I feel lump in throat when swallow. What this could be??

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I'm 18 years old (female) and for just the past few days I've felt like I've had something caught in my throat. I've tried to swallow it down and even throw up just to get whatever it was out, but it never did anything.
I don't know what this is called, so when I try to do research I come up with almost nothing, the only thing I found was this site.
I've been a bit worried that I have a tumor or something. I'm getting myself checked into the Doctors in about a week.
I don't smoke or anything and I'm also a healthy eater, so I don't have a clue whats wrong.
Does anyone have any ideas what I could have?

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Hi I am 27 and also have had throat irritation that comes and goes. I don't know what is it but it feels like the right side of my throat and sometimes both sides are rough and dry and like I have food stuck there. I look at my throat in the mirror and can see white specs on my tonsil. I recently went to the doctor and had a strep test which was negative. I am wondering if my tonsils need to be taken out or if there is something hopefully easier to try like home remedies. I also have ear pain and fullness with it. Any ideas what could help me? Almost daily I feel this irritation and over the counter meds don't seem to help. I also smoke and worry it could be something really bad like cancer.

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hey. im 17 and female and for a couple of days i have just randomly felt like theres something stuck in my throat on the left hand side, and it hurts when i swallow and doesnt go away. i dont eat badly and i dont smoke so its a bit worrying, im hoping it will just go away of its own accord?

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Same thing guys, well mine clicks / pops when i swallow. But only when my moth feels dry, and i comes and goes. I don't feel a constant lump but i get the click pops, its annoying as hell, I have seen no doctors and I don't believe its cancer. I believe it stems from my sinus problems, as my right ear has been clogged up with junk for a few weeks.

I am going to start a antibiotic and see if it helps.

Glad to know its not just me.

Throat poppers unite.

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I have had the feeling like there is a nut stuck in my thoat also made worse after eating. Someone who works in a natural foods/vitamin shop suggested that it could be allergies and irritation from post nasal drip.
I took an Allegra today for the first time, and it seemed to help we'll see tomorrow. It is an awfully annoying feeling and worrisome until you know exactly what it could be.

As for the feeling on the side of the throat.....years ago I had an awful feeling like there was something there that I wanted out! I had just eaten fish and thought it might be a fish bone. I went to outpatient and they found that I had a ball of food accumulation in the back cockles of my mouth....that is the only way I know how to describe that area. They got the ball out and I felt instant relief.....Until today there are times I get the same feeling but am able to take care of it by coughing very aggressivly.

dancer11 · Newbie Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

I have had the same issue with a lump in the throat and pain in the side of my neck. I'm not a smoKer...I work out..but I have had some back pain.....I've had MRI's of my neck and back....everything is fine....

tutulady · Newbie Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1

I too felt like I had a lump in my throat. It was never there when I woke up in the morning but would most times appear about 3 hrs later. I started keeping a log of what and when I ate, seeing that I was told by an ENT (who scoped my throat - thru my nose), a Gastro entomologist (who did an endoscopy), and my General Practitioner, that it was GERD. I started the log hoping to avoid the lifelong antacids all of these doctors were pushing. To make a long story short, I continued to research 'lump in throat' on the internet. After 8 months of this lump, I finally stumbled across a forum where a doctor said that my specific symptoms were from an injured throat (I forget if he said esophagus specifically). At that moment, the light went on, and I remember burning my throat w/scalding hot coffee when my symptoms appeared. I decided to do an extreme test - I did not talk for an entire day - AND THE LUMP NEVER APPEARED that day. I have now been lump free for a month! I just speak softly and sparingly (my husband is more happy than I am with this remedy!!!!!) I can't find the forum that showed me this cure but I am sure I searched on 'lump in throat'. I am so grateful to that doctor and that I do not have to take any unnecessary medicine. This 'cure' might work for you. What have you got to lose - 1 day of not talking? It even helped my marriage! Good luck everyone!

nzjennie · Newbie Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

Hi,

I am hoping to get some advice on my throat.
It feels like I have a lump of food on the left hand side when I swallow. I have had this feeling for about 1 week and it does not appear to be getting better or worse. It does not seem painful or sore - just annoying and a bit frightening. I am concerned I could have a growth?
I went to my doctor yesterday and he prescribed me anxiety meds as I have had a tough last 6 months. However - I have asked for blood tests and thyroid tests to confirm that it is not a thyroid condition.
I am hesitant to take the anxiety meds as I do not feel stressed??

What questions should I be asking my doctor?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Jennie
New Zealand

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I too have had similar symptoms
1. Feels swollen as if a lump
2. Is painful when swallowing
3. Not tonsils and not lympnode (spelling??)
4. Single sided (my right)
5. Muscle soreness on the outside if massaged (no one else complained of this)
6. NO clicking

This all started 4-5 days into my trip to the Domenican Republic. That Friday, I had dived 3 dives and as a bit conserned that it might be DCS, but I felt for air pockets in my throat and did not feel (or hear) anything. 2 days later, I took a flight home and did not experience more than normal discomfort on the plane, although the ear on that side was painfull (at the throat) to equalize.

Visited a doctor 3.5 days after symptoms began. Of couse they did not know, but I was give antibiotics. I am also taking 4 doses of 600mg of ibuprofen for swelling.

2 days later I saw an ENT. He called inspected my thorat with a scope and said it was nasal drip. That the nasal fluid flowing down my throat was irritating my throat and causing this to happen. It makes some sense, although I do not understand why the muscles would be sore as well. Anyway, I am on a 9 day dose of steriods now to reduce swelling and I am supposed to check back in 2 weeks. ( I am off the ibuprofen now). He also said that it was definitely not an infection.

I have read about someone else taking allergy medicine and that helped. I am going to try adding that as well. It would make sense that my allergies may have flaired up while being exposed to a different environment (well, kindof since I thought most allergies were aas a result of being exposed for a long time to something.. unless the concentrations were just higher there) and thus causing this snowball effect.

If I end up feeling better I will try to be a good boy and post back.

lerdgirl · Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

Some of you here might want to go to an ear nose and throat specialist and insist on being examined and tested for LERD -- Laryngopharangeal reflux disease. It is a very sneaky condition that can cause these kinds of problems and it is often misdiagnosed by doctors. MY mother has it and suffered for almost 6 months at the hands of a clueless ENT until she found a better informed one who recognized immediately what she had and got her on the medication she needed so that she could recover. She's doing much, much better and so can you. Good luck to all!

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