Is the pressure/choking feeling in throat constant?

[Shherry]

Hi.  Just wondering .. for those that have had or have that choking, pressure or thumb pressing into  your neck feeling ... does it feel like that constantly or just intermittently (sp?!).

For me it usually starts in the afternoon and gets worse as the evening goes on.  When i wake up in the morning, it's much much better.  

So I am wondering is it acutally my thyroid (I do know it's slightly enlarged and a small nodule) or is it something else.

Thanks!!!!

[Simonrobinson]

I have the same issues.... Any answers

[Seth7777777]

I've experienced the same esophagus spasms for a year now. I've had CT's,MRI's, X-rays, and scope. I've been on ameprazole that hasn't done much of anything other than make me constipated. My face flushes red and I need to go the restroom. I have a barium swallow this Wednesday. I get the worst of my symptoms at night very rarely during the day. I've had it! I've paid so much money without results. If someone has had success please describe how, as this is affecting my family's lives and my own. No the pressure and feeling isn't constant as I'm good for like a week then it's like an attack happens

[Simonrobinson]

I always have the same issues.... Anyone one have answers

[Blondbomber]

Yes it feels like TMJ

[goolarra]

Vinegar is an acid, not a base.  When people are hypo, they often get acid reflux due to too little acid in the stomach.  Pickle juice or vinegar will increase the acid in this case and relieve the reflux.

[ho12345]

Pickle juice contains a lot of vinegar and vinegar is a base. Bases neutralize acids.

[ho12345]

Pickle juice contains a lot of vinegar and vinegar is a base. Bases neutralize stomach acids.

[ho12345]

Pickle juice contains a lot of vinegar and vinegar is a base. Bases neutralize stomach acids.

[bsm143]

I had the constant choking for over a year. I had suspected that mold in our apartment might be the culprit.

The choking started to dwindle and eventually went away for a few weeks when we moved to temporary housing before buying our house. My ENT didn't really know what it was. She suggested it was a combination of GERD and allergies (I was getting sinus infections ever few weeks/sometimes months.) I was on twice the regular dosage of lansoprazole AND a daily dosage of ranitidine. It was definitely best in the morning and got worse as the day progressed.

When we moved into our house, the choking returned. We discovered a huge black mold problem in our attic.

Once the mold was gone, the choking went always almost entirely. I still have the feeling once in a while, but not nearly to the horrifying daily experience that I was living with. Check your home for mold or other serious allergens.

[kbg20]

I too have this horrible choking feeling.  Mine is all day everday.  I'm taking Nexium in the mornings.  My ENT put a scope down my throat and said my lingular tonsil is swollen, that tonsil is on the base of your tongue in the back. I had no idea there were tonsils on your tongue.  But I have taken two rounds of antibiotics for infection and this feeling never goes away.  I burp all the time and have the choking feeling, but I don't know what else to do. :(  I also have a sore on my tongue, not sure if that is related to any of this.  Could just be a canker but its been there for about a week.  I have had this choking feeling for about 3 months now, and is just getting worse by the day.

[JR345]

Hi all I have the same feeling for few weeks now, I have had GERD and thought I might be recovering and after a Endoscopy I was put on H PYLORI. Then I stopped taking meds. Till it came back seems like. I had a stiff neck for awhile as well and my left arm aches sometimes even now. However the main trouble am having is this choky feeling and having to clear throat every now and then. Also am back on Lansoprazole, already had a chest X-Ray, US of thyroid and extensive blood work done all of which came back OK. Wonder what this could be? :(

[tiredofit218]

Same  here happening for over 6months and is driving me crazy!!! Doctor says its psychological! Yeah ok  so im just imagining it SMH....I am in total misery. I have had an ultrasound, barium swallow, and the ENT says there is one more procedure to try under anesthesia, does anyone know what that may be

[GodOverMoney777]

I have that feeling. Usually happens at night for me. A couple minutes after waking up it seems fine but then returns later in the night. I know its gotta be with the neck muscles. Something there.

[An3102]

please my own sensation moves from the lymph node to the adam's apple.Whenever I feel it at one,I won't feel it at the other.I don't experience difficulty in swallowing.In fact,I don't experience it in the morning when I wake up.
Can someone please tell me the cause of this?

[gimel]

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[Debbiemt]

My husband has the same symptoms you describe but in addition he is very tired and listless which is abnormal for someone who was in the gym all the time. Are you still experiencing any symptoms and did you ever find the actual cause?

[mikey2004]

http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/guide/understanding-gerd-symptoms

[angelique656]

Hi, I have been going through the tight neck and choking feeling for a couple of months now, it is related to the neck muscles in particular to the ones in the jaw that run down to the collar bone in the front, they become short and very tight then you get the choking feeling, so I found out today, you need to see a physiotherapist to get some stretching exercises that will stretch, lengthen the muscles again, it is due to sitting at a computer for too long, or due to not moving the neck a lot, for me it is due to having disequilibrium, long bouts of immobility and having to lay down a lot, so the muscles have tightened to much.  Leaning your neck over the bed and looking left then right and stretching the neck, gently pushing on the jaw and opposite collar bone will help to stretch it out, but this needs to be done everyday for a while, hope you get some relief soon.  Massage and acupuncture also well temporarily relief it, but the stretching is really what needs to be done, and hot packs too to relax the muscles.

[Christine426]

Have you figured out what it is yet?  I'm having the exact symptoms!!

[Yolzy]

i am going through what u are going thru..it pisses me off that the docs dont know how to fix it...:(

[Yolzy]

i get all of your symptoms, i am on meds for gerd in the morning i take a pill and now at night also, NOTHING helps. Two docs have said they think its Globus sensation also known as Globus Hystericus?.. its when muscle spasms and makes u feel the choking sensation. However i feel the choking or the feeling of someone pressing their finger on my lower right side of neck. I am going to ask for an operation that tightens the sphincter which is supposed to prevent acid backflow...and to answer the neck pain yep!! muscle pain and migraines

[Socrmom11]

I have been reading the posts here and while I don't have the pressure feeling I do have the throbbing in the left side of the neck at night when in bed and only at that time. What gives?
I was diagnosed hypothyroid in January2012 and have been on 75mcg of levothyroxine ever since. I just got my first post diagnosis labs back and I am at 1.75 now when I was at 8.66 before meds.
I've had the throbbing for sometime and began to wonder if it was hypertension but my BP is perfect. 102/60. So could this be due to the hypothyroidism?

[staceysickly]

I have had this "choking sensation" for about a year now.  It feels as if someone is pressing their thumb against my throat.  I do not choke nor have acid problems.  When it gets bad, my blood pressure goes up due to the distress feeling it gives.  

When I went to my Dr. initially she stated it was panic attacks.  I begged to differ, so she put me on bp meds, which help the throbbing I get in my stomach & lowered my bp, however it did not help the choking sensation.

I have had thyroid tested thru blood.  Nothing unusual except vitamin d levels were very, very, very low.  It's my understanding that a thyroid test thru the blood is not accurate.??

I am feeling very fatigued and am also having sudden onset of joint pain & stiffness.  Once I get up moving around, it works itself out for the most part.

I had a endoscopy and it only showed some inflammation in the stomach.  The gastrologist put me on Nexium which thus far has not helped.

She also had me take a sleep test in which I will get the results tomorrow.  I really don't think this is the problem.  I also don't know how much longer I can take this.  It is affecting my work & life.   Any other suggestions?

[Pelpalace]

http://www.voicedoctor.net/content/lump  look at this web site it explains a lot about the lump in throat feeling

[yodeskad]

Hi, hope some of you can be of some help....I am currently 22 weeks pregnant, and was told today that i have 6mm (about half a centimeter) nodule on my thyroid. (But my thyroid levels were okay thus far). I was feeling what i thought was (and still may be) acid reflux due to pregnancy because of the weird sensation (not painful, just pressure) when swallowing. (I do get occasional heartburn and a sour taste in my mouth). My symptoms are the same as some of yours: When I wake up in the morning, my throat also feels pretty good, almost "normal." Maybe a bit phlegmy....as the day increases and I eat/drink, I almost instantly have that "lump in throat" feeling. Some days it sticks around, others it almost disappears. ALSO....I have severe anxiety from this and did go off my Zoloft since becoming pregnant. My doctor (who is not a specialist in this area) says my throat feeling like this is more than likely due to some acid reflux and anxiety and not to the nodule, I am assuming she is saying this because my nodule is pretty small. I will soon have an appt. with another doctor upon which he will hopefully biopsy it. I guess my question is, have any of you experienced these symptoms while having acid reflux and/or thyroid nodules and/or stress?? Of COURSE my throat is really bad right now as this is the most stressed and anxious I have been in a very long time....!!  Sorry to go on but I am just looking for some reassurance. Thanks in advance....