Throat Swelling! Need advice!

wrigley · Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 14

I have had tightness in my throat for over a year. I have had cbc tests done, seen 3 doctors, been to 2 er’s, and even a throat specialists. The best I can get out of them is the almighty stress theory. I know I have stress and on the outside I try to make myself believe that there is something else wrong. It terrifies me that when I think on throat cancer. If I really concentrate on it I swear it almost seems like I can feel my throat swelling around the Adams apple region. When I swallow it feels like I am trying to swallow totally dried food. My throat specialists suggested two things: allergies, and acid reflux. It isn’t allergies and I am trying prevacid now for a trial run at acid reflux. Please, I need some advice here!!!

fabela · Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

I went to an internist yesterday because I fell like that my throat is swollen on one side. He suggested we look into GERD or acid reflux. He gave me prevacid also, to take half hour before I eat. I looked into the symptoms of acid reflux: throat irritation and constriction, pain in ears, lump in throat. Every antibiotic they gave me, made it worse. Today is the first day I feel like I am not choking, before this I had to chew them and I was having chest pains. Please, I think you should consider this as a source of your problem. I am eating creamy soups and yogurt or cereal with milk now, because that's all I could handle. I’ve talked with my brother, he has GERD and his symptoms were different, more in his chest. I also felt my life was dependent on my throat swelling, it is horrible.

bluemoon · Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 3

hi everyone...i am 19 female. i have experienced this uncomfortable sensation!!! like heavy thick full feeling in my neck for the longest time, it is really uncomfortable...and i wish i could find an answer just like evryone else on here. before any of this i experienced a feeling of not be able to breathe and it was really scary because they would say my vitals looked fine and i would go to see doctors and they would say oh don't worry it's probably just anxiety. i was so frustrated because i would go home and think that can't be i knew it wasn't anxiety because i know what anxiety feels like and that was a different feeling. i finally went to a specialist and he said that it was like i was running a half a marathon everyday and i had poor lung function, so he put me on prednesone for 7 weeks, which helped the breathing and in the process helped my neck it did something so i didn't feel that sensation which was great, but then i had to get off of it because it causes side effects and i was getting fullness in my face and my breathing ot better so i then had to go on a inhaler, but i still have that annoying uncomfortable sensation in my neck. OMG so i thought i should go see a thyroid specialist, she said everything looked fine i got a an antibodies test and it looked fine so what is it? because all my symptoms sounded like that. i had an X RAY, MRI, CT, barrium swallow of my neck and everything came back negative. ok so today i went to go see an ENT, he said he felt bad because i was in there last august for the same problem and it still hasn't been resolved, he noticed i had a lot of post nasal drip and he suggested that i go see an gastrologist, does that sound like it could be for my problem he said it can cause that spasm if mucous is coming up...it's gross it's like glue like...but i don't feel acidy or heart burn he said he will go down with a scope and look around...does anybody have any advice for me...please. it would be greatly appreciated...
people don't wanna feel like this but they do and it should be recognized instead of rushed....but doctors just say don't worry. how can you not worry when you feel the way you do...god bless~Alyssa
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UFO · Newbie Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1

Hi! I have found these posts quite helpful. About 2 weeks ago I began to feel swelling in my throat, I panicked and thought the worst because it felt horrible. My mom thought it was anxiety because she didn't understand it when I said my throat felt "tight"... I went to the ER and a doctor gave me a prescription for Zantac. I had no idea what acid reflux had to do with my throat but after some research I now understand a bit better. I've been taking it for about a week and a half now and I still feel the same swelling, and lump in my throat as before.
In the begining we thought it was an allergic reaction to something I ate but shouldn't have Embarassed

. Do you think that has something to do with it? Now I am terribly scared of eating something and getting a bad reaction to it... After every meal and drink I feel the swelling tighter than before and that sends me back into a panic. How do I stop that? I am currently uninsured so seeing a doctor will have to wait just a while longer. Hopefully the pills will start to help some time soon, I really don't like feeling this way. Sad

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i just wanted to add something in here. i had that tightness and hard to breathe feeling. mine actually was caused by anxiety related issues, but not actual stress or anxiety. i have mitral valve prolapse, which makes my heart beat irregularly fast and causes anxiety-like side effects. one of which being the tight throat and chest. i now take toprol to keep down my heart rate and have felt pretty good since. if you can't find another answer, this may be something to look into. it has many different "symptoms" and almost no one has the same, so you can't check if that may be what it is. you just have to listen to your body and try to guess what it's telling you. maybe this might help.

liz_e99 · Newbie Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1

THank you so much for your post...i have felt this same way for a few years now..the feeling comes and goes but its like every time i eat i get that strange sensation in my mouth/throat and i cant stop worrying about it. Its finally good to hear that im not the only one that feels this way. im sure a lot of it is in our heads, but wouldnt it be nice if it just went away?

USAgirluk · Newbie Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

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it 's a virus, nothing you can take will help . like a cold but longer, eat regular and brush your teeth, keep yourself healthy. Laughing

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What kind of virus? I've had these symptoms for going on two weeks tight chest, swollen throat, gas, it all goes away after I eat then returns after a couple of hours

sameproblem · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

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