Neck /throat tightness and pressure

kdude119 · Newbie Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Did you guys ever find what the solution was to this?

b/c my throat feels so swollen and constricted when i get finished working out..

its dry and tight.. feel like i'm going to choke....

anlylaka · Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

I have been having this throat pressure for the past 2 weeks. Had my thyroid levels checked and they are okay. Doctor says its air aphasia from hyperventilating, so I have been watching how I breath and I am NOT hyperventilating. I too wake up in the morning okay and as the day progresses the pressure gets worse. It feels like someone is pressing on my trachea just below the adam's apple. If I take deep cleansing breaths I can get it to go away, but then it comes right back. I have now on antidepressants and antianxiety medications. What in the world could this be? I am wondering now if I have an ulcer. I took alot of antiinflammatories and was a smoker, recently quitting, have been under alot of stress also.
If anyone gets a diagnosis, we would all like to hear about it.

Guest · Guest

I can relate with many of you and your symptoms. I have had the throat tightning or pressure for about 1 1/2 years. I also have very little energy, losing hair more then normal, irregular mentrual cycles, and some depression symptoms as well. I would check with your Dr. and have a thyroid test done. Thyroid disease runs in my family, so that's where I started. The first Dr. I went to just wanted to put me on Prozac and Xanax. I know my body and I knew there was something else going on. After putting up with this discomfort for so long, I probably am depressed by now!! Who wouldn't be? Definately have your thyroid checked because if left untreated for too long, can cause very serious problems. Hope this helps!! Good luck to all!

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hi
does anyone know whats happening,
ive had this thing for nearly 3 years
throat getting tight (generaly around my adams apple)
sometimes feels like im going to choke,
clicking noise in my head
and i sometimes feel lightheaded like my brain is trying to switch off, it will kinda scare me
its getting worse now
everytime i go to the docs he looks at me as if im stupid
they think im lying,
been to hospital had ultra sound blood tests
and they find nothing
im 22/ male/ from the uk
i carnt live like this no more, i have no life

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I had this same feeling for around six months- along with a general unwellness. After having a million tests done i have just founf out that i have hashimoto's thyroide disease which causes a tight, pressure in the neck/ throat. This is worth getting checked for if you have the same symptoms.

zeeder joe · Newbie Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 2

WOW. Can't believe so many people have the same problem I do. Basically I ate some food and like 2 hours later I started feeling like something was stuck in my throat. Went to ENT, he put the flex camera through my nose and down my throat. Everything good. My thyroid T3 was slightly high 2 months earlier, so I was thinking it was that. But a new thyroid test shows normal range. I have a Barium test tomorrow. If that doesn't show, I will ask for an ultrasound of my neck and thyroid.

Basically for 3 weeks now I have a sharp pain in my right throat area that hurts more when I swallow (But it is not in the inside of the throat, because salt water doesn't bother it). If I squeeze or press against the right side of my neck/throat I can feel pain in there. And if I get it at the right angle and can push in far enough, I can almost feel like something is there and I am almost able to push it out and up but I can never get it to move enough. Kinda like a small bone stuck. Weird, I know.

Then on and off throughout the day I feel like someone is literally squeezing my throat with their hand.

Then I also have this lumpy feeling. Kinda like a lump of bread is stuck in my throat.

really sucks and is really depressing. Anyone here have any suggestions? My doc looks at me weird sometimes like I am a hypochondriac or something.

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This is very strange. I too have had neck and throat pressure. Like someone has their hand on the right side of my neck. Clicking in my head, especially when I open my mouth. Sometimes difficulty swallowing. Pressure in my right ear and sometimes pain and pressure at the base of my skull right side with a big hard lump that won't message out. All of which is very uncomfortable. I've had these symptoms on and off for 10 years plus, but seem to be worse right now for some reason. I've been to the Doctor,on antibiotics. I've been to my chiropractor and he thinks my neck is out. With everything out of alignment lymph system gets backed up, which can cause chronic sinus infection and pressure in the throat. It seems to get worse as the day goes on. Sometimes at night my head feels very full and I feel vague and dizzy. Terribly sick of it but still trying to function.

NeelyJess · Newbie Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

Ok i will put my 2 sense in here if anyone is still reading...

my story:

ABout 5 months ago i was drinking Coke Zero....samething i drank EVRYDAY and my troad strted getting pressure (like someone had a hand around it) and my lips, tounge and neck strted tingling and going numb. I had trouble swallowing but no trouble breathing. I work with a bunch or retired RN's so one says....allergic reaction take benedryl, i did, no help. that afternoon went to doc, he said sam thing allergy...i aksed to something i drank every day ,,,, yes it could happen, no more coke zero, then it happened again with diet pepsi, the sugar free valilla coffee flavoring, then vanilla mint tooth paste... no common ingredients. I went to allergist, he ran lots and lots of tests, nothing, he sais i dont have food allergies. I have not had ANY soda, Sugar free vanilla flavorings, fake vanilla, and i an scared to eat anything new or to eat anything it's so random... i have had, UGI, MRI's, CT scans, Blood work...did find a copper deficiency but my doc doesnt think that it is related. Thyroid-i have hashimotos thyroiditis and my antithyroglobulin levels were 400+....normal is under 50. I already take synthroid and the other levels were ok. again not related... BUT my neck pressure is chin and where the neck and chin meet. i get tingling in my chin and lower lip...even when i wake up sometimes it;s there and fullness in my chin i could SCREAM!!!!!!!! i need to know what it is an my doc thinks i am NUTS!!!

FOr thos of you with your symptoms in the lower area of your neck, get your thyroid checked, not only blood work but ultrasound. Your thyroid may be enlarged or have nodules or a goiter

everyone else, i feel for you, and if anyone gets an answer, please let us know. any help would be appreciated

K8tiblue · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

I have to say, i'm glad that there are other people with the same problem that i'm having, that proves that i'm not imagining it.

I'm back to the Dr's tomorrow,

My throat tightness started a couple months ago, i have a lot of seasonal allergies, i figured it was a new symptom, But it is getting worse and more uncomfortable. I've been to the dr's a few times, it has been diagnosed as constrictive airway. from allergic asthma. I started using advair 2 times a day for the constriction, it seemed to relieve it, for a while. now it is returning.

The tightness i'm feeling, i discribe exactly as one of the other posts i read, that, trying not to cry feeling. but now it also is under my tongue.

I'm going to talk to my dr tomorrow morning. I will be sure to ask about the Thyroid. I'm glad i found this site. and i will keep you posted..
Thank you..

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I am surprised of how many people have the same problem.
I've had for over two years the same neck tightness that feels like if someone was choking me, it comes and goes.
I also feel like my face was flushing, but it isn't really, and head pressure, particularly in the base of the skull. Sometimes it turns into a real headache.
I've had the thyroid sonogram and it showed nothing abnormal. I've been to the allergy Doctor, but after all the tests, just a couple of pollen came back barely positive. I've been on allergy shots, allegra, zyrtec, etc. No results.
Right now I'm on prednisone for another condition( Myasthenia Gravis), meaning I shouldn't be having any allergies right? Well, I have the same pressure on my neck I did before the steroids.
So if anyone has an answers, please share with us, because I've been trying to figure this out for a very long time with no success.

Thanks

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