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Always feel like something is stuck in my throat?

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
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MY SISTER HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM. dO YOU NOW HAVE A SOLUTION?
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i am having problems like this what did you end up doing?
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hi RoniBelle, did u ever found a solution to ur problem? I have the same problem for  more than 2 years now and still trying to find out what really is blocking my throat. Been to EENT but they didn't see anything abnormal inside my throat...so they put me on medication for acid reflux which didn't help at all.I don't have problem eating. I can swallow my food with no problem...it's just uncomfortable feeling that  there something in  your throat that doesn't go away
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Around 1300 today I started feeling this pain...its something on the side of my throat and its hurts to swallow..and in the middle of the right side of my chest it hurts so bad...Im in the army and I run alot but lately I have been so short of breathe running is a challenge for me :(..I dont know what to do..
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I have the exact thing it's soooooo annoying It feels like a slimy mucus I am in grade 9 and I cough to get away the feeling but my parents get pissed at me I told them about this and there like you just have problems.( they think im going insane) I tell them there is something stuck!! Please if anyone knows if this is a disease or condition so I can tell my parents an fix this. Btw I know it's not a cold cause I have felt like this 24/7 for 4 months
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Something stuck in my throat,Is it a form of cancer, any body out thier can help please do, i would love to have a nice sleep....
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