Throat Swelling! Need advice!

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I feel much better now that I see other people have this problem. I have just begun to notice this myself. I am in my thirties and have noticed that I now am allergic to most perfumes and scents..my throat gets tights and I get a headache. If I am by a bond fire too long my throat get tight and I need to get some air. I also notice that if I am in a warm place and open the window to let colder air come in my throat swells. So, its very sensitive..

However, my throat swells up for other reasons such as stress. When a stressful situation is out of the way it starts to feel better. I also get throat swelling with rainy days. I have only been to one doctor and they said it was environmental allergies or acid reflux..I am not sure myself. I know that heat makes it harder to breathe.

I'd like to find out things you can do or take so you can breathe better or maybe find out if I actually have a condition. I really don't have acid reflux and I don't feel I have allergies. I have never had a sinus infection. Antihistamines make it feel much better but not make your throat dryer than before and this ultimately feels worse.

If anyone has any advice, this would be appreciated.
Heidi

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Smittymus · Newbie Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Well, I am glad to see that I am not the only one with this problem. I have dealt with this for years. About 10 years ago, I started having this swelling in my throat and because I have asthma, I assumed it was allergy related. I had an ultrasound of my thyroid which was normal and an endoscopy which was normal. I usually find that this is more of a problem when my weight fluctuates upward. In the past few months I have began to have this problem again. It went away for a few years. I have been to every doctor under the sun and no one seems to understand hos awful this feeling is and quite frankly, I'm not sure any of them know. It isn't thyroid, it isn't gastro related and every blood test comes back normal. If it were anxiety, wouldn't a Xanax help? It doesn't. It seems the only time I don't have this is right upon waking in the morning, but within 2 hours, it is swollen. I am so tired of trying to figure out what it is, i.e., allergies, medications, stress, foods, etc. I am scheduled for allergy testing (AGAIN) in August. But maybe if we can all get together and figure out one "constant" that we all have in common, we can try to help each other out because the medical community doesn't seem to have a clue. At least now I know I am not alone Laughing

guysleann · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Hello all, It is truly a relief to find I am not the only one with such problems! I have been to my GP 3 or 4 times while waiting to see my ENT doc due to neck discomfort (kind of a full feeling) in addition to this "lump" that I feel in my throat. I have seen two GP's, an Urgent Car Doc, and finally an ENT doc who all insist that it is all mental related to anxiety. I do admit I have anxiety issues but I am now stuck in a dreaded cycle where I worry and then my symptoms are exacerbated and then I worry some more. At this point I am set up to have a CT of the neck done and am waiting to schedule either a barium swallow study or a video fluoroscopy of my throat. I worry that everything is pointing to cancer. I am a 26 female (at one time a smoker) and enjoy my occasional nights out with a few cocktails. I know that both substances are carcinogenic and worry that they may have taken a toll on my life. I am terrified of the outcomes as I have an 8 year old daughter and I cannot help but to expect the worse... I am hoping it is just the instance of finding my anatomy due to being a nursing student, but I can't help but wonder. I will keep all posted and let you know as soon as I find out. Thank you to everyone. God Speed. Le

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Ive had the same swallowing problems.I dont feel like its shutting but some times swallowing drives me mad and feel like i have to clear my throat.

Throat doc looked witha sope through my nopse and said everything is swollen but other then that it looks fine.So he put me on prolsec and its been a week and one day and i still have the same feeling.No heart burn but .

Im uts wondering if its ever gonna go away it realy does suck.

He allso told me to wait 3 MONTHS and if it isnt better to come back.I dont think ill wait that long.

O yea allso feels liek my mouth is kind of dry alot of times allso.Not bone dry but just not normal.

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Yup, I just started having this problem, too, about 2 weeks now. I think it's the heat as I was heat sensitive as a child. In my mid thirties. Feels awful, like it could get worse all of a sudden. Just a swollen feeling in my throat. We've had 90+ degree days for maybe a month or more now. I feel better reading from those of you who went to a doctor and complained and some related it to acid. I also experienced some stress and some stomach pains probably related to acid recently, so stress and heat may have something to do with it.

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I'm not sure if my symptoms match up to yours, but last June i started getting sick, with my throat swelling up. im a 19 yr old female, and yet i was developing what looked like an Adams apple in my throat. my parents and i began getting scared, all thinking there was something wrong with my thyroid, but it ended up being mono. the infection was causing my throat to swell, even tho i didn't have and other symptoms of the virus. so if nothing else, try getting that checked out. i know mono is usually a teen disease, but adults do get it as well, its worth a shot =)

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sunshine6572 · Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

I too had an allergic reaction about 3 months ago and worry everyday its going to happen again ...it started with my palms and face then ears turning bright red and burning then it went to my neck ,Luckily I work at a medical clinic and they treated me right away. Ever since then I have a heaviness in my throat and the feeling of it swelling all the time I get a post nasl drip feeling and thick saliva in the back of my mouth constantly it is so annoying I almost gag on it but the test they have done haven't really said anything. I feel like everyday is just a struggle with it being hard to breath alot of times.I take Benadryl everynight before bed and I'm on 180 mg allegra everyam to help surpress a reaction. Is there anyone who has some advise???? Please help Mad

koolkatwood · Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

It's nice to know there are people out there with these same symptoms, and I've had these symptoms for a year, last year I spent a couple of thousand on dr bills. The family dr didn't see anything wrong with my neck or my tongue. They did blood work and said my white blood cell was high so they sent me to a hemotologist, which sent me to ENT, then from there, cat scans, more blood work, prednisone, priolesec, prevacid, then a gasternologist, because they said it was gerds, Then I had to wear a nose tube down my throat for 24 hrs, That was pure hell. My acidic range was normal. I started taking Body balance which is a nutrional whole food, it seemed to help even though it had citric acid in it and it seemed like I couldn't eat anything with citris in it including sodium citrate without my throat closing up. I was doing fine until recently, at work, my sinuses clogged right up and everytime I try to breathe, my throat contricted and my neck was swelling. then it way and started again today, that's how I stumbled upon this site. I've never been to an allergist, apparently there is only one in Lancaster, PA. So even if I try to see him it'll probably be 6 mos at the most to get in.

So if anybody out there had similar experience with their sinuses clogging up and their throat constricting if you found away to stop that please let me know.

Thanks.
Koolkatwood

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