Small Food particles stuck in back of Throat

[DennisO]

I have had a problem for years.. I get mall particles of food that gets stuck in the back of my throat somewhere around the nasal passage area.  These are small particle of hard food like a part of a peanut shards after being chewed up.. or really small pills like 10mg lipitor (I don't know how many of the liptors have literally dissolved back there instead of my stomach)  Almost every night I have something stuck there it causes my sinus to swell in the during sleep and can sometimes get painful if it does not get dislodge.

Sometimes I can dislodge it by rattle my sinus on that side. (“snuffing in” which  drive my wife crazy)

I have seen a ENT and they find nothing. They did a Barium Swallow and gave be a "horse" pill.  It showed nothing…. But the problem is the small stuff.

This seems to be out of the ordinary and the Doctors don't have a clue. I even asked a pharmacist and he said he had never heard of people having problems with little pills only big pills..

Help.. if you have a similar problem and found someone that could help you I would appreciate the details..

[Cocowong]

I just try to wash throat with water first and then  keep virbrating my throat to make the particle get loose and then caught it out with gush of breath

[Melibee14]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

[rp2046]

This food trap problem has a simple solution!

Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.

Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.

Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).

I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!

[rp2046]

This food trap problem has a simple solution!

Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.

Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.

Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).

I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!

[meadowbird]

hi all - i have the same problem, and have recently had pneumonia and atelectasis( partial collapsed lung caused by thick mucus sticking the surfaces together) - its early days in my diagnosis but I also have laryngealpharyngeal reflux (or LPR)- basically GAS that come right up into nose, sinuses etc - and  can be aspirated into lungs - this burns  the delicate tissues of throat, palate, mouth, sinuses, and lungs, causing swelling and excess mucus production, which becomes very sticky, and traps tiny food particles like flypaper traps flies - happens above my soft palate when I swallow - sound familiar?  LPR is treatable, but it is not the same as GERD, as the fumes are not always acid based - nevertheless they cause damage. If this sounds like any of you, it may be worth a look - best of luck to you all!

[sakib313]

brother I have a same problem.... small food particles of pea nuts or pulses even after chewing stuck in my  eustachian tube which opens in pharynx....I feel like there is some thing stuck in my throat but one day I took a battery in my one hand and with my other hand I took that particle out then I feel some relax.....it happens to even many times in a month...