Throat irriation

[JessHi]

Hello,

I currently have slight discomfort in the left side of my throat, deeper than my tonsils.  I've tried looking in a mirror wth a flashlight and I can't see anything.  It feels like a small dry/irritated patch.  I would not normally be worrying about a sore throat but I was recently diagnosed with high risk HPV and talked to my doctor about the risks of throat cancer since I have performed unprotected oral sex with my partner.  She said the risk is definitely there but I can't imagine that an irritated throat is something I need to seriously worry about.  Should I just keep drinking lots of water and taking tylenol and then if my throat doesn't get better go see a doctor in about a week?

Thank you for your time,
                                Jessica

[Loousineh]

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[maddawg63]

Dear Sir, I unfortunately have a foreign object in my neck that is radio-opaque! I have been to 8 ENT doctors and none have yet to take me seriously, they went through the steps and had various test ran with little results! All of my friends and family believe me yet I am treated  by doctors as if I was being paranoid! I have never been so disappointed  in the medical profession, and am sure that someday I will find a doctor that will listen to me. I feel that the biggest problem is lack of communication from Dr to radio-tech, and radio-tech to radiologist. I have reviewed all of my radio-graphs and have found things that were over looked. The object is not embedded,it would move around and I would know where it was located during each test making it easier for me to pinpoint! It appears that the object would lite-up in an area when it was against soft tissue! On an ultra-sound that I had done the radiologist read "that there was a shadowing of an object 4X4X5m". Three dimensions, a triangle! Well, if you were to take a look at the object that I have always claimed to be there and looked at it from end to end you can see and measure,and confirm that it also has a location on it that has the exact, identical dimensions! I can go into further detail if you would be interested in hearing all about it! I have not been back to a doctor for this in sometime! I am starting to have symptoms that are strange and feel that they are a result from the foreign body!
  

[maddawg63]

Dear Sir, I unfortunately have a foreign object in my neck that is radio-opaque! I have been to 8 ENT doctors and none have yet to take me seriously, they went through the steps and had various test ran with little results! All of my friends and family believe me yet I am treated  by doctors as if I was being paranoid! I have never been so disappointed  in the medical profession, and am sure that someday I will find a doctor that will listen to me. I feel that the biggest problem is lack of communication from Dr to radio-tech, and radio-tech to radiologist. I have reviewed all of my radio-graphs and have found things that were over looked. The object is not embedded,it would move around and I would know where it was located during each test making it easier for me to pinpoint! It appears that the object would lite-up in an area when it was against soft tissue! On an ultra-sound that I had done the radiologist read "that there was a shadowing of an object 4X4X5m". Three dimensions, a triangle! Well, if you were to take a look at the object that I have always claimed to be there and looked at it from end to end you can see and measure,and confirm that it also has a location on it that has the exact, identical dimensions! I can go into further detail if you would be interested in hearing all about it! I do not desire to waste my breath if not!  

[Vivek V Gurudutt, MD]

If things do not improve, you should see a physician.  Good luck.