want answered please post your question as its own post because this one is so old.

whoever_I_am

Nov 17, 2010

To: anyone who will read this

sorry for constantly posting, but LordFranz said (or at least how I Interpreted it) that it mostly occurs in those who are skinny. If everyone with this problem is skinny, or at least has a high metabolism, could this possibly be a symptom for high metabolism?
(an uncommon symptonm, as most of my friends have a high metabolism, but don't experience the same thing)

greengirleli

Nov 30, 2010

I did a year ago the barium test and they told me that I had acid reflux. Basically, it causes heartburn and creates a lot of gas. Some of the gas goes through the bottom but some of it escapes through the mouth. Best thing to relieve this is to not eat at least 3 hours before going to bed, don't eat too much, start a healthy diet and do some exercise. There are also a lot of over the counter pills for acid reflux but the ones I tried don't really work for me.

freshing

Dec 08, 2010

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freshing

Dec 08, 2010

it' amazing how many of these symptoms are the same, i too have never been able to burp, havent vomited in 20 years and i also have that lumpy feeling in my throat, i get this burping not always usually after a heavy meal, what works 4 me besides lying down is punching gently at my chest i guess is the same mums do to babies, and for me it works cos it gets the air up and i can take it out, not as a belch much more subtle and i have to do it many times cos is only a bit of air i can get out evry time, this is really a health issue i pray to God so he can soon give us an answer to this problem of ours and for him to help those who really have it bad, that now i have read your stories i know i dont have much to complain about, i hope my little advice can help u with this annoyig problem, wish u the best to u all

chellos

Feb 03, 2011

To: Everyone

Hey guys,

Some of the symptoms on here sound like an hiatus hernia, but most others are exactly what I have. It's officially called Upper Esophageal Reflex and Belch Reflex Dysfunction sometimes with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain. I'm going to see an endocrinologist about it but there's quite a bit of info on the internet; it's pretty much to do with a motor skill we just never developed.

Hope this helps!

gurglegirl

Feb 11, 2011

To: everyone

I too have all these symptoms. I am 31 and have not vomited since the age of 4. I remember being really sick and hated vomiting and vowed never to vomit again. I remember getting these symptoms if i was overly active swimming in the pool when i was a kid. I always hated drinking soda cause it made me feel ill. When i was in college i remember getting these symptoms when i was stressed about writing a paper or a test. I am a nurse and whenever i worked night shift or had a stressful assignment i would have severe attacks. In the beginning of the shift my throat would gurgle. Then my chest would hurt, followed by painful hiccups, nausea, and shortness of breath. I remember not wanting to move, cause it would get worse with movement. I would try antacids with no relief. The only thing that would help is to lie down with a couple pillows under me. Eventually i would get bloated and release the air by passing gas. I went to a GI doc. I was told i have a small hiatal hernia and was placed on nexium. Which did help. Working day shift helped out too. After 5 years at that job I decided to work in a less stressful area of nursing. I discovered i no longer needed to take nexium cause i rarely got the symptoms. Unfortunately about two or three times a year i get it bad when i get sick. I just had the flu and the worst attack ever. I have also been stressed lately cause my job wants to promote me to a more stressful position. but i am thinking of not taking the job cause i get these attacks with increased stress.

patient915

Feb 11, 2011

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cybertronian94

Feb 13, 2011

Hello my name is brandon le...i am 16 years old and in now suffuring this problem at this very moment...i have seen several blogs and come tp the conclusion that this is known as the Disfunction Of the Belch Reflex. One man a doctor in chicago is studying the theoretical diagnosis and so far has been no known cure or treatment. Ive been having this problem for some quite time now and over the years i have developed some methods the reliving the pain or hard to breath situations when the air gets trapped...i would sometimes hang upside down when symptoms become unbarable or beat hard on my chest..i recommend the chest option when it gets really bad though......hopes this helps some.

cybertronian94

Feb 13, 2011

Hello my name is brandon le...i am 16 years old and in now suffuring this problem at this very moment...i have seen several blogs and come tp the conclusion that this is known as the Disfunction Of the Belch Reflex. One man a doctor in chicago is studying the theoretical diagnosis and so far has been no known cure or treatment. Ive been having this problem for some quite time now and over the years i have developed some methods the reliving the pain or hard to breath situations when the air gets trapped...i would sometimes hang upside down when symptoms become unbarable or beat hard on my chest..i recommend the chest option when it gets really bad though......hopes this helps some.

cybertronian94

Feb 13, 2011

Hello my name is brandon le...i am 16 years old and in now suffuring this problem at this very moment...i have seen several blogs and come tp the conclusion that this is known as the Disfunction Of the Belch Reflex. One man a doctor in chicago is studying the theoretical diagnosis and so far has been no known cure or treatment. Ive been having this problem for some quite time now and over the years i have developed some methods the reliving the pain or hard to breath situations when the air gets trapped...i would sometimes hang upside down when symptoms become unbarable or beat hard on my chest..i recommend the chest option when it gets really bad though......hopes this helps some.

Candace15

Apr 09, 2011

well i have the same problem but ill just explain my symptons
my stomach growls really loudly everytime i eat and mostly always bloats
my chest gets all tight and my throat and chest starts to gurgle
feels like i have to burp but can't?

i went to my doctor today and explained about this strange situation which he found really weird, he asked me to make the noise! to cut a long story short he told me i eat to fast and dont chew my food right, i let air into my stomach that isn't supposed to be there. he diagnosed it as aerophagia. makes sense but i have my doubts about it
look it up, it may be useful?

sbreen85

Apr 19, 2011

The official term for this is called a "burgle" - not quite burp, but not quite gurgle. It's actually a term I made up, but it fits. I have had this problem my whole life and nothing is wrong, it's just our body releasing gas, similar to that of a burp, but without the usual sound of a burp. But it's still a release of pressure, I at least, generally feel a bit lighter after I burgle.
After I named it a burgle, I lightedheartedly refer to it all the time, it's kind of a joke between my friends when it happens. I can often even force them to be louder, which is weird.

Love to all fellow burglers, like moi ;)

Pukadog

Apr 20, 2011

Tonight I stumbled across this forum because I couldn't sleep. I too have frog noises after I eat...and some times I can't even function. I would have to lie down every time. Tonight the air coming up my esophagus was so bad I couldn't sleep and it got me worried. Normally when I lay flat on my back it goes away but not tonight. One remedy I have for this is sticking two fingers down your throat and making yourself gag. It goes away instantly. But this is no fun and not convenient. I am glad I have found this thread. You are not alone.

Pukadog

Apr 20, 2011

Tonight I stumbled across this forum because I couldn't sleep. I too have frog noises after I eat...and some times I can't even function. I would have to lie down every time. Tonight the air coming up my esophagus was so bad I couldn't sleep and it got me worried. Normally when I lay flat on my back it goes away but not tonight. One remedy I have for this is sticking two fingers down your throat and making yourself gag. It goes away instantly. But this is no fun and not convenient. I am glad I have found this thread. You are not alone.

gurgless

May 05, 2011

To: all you gurglers!

Hey guys, i'm 15 and I suffer from the gurgling in my stomach and throat, and I'm pretty sure it's given me anxiety and makes me shaky and feels like I want to throw up. And these 'growls' seem to appear a lot worse in quiet situation (convenient eh?)

BUT!!!! As the 'growls' are inside of us, of course we are going to hear it 10 times louder than anyone else! It vibrates the noise up to our ears, so were going to hear it a lot more than others. Of course sometimes, on the odd occasion, I can hear my mums, but only once or twice! So, even though you may be sitting there in an exam, and that's all you can hear, unless they have their head on your stomach, THEY MOST LIKELY CAN'T HEAR IT! :)

Hope this helps most of you guys, also most of it is in our heads! :) Try a teaspoon of olive oil in the mornings it helps, something to do with the fatty acids, also my doctor gave me some peppermint tablets, which i started today, and ill let you guys know!

My friend's mum has the problem too, and she said stay away from BREAD and SPICY FOODS.

Good luck, at least were not alone! :D x

BMG24

May 11, 2011

To: All Fellow Throat Gurglers:

I am 41 years old and have never been able to burp like a normal person, unlike my sister who thinks that burping is an art form.  As I have grown older, I noticed that my "throat burps" have become worse.  If I eat anything other than straight protein, I get bloated and then I need to lie down on my left side with my left arm tucked under my left side of my body while pressing my forearm into my stomach to make the throat gurgling start in order to relieve the pressure in my stomach. I also cannot have my head up high, but instead it works best to have a low, flat pillow under my head while I am trying to get these gurgles out.

If I cannot get any more burps out, I will sit up for a second and then go right back into the position I was just in, and they will start again, which helps speed up the process of getting the air out of my stomach.  Sometimes this process can last up to four hours on a bad night, but normally lasts under an hour.

Unlike the other people on this forum, I am not trying to stop the gurgling, but trying to find a place to lie down to let the pressure out, which only escapes in little bizarre throat groans, instead of a couple of long burps.  It's frustrating to say the least.  I'm just surprised to see that there are so many other people who have this same condition.  I don't have any answers to the cause, but for those out there who are trying to find a way to make it stop, the best way I have found is to not fight it, but to speed up the process of expelling of the trapped air.

When I am at work at my desk, I have learned that bending my body over to the left, while pressing my forearm into the side and frontal area of my stomach, it will let out a greater amount of air and I have essentially bought myself a few minutes of relief without a gurgle making it's way out of my mouth before I am faced with trying to talk to a coworker.

These are just temporary tricks to get me through each bloating episode, but I am guessing that there is a problem with something not opening or not closing correctly in my esophagus or entry to my stomach.  Until I find out what that might be, I am able to get through each day with these annoying, but quick fixes to what used to be an entire day or night of bloating without any way to release the air.

andrea007

May 13, 2011

I'm 20 years old and I can't burp. I too have gurgles in my chest and they won't go away. The only thing that helps is lying down on my back or side. I went to the doctor today and he didn't really tell me much. I just want these air bubbles to go away. Does anyone have any advice to stop these gurgles in my chest?

scott81

Jun 14, 2011

To: Everyone

I have the exact same thing everyone else has mentioned. I've been to 2 gastroenterologist with a battery of every test with no results. I was diagnosed with IBS for lack of coming up with a proper diagnosis. My symtoms (symptoms) came on about 3 years ago when eating an icecream sandwich. I had terrible pain in my diaphram and thought I was having a heart attack. I could not get relief no matter what I did ( lie down, sit up, etc.) Finally I threw up and got a little relief. After that incident I have problem with releasing gas and my throat gets clogged up with a thick substance that keeps air from releasing and pain in diaphram area. This prevented my from being able to swallow, causing my body to produce massive amounts of stringy saliva until i finally throw up and then feel better a couple days later. This went on every 7 to 14 days for over a year. When the symtoms (symptoms) begin, I won't be able to burp and gurgling noises come from my throat. I still have stomach pain almost daily, and I wake up about 5am every morning because of stomach pangs that prevent me from sleeping. My bowel movements are normal, but sometimes have a whitest mass of a stringy substance and same substance in my emesis. It has been 2 months since I thrown up and that is the longest period since this first began. I still have the same symptoms, but have managed to resist getting sick. I cut out carbs and it seemed to help a little. I was on a no carb diet for over 2 years and the problems started about a year after coming off the diet. I'm not sure if this is relevant or not but thought I would mention it. I'm just glad to find people with the same symptoms, and hope in the long run it is not something terminal. The doctors all say I don't have cancer, but can't tell my what it is. I agree with another comment that we should form a group on Facebook, so we can keep in touch and let each other know how we are doing and give suggestions on things that may help, since these mysterious stomach and throat problems can not be diagnosed. Thanks, Scott

Jesse1112

Aug 13, 2011

Read all the stuff from all these people above and you should have come up with the answer- it's wrong food.  Little wonder why it is not showing in any scans or tests. Here is the ninety-nine cents cure.

FIRST STOP EATING:  RAW OR HALF COOKED ONIONS, THEY CREATE PHLEGM AND GAS, white flour or corn including tortillas, Nan, etc all baked breads, toast, including french bread, bourgete, starch especially potatoes, pasta, anything with vinegar, vitamins including chewable ones, and all cheeses (one slice of cheese takes 48 hrs for the body to digest, fermented food, Bhaspati rice is very constipating.

Stop eating raw or half-cooked food, Pizza is one of them - examine the white flour dough crust - your are chewing on leather and you want your stomach to do the dirty job for you.

One bad food will mess-up all the other good food that you ate, and you wonder which one did it.  If you do not have two bowel movements a day, do not eat breakfast, etc until you get a bowel movement - don't worry, you will not die just because you skipped some meals.  Let the body work on the breakfast you ate a week a ago, it hasn't left you.

Ginger will make you thirsty, so drink it during the day and not just before bed.

1.  Start with one inch size fresh ginger, wash and smash with something to loosen the fibers, boil in three tea-cups of water, then simmer, with lid on to avoid evaporation, until you smell ginger in the house.
  a.  Lets start slow:  First start on an empty stomach, just about ten tablespoons with half teaspoon of honey (not sugar).  The trick is to drink it as hot as possible (temperature is going to play a major role).  Wait half hour and you will know if your body liked it ..... drink the rest if you can.....or introduce it to your body slowly everyday, give the ginger properties to kick-in and it will.  It will do you wonders.  If you can break a sweat - excellent.

2.  Don't stop yet - if the above did not work for you, try with some decent food.  If you can, with Indian curries, curried eggplant, not white chickpeas (garbanzos) creates a lot of gas.

3.  Better still - add ginger powder available in Indian stores, to boiling water
add black tea, etc, milk, some honey to taste.  Caution:  Is very heaty, so drink in small portions, with intervals, make good judgements, create your own timing and schedule, whatever it takes to put that into your digestive system to undo the years of damage you have done through cheap fast food.  You pay a price when you don't want to spend time in your kitchen.

4.  Ginger didn't work?  Try this- Stir fry some red onion till brown in sweet butter (cream), some chopped ginger, add salt.
when cooked add one teaspoon tumeric powder, mix immediately and add one cup water immediately.  Now add cayene pepper (whatever you can handle) and let boil until you smell curry.  Let simmer now.  Put your fish in or better still brocolli.  Eat it with nothing else! until all stools have left your body.   Ask your doctor to take an X-ray of you stomach and show you how many stools are lined up and can't get out !!!  And you are thinking of more food!!!!!

5.  Think of ways to get the impossible-to-digest food that you have dumped into yourself, not medications and not CT SCANS to solve your problems.

6.  Learn to make your own bread - wholewheat Chapatis is about the best thing with moderation.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH, LEARN TO COOK FOR YOURSELF.

Jesse1112

Aug 13, 2011

Read all the stuff from all these people above and you should have come up with the answer- it's wrong food.  Little wonder why it is not showing in any scans or tests. Here is the ninety-nine cents cure.

FIRST STOP EATING:  RAW OR HALF COOKED ONIONS, THEY CREATE PHLEGM AND GAS, white flour or corn including tortillas, Nan, etc all baked breads, toast, including french bread, bourgete, starch especially potatoes, pasta, anything with vinegar, vitamins including chewable ones, and all cheeses (one slice of cheese takes 48 hrs for the body to digest, fermented food, Bhaspati rice is very constipating.

Stop eating raw or half-cooked food, Pizza is one of them - examine the white flour dough crust - your are chewing on leather and you want your stomach to do the dirty job for you.

One bad food will mess-up all the other good food that you ate, and you wonder which one did it.  If you do not have two bowel movements a day, do not eat breakfast, etc until you get a bowel movement - don't worry, you will not die just because you skipped some meals.  Let the body work on the breakfast you ate a week a ago, it hasn't left you.

Ginger will make you thirsty, so drink it during the day and not just before bed.

1.  Start with one inch size fresh ginger, wash and smash with something to loosen the fibers, boil in three tea-cups of water, then simmer, with lid on to avoid evaporation, until you smell ginger in the house.
  a.  Lets start slow:  First start on an empty stomach, just about ten tablespoons with half teaspoon of honey (not sugar).  The trick is to drink it as hot as possible (temperature is going to play a major role).  Wait half hour and you will know if your body liked it ..... drink the rest if you can.....or introduce it to your body slowly everyday, give the ginger properties to kick-in and it will.  It will do you wonders.  If you can break a sweat - excellent.

2.  Don't stop yet - if the above did not work for you, try with some decent food.  If you can, with Indian curries, curried eggplant, not white chickpeas (garbanzos) creates a lot of gas.

3.  Better still - add ginger powder available in Indian stores, to boiling water
add black tea, etc, milk, some honey to taste.  Caution:  Is very heaty, so drink in small portions, with intervals, make good judgements, create your own timing and schedule, whatever it takes to put that into your digestive system to undo the years of damage you have done through cheap fast food.  You pay a price when you don't want to spend time in your kitchen.

4.  Ginger didn't work?  Try this- Stir fry some red onion till brown in sweet butter (cream), some chopped ginger, add salt.
when cooked add one teaspoon tumeric powder, mix immediately and add one cup water immediately.  Now add cayene pepper (whatever you can handle) and let boil until you smell curry.  Let simmer now.  Put your fish in or better still brocolli.  Eat it with nothing else! until all stools have left your body.   Ask your doctor to take an X-ray of you stomach and show you how many stools are lined up and can't get out !!!  And you are thinking of more food!!!!!

5.  Think of ways to get the impossible-to-digest food that you have dumped into yourself, not medications and not CT SCANS to solve your problems.

6.  Learn to make your own bread - wholewheat Chapatis is about the best thing with moderation.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH, LEARN TO COOK FOR YOURSELF.

mcmho

Sep 04, 2011

I have tge same thing for a year now.
Is this really just LPR (acid reflux)?
Any food, exercise that can help??
Thanks in advance!

samsamantha

Sep 07, 2011

I always thought I was the only person who got "air bubbles" My experience is much the same. I have never been able to burp reflexively or voluntarily and I rarely ever vomit unless I eat something bad. Ever since I could remember, I've gotten these little air pockets that make a growling/croaking sound that seems like it comes from my throat. It's really annoying and quite embarrassing when I am in a public setting and everything is quiet. Sometimes it leaves a really uncomfortable feeling in my throat that I try to swallow down, but that just seems to make it worse. Breathing out makes it feel a little better. I think I also unconsciously swallow air throughout the day when I get nervous, which may have something to do with it. Breathing better may just be the trick. Wish you all the best.

Missmeri

Sep 22, 2011

Me too but if u breath in when u feel the pressure it helps. It ***** honestly :/

caitlin44444

Sep 29, 2011

To: anyone

This is so great! Well it's not great that everyone here is suffering from the same things I am, but I'm so happy I'm not alone! I currently have the "gurgling noise" and I just came home from having just a bowl of soup at a restaurant! I'm so uncomfortable right now and this is for sure a daily thing for me! I've had this since I can remember and I've never been to doctor because I never saw it as a severe problem, just an embarrassing one! It happens after I eat or drink, not all the time but most of the time, and I definitely can't burp! Never have, and even though I've tried, nothing. I also haven't thrown up since 1999, no matter how sick with the flu or how many drink I've had, I've never been able to throw up. It's gross but I've tried sticking things down my throat to help me gag and throw up, my friends have even tried it, and nothing helps! This is so frustrating, hope someone finds a cure soon!

kelseyboooo

Oct 10, 2011

I have had the same problem for years, and it seems to only happen when it's quiet. It's a croaking noise in my throat, and it's extremely loud. I've tried just about everything, and it won't go away. Also, I can't make myself burp. I only burp when I vomit. I often actually vomit just because my body has to burp so badly. I've even been to several doctors for it, but of course whenever the doctor goes to check me out, my throat isn't making the noise. When I open my mouth, the noise is painfully loud. It's very embarrassing, and I really wish there was something I could do to stop it. No remedies seem to help. It has affected my ability to communicate with people, because I'm so afraid that I will open my mouth and the sound will come out. My life would be so much better if it would stop. I hate these croaking spells!

nbristow01

Oct 24, 2011

To: everyone

It seems almost everyone on here has a hiatal hernia or may have one.  2 types, rolling (which always stays there) and sliding which comes and goes.  I have a rolling.  I have all the exact same sypmtoms you all are having.  If you look at an hiatal hernia the stomach has pushed past the haitus and above the esophogas.  So nwt that stomach is providing an escpe for the air the air is finding the easiest path to go, since the throat sphincter is closed the air squeezes through the stomach portion (that is squeezed between the haitus and esophogas)So as it squeezes through it makes a gurggle sound.  In fact next time your throat gurgles put your fingers just under your sternum.  You will feel the gurgle happening there.
I am having my hiatal hernia repaired later this year.  I am betting that will fix the gurgle.  Now the air has only one way out (upper GI) and that it out the throat as a burp.

I have tried many things in the past including sticking my fingers down my throat to releave the pressure of air.  But since the air is trapped in the hernia it will not come out as a burp.

In the meantime the big key is take in as little air as possible while eating.  I plan on trying the technique of exhaling before I take a bite so you dont swallow all the air with your food.

I am not a Dr, just a guy that is trying to get a better quality of life and would love to not be forced to lay down to get rid of the gurgle

tylerlyler

Nov 05, 2011

To: everyone

I am an 18 year old female college student. I have had the same kinds of problems you all have been describing my whole life. Like most of you, I notice the strange gurgling noises after eating, not always, but enough to where I notice and worry that others do too. I also tend to make the croaking noises more if I'm particularly nervous. I have had a history of anxiety and mood disorders, but no issues like that currently. Another common symptom I noticed is lack of vomiting. Though this isn't a problem, I can only recall very few times throwing up in my life, even as a child, while very sick, or after a lot of alcohol. Also, I very rarely burp, I would say at most once every few months, and I have never been able to make myself burp. Glad to know I'm not the only person who does this weird gurgling thing, it's kind of embarrassing but I guess some people do this instead of burping.

xavierine

Nov 08, 2011

I also have the same symptom. After a meal, if i do not burp properly, i cannot swallow anything and feel like the 'gas' is stuck in the throat.. i have lots of phlegm and feeling that there's a lump in the throat. When i eat/drink, there are times when i feel the food/water getting stuck in the esophagus without flowing down. I saw an ENT specialist and a GI specialist. Did my endoscope and HRM (High Magnetic Resonance - if im not wrong).. the GI doc said (i can't really recall) either my upper or lower spincter is a little tight but no major problems... prescribed me with amitriptyline every night to cure the laryngopharyngeal sensitivity.. forgot to mention that i've recurrent panic attacks whenever i can't swallow the food down to the stomach.. i turn to my medicated oil, apply them to my neck so that it will numb the sensitivity and makes me feel less anxious.. i'm anxious to get a cure for it too.. anyone any help??

KN13

Nov 09, 2011

I started a new forum, Its titled 'Esophagus gurgling noises". I have had the same problem as almost everyone on here with the gurling and I want to know more. I Have had it my entire life and would really like to know if there is anything to cure it or any doctor that is investigating it. Please see my forum and comment. I am desperate to fight this, its interfering with my life. Please Help!!!

gina80

Nov 18, 2011

To: gurgling in chest

I am a 31 year old female and have the same symptoms everyone is talking about. I can't drink anything carbonated or my chest starts growling. Soda, beer...even if I am out with friends and order a cranberry and vodka, if the cranberry comes from the sprayer behind the bar, like the soda...it makes my chest growl. If I am around cigarette smoke (which I hate and can't even breathe around) my chest growls. If I am feeling anxious or stressed my chest growls. The only cure is to lay flat on my back. I found that if I lay on my left side my chest will start growling also. That concerns me. I feel like it is getting worse and every doctor looks at me like I am crazy and just sends me for more tests. It is so embarrassing and would love to have a diagnosis and a cure...:^(

EAT1215

Nov 29, 2011

Finding this forum really made me feel so much better! I am a 21 year old female college student, and have been searching the last week or two for SOME information about what could be causing this Gurgling, or as my boyfriend lovingly calls my "gurglies". I was thinking maybe it was the development of lactose intolerance, seeing as the gurgles are often associated with severe stomach gas and bloating, but lately it seems to be more frequent. I have never ever been able to burp or belch "normally", however I can make myself "gurgle"- it FEELS like a burp and gets the same effect, but makes the almost watery, bubbly sound, kind of like a frog, and sometimes really hurts my esophagus in my sternum and at the base of my throat.
However, while most of you are saying you experience this AFTER eating, mine is worse when I am Hungry or have an empty stomach. When I have gone about 2 or 3 hours without eating, my stomach starts to rumble and ache and I get VERY gurgly- once every 20-30 seconds or so. Sometimes as frequent as with every deep mouth breath I take in, one comes out as the exhale.
Lying down does seem to be the only REAL solution, that and getting a full stomach. Lately I have been noticing that the gurgles are happening very deeply after I have crackers, or chips or bread- so I am wondering if it is a gluten intolerance coming in.
Still- SO happy I am not alone in this!!

aclifford3

Dec 09, 2011

I am so glad I found this! I felt like I was the only person that had the "gurgle burps" as I call them. It have had them my whole life, and get them after eating or drinking something and they can last for HOURS! Its horrible! My mother always used to tell me to burp and I tried explaining to her that I can't, its absolutely impossible for me to burp normally unless I do it involuntarily, which I can go a few years without doing. Nothing can help these "burps" that I have, if I lay down when I have them I get a nauseous feeling and I must sit up or else I will be physically sick. This is so embarrassing for me and all of my friends don't get it or call it weird, its something I'm very self-concious about. I have also noticed a lack of vomiting, even though I don't think that it's that bad ;) I hate vomiting! But as a child, I noticed that I hardly ever vomited unless it was something sickness related, even after a good amount of alcohol. This is so embarrassing, especially if your in a quiet room with other people, happened to me every day in high school! I'm just hoping to find a way to get this to stop, I've been thinking its acid reflux, but I'm not sure. I'm just soooo glad that there are other people out there with this and I'm not alone :)

aclifford3

Dec 09, 2011

oh my god! i just noticed from my last posted that I said that I hardly ever vomited as a child, even after a good amount of alcohol! I did NOT drink alcohol as a child, that was a typo!!! hahah :)

EHW7

Dec 14, 2011

To: NME562

Hi All - Yep, same exact symptoms as everyone on here that started when I was a little girl. I'm 29 now and still searching for a cure! I know it's been mentioned but has everyone gotten tested for food allergies, specifically gluten? I have a gluten intolerance but am going to get tested for celiac next week. Even if you don't have food allergies it might help to get tested so its one thing you can rule out as a cause...you can also do your own investigating at home with an elimination diet.

JohnLayman

Dec 19, 2011

Like everyone else here I thought i was the only one and am delighted to of found this thread.

Had an important meeting in work today and spent the entire time battling these strange obnoxious involuntary gurgles. Just like so many here i have never been able to burp normally. This combined with the fact that it gets worse when any stress is involved makes me wonder if its allergy related at all.

I am definitely going to get myself checked out in the new year but it seems from reading the above that noone has been happily cured from this yet. It seems so silly but it really does affect my life. It gets especially bad if i eat a large meal and try to drink alcohol. So weddings, anniversaries, dates etc are sometimes ruined completely.

tigerknitting

Dec 21, 2011

To: sydney2000

I've had some relief by chewing very thoroughly and eating small meals. I also drink very slowly, and sip rather than gulp. Basically, I try not to swallow air!

Mct314

Dec 27, 2011

Hi everyone.
I discovered this forum a couple of years ago and it helped a lot because I was experiencing the same thing, so thought I'd share updates with my situation.

Just like many of you, I could never voluntarily burp growing up, but it was never a problem for me.

Then when I went to college in fall 2009, I developed the gurgling noises after meals, which were especially bad after eating foods like pasta, chocolate, and citrus/acidic fruits, and drinking soda. In discussions with doctors, my parents and I concluded that it must have been set off by the stress I encountered that first semester, as well as the shift to eating less fresh food and lots of processed foods in the dining halls.

I had multiple doctors, including a gastroenterologist, tell me they had never heard of such a thing. I even recorded the noise since it doesn't exactly come on command, and my gastro-doctor said she had never heard anything like it.

I did a barium swallow test and had an endoscopy, and my results came back normal for both. I took Prilosec for awhile, which did not do anything; if anything, it made it worse.

I discovered that TUMS helped the most in terms of reducing the croaks.

I also went to France for 8 days in summer 2010, and the problem nearly went away entirely while I was there, which I think can be attributed to the freshness of the food I ate there and the lack of chemicals.

I began taking Nexium, which helped some, but unfortunately, I never got into a good pattern with taking it on a regular basis, so it's a little harder to determine how effective or ineffective it was.

Over time, the croaks developed into burps. Now, I feel more relief than I did with just the croaks, but after meals, I burp incessantly for hours at a time, sometimes croaking as well as burping.

I am probably going to go back to taking Nexium soon, but again, I'd recommend everyone try TUMS for some instant relief.

Additionally, I will be spending the next semester in France, so I hope that the burping subsides with the food quality there.

I hope this helps someone in her or his search to identify and treat the mystery croaking!

Kimmykim12

Dec 29, 2011

Idk how old this thread is but I'm 31 years old and I've had this as far as I can remember. I remember being a little girl and making these noises in my family's ears and us laughing about it. I also have never really been able to burp. I do get heartburn a lot. I also rarely throw up. Idk what it is. My dad tells me to see a doctor about it but I've had it all my life so it can't be that serious right? I also have always had digestion issues. I've suffered from IBS and am lactose intolerant and even gastroenteritis once. Im so used to pushing up the air for my gurgles to come out. I usually just try and let it all out as loud and as quickly as I can until they become fewer and stop. If anyone ever finds out what this is I'd like to know. Maybe I should go to the doc...

whitney21

Jan 04, 2012

To: Kimmykim12

it's so annoying! i have never been able to make myself burp. people always joke about it but i always have terrible bloating and pain in my chest after eating. i will feel full even if it's been 7 or 8 hours since ive last eaten! i have a BUNCH of gurgling noises and it's so irritating because i cant stop it!
(sorry for non punctuation and capitalizing, I dont feel like doing all that right now.) lol anyway, I went the doctor and he had recently looked down my throat with a tube. he said my throat was swollen, and he said i had reflux (GERD) and so he put me on prilosec... we shall see if it works... and also, i have been having constant sinus problems, ears popping, sinus infections, you name it.. he said reflux can cause all of that! so hopefully this is what is wrong with me. maybe this will help you too.

whitney21

Jan 04, 2012

it's so annoying! i have never been able to make myself burp. people always joke about it but i always have terrible bloating and pain in my chest after eating. i will feel full even if it's been 7 or 8 hours since ive last eaten! i have a BUNCH of gurgling noises and it's so irritating because i cant stop it!
(sorry for non punctuation and capitalizing, I dont feel like doing all that right now.) lol anyway, I went the doctor and he had recently looked down my throat with a tube. he said my throat was swollen, and he said i had reflux (GERD) and so he put me on prilosec... we shall see if it works... and also, i have been having constant sinus problems, ears popping, sinus infections, you name it.. he said reflux can cause all of that! so hopefully this is what is wrong with me. maybe this will help you too.

saywhat168

Jan 05, 2012

I found this thread a few years ago and was pleased to find that so many people had the same symptoms as me, but disappointed at the same time because nobody knew what it was. I'll explain my situation incase it helps anyone:

I am 21 now and had these throat gurgles as long as I can remember. I, like some people above me, have an incredibly fast metabolism. The gurgles are worse after eating/drinking fizzy drinks. I naturally eat lots, normally very quickly, but have always been skinny. Now I go to the gym regularly so have bulked up muscle-wise but I don't have an ounce of fat on me. I CANNOT and do not burp. I have burped maybe once or twice in my LIFE but they have only been short and unexpected, never the true belch you hear most people do. I rarely get ill and when I do, it's just headaches, therefore I can't comment that well on vomiting. I have before, but unlike a lot of people above me it hasn't been difficult or particularly painful. So, LIKE others above me, I don't vomit often, but I can't relate that to the problem as it's because I DON'T get ill. (not complaining!)

This used to be fine for me, as the gurgles are quiet, the only times I had to hide them was during exams or tests and I always moved my chair or rummaged in my bag to hide the noise.

Now however I am at university and being a 'uni-lad' people expect certain things of you. Namely, drinking vast amounts of beer and burping loudly. I have managed to evade it quite well in both respects. I have found that drinking beer gets me bloated very quickly and causes lots of throat gurgling and so don't do it anymore. I tell people I don't drink beer as I prefer stronger drinks. I love going out, but now I stick to either wine or spirit mixes. Stronger drinks mean I can have less of them (less gas) and still be at the same level as my mates. People don't tend to question this as I am a tall guy as well so they assume I'm a heavy weight - which is true to some degree. As for burping, nobody has ever said "hey, I've never heard you burp" and if a contest breaks out between mates, I find a reason not to be there for a while and leave them to it.

I also cannot for the life of me 'down' drinks. I am terrible at it and this is extremely embarrassing when in a group where everyone does it together. I'm thinking it's throat related and something to do with the noises. My friend can do a pint in a few seconds and so when 'downing' competitions start, I, again, have to leave for a bit.

I normally know my limits but occasionally drink too much (it happens to the best of us :P) When this happens I don't normally have trouble sticking fingers down my throat and forcing a vomit. However sometimes I do get the incredibly loud gas vomit, a few others have talked about. Basically a very loud retch that produces no liquid. If its quiet, I often get people asking me if I'm ok in the club toilets. Luckily a lot of clubs are loud and noisy even in the toilets and so it gets drowned out. That, or people are too drunk to register anything.

If anyone by chance does hear my throat gurgle, they normally think its my stomach and ask if I'm hungry. My housemates know I eat a lot and just assume that is the case anyway, but that doesn't stop it being embarrassing. It's also embarrassing going back to someone else's place and them asking what it is.

So that's me. I guess I've learned to manage the problem to some extent and not let it affect my life too much. I can sense when the gurgle is coming and hold it off for a few seconds or force it early too, by using my diaphragm and breathing in a certain way. However, a fix to the problem would be awesome. I would love to be able to drink fizzy drinks when I want, and when I do, not have to think about hiding the throat noises.

I think I will go to the doctor when I'm back at uni. Although many people say it hasn't helped them, its worth a shot just to hear their thoughts. I'll return to this thread periodically in the hope that someone, somewhere finds a diagnosis.

Stay positive :)

vincent10

Jan 05, 2012

To: saywhat168

Glad to see this thread and other people having similar issues. I have had this problem over the past few months and am wondering if it is psychological. I have no issues sleeping and when I am perfectly comfortable; however, at times it is almost every so often during the day if I take a glass of water, shortly thereafter I feel almost a gurgling or someting on the order of a "whsssh" of air coming up from the esphogus in the back. No problem in eating or swallowing, but it is annoying. The gastro guy felt around and feelws it is gas, the ears, nose throat guy says if might be LPR. Anyone have similar issues with this whssh sound

Allichan93

Jan 28, 2012

Omigosh, I'm so glad to see that my sister and I aren't the only ones with this problem! I'm 18 and she's 22, and we've both had the gurgling/croaking problem for as long as we can remember. She can even "croak" on command! I've burped a few times in my life, but they are always really small and painful. I croak constantly, especially after I drink any sort of carbonized drink, drink coffee, or eat any kind of food. I have always been embarrassed about this condition, since I would sometimes gurgle during a presentation or in a quiet classroom, gaining quite a few stares from my classmates. My mother thinks it is annoying how my sister and I gurgle, but it's not like we can stop it! We are really tall and skinny and both have high metabolisms (my sister is 6'0" and weighs 137 lbs, I'm 5'11" and weigh 153 lbs), and we exercise regularly. Recently the gurgling has become more painful, especially when I lay down to go to sleep and start gurgling. It seems that one thing in common that we all have is being thin and having a high metabolism, but I do have thin friends and they have never heard of this problem before. I wonder if the cause is something else? I'm going to the doctor's soon about constant muscle pains in my left thigh and a loud cracking in my right knee whenever I walk up the stairs, so maybe I'll ask about the gurgling while I'm there? Hopefully the doctor will have some sort of clue what's going on and how to stop it, and if I do find out anything, I will post another comment on this thread.

Thanks for reading this :) I really hope to solve the problem of the gurgling esophagus soon~