I have the same problem. I've had this problem for over 20 years. One thing that greatly helps is avoiding sugar, chocolate, and fat. Sugar seems to be the worst of the three. I try to eat products that are sugar free or low in sugar. This has greatly reduced the amount of clearing throat
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I also have alot of drainage in my throat, my nose runs all the time. I take atrovent 10-12 sprays in each nostril every morning and a couple at
noon if it starts running again. It really helps but the drainage in my throat and always having to clear my throat is something else. If I get a little coughing spell which is every day, usually last just a couple minutes,
then I will be clearing my throat for at least 1/2 hr to an hour. Drives me nuts. Alot of foods make me have to clear my throat. I've been to an alergist, can't give me any answers. Went to an ENT doctor,he told me to go see a hypnotist. I never did. I had my tonsils out when I was little so its nothing to do with tonsils. My mom and her mother had this to.
I've tried gargling with warm salt water, doesn't do anything. Its so annoying to have to be clearing your throat all the time. Sometimes when I don't have to clear my throat its so nice.
noon if it starts running again. It really helps but the drainage in my throat and always having to clear my throat is something else. If I get a little coughing spell which is every day, usually last just a couple minutes,
then I will be clearing my throat for at least 1/2 hr to an hour. Drives me nuts. Alot of foods make me have to clear my throat. I've been to an alergist, can't give me any answers. Went to an ENT doctor,he told me to go see a hypnotist. I never did. I had my tonsils out when I was little so its nothing to do with tonsils. My mom and her mother had this to.
I've tried gargling with warm salt water, doesn't do anything. Its so annoying to have to be clearing your throat all the time. Sometimes when I don't have to clear my throat its so nice.
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I have gone through many of the same issues that many of you are expressing. It has been 8 years. I have been to 3 ENTs, a gasto physician, family doctor several times all to no avail.
It never goes away and impacts every area of my life. I feel like glue keeps formulating in my throat. Espeically bad in the morning, after eating or playing sports.
I have even tried 2 naturopaths.......
I would be eternally grateful for any solution.
Good luck to all......
It never goes away and impacts every area of my life. I feel like glue keeps formulating in my throat. Espeically bad in the morning, after eating or playing sports.
I have even tried 2 naturopaths.......
I would be eternally grateful for any solution.
Good luck to all......
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I can totally relate to the above comments. I would do almost anything to find a solution.
I have had this for about 8 years. I am constantly having to clear my throat. It is especially bad in the mornings, after eating, playing sports or anytime I have to talk a lot.
I seen numerous medical doctors and naturopaths. 3 ENTs, a gasto physician etc......all to no avail.
Any help you could provide....I would be incredibly grateful. Thanks.
I have had this for about 8 years. I am constantly having to clear my throat. It is especially bad in the mornings, after eating, playing sports or anytime I have to talk a lot.
I seen numerous medical doctors and naturopaths. 3 ENTs, a gasto physician etc......all to no avail.
Any help you could provide....I would be incredibly grateful. Thanks.
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I can relate completely to all of the comments posted here. I have had a cough/clearing of the throat for about 12 years now. I have tried all of the inhalers, medication and surgeries that might of cured this symptom, but none have worked. I had my tonsils out, didn't help. I had a EGD done and they put a 48 hour pH monitor in me that told me that I had acid reflux and had surgery, a lapascopic nissin, to help fix the acid that was coming back up, but that didn't work either. I have tried taking Maalox and Mylanta for my acid reflux, but doesn't help at all. The only thing that has really helped is constantly eating or drinking all of the time to help subside the clearing of the throat sensation, but if I eat all of the time, I would weigh quite a bit. I have even went to the Cleveland Clinic and seen a doctor that specializes in chronic coughs and she still didn't have a reason why I do this and the way it sounds, no other doctor can provide a reason either. I would just wish to get rid of the constant headache and stomach pain from constantly coughing all of the time and actually be able to have a conversation or go to the movies and not cough constantly.
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I have the same thing. I've had it for 2 years now. If I don't clear my throat and spit all the time I feel like I'll vomit! And in fact, I have vomited twice from this. It's completely taken over my life. I can't work, see friends, attend school, be out in public etc... I've been to 2-3 doctors but then stopped going, because they had no idéa what the problem was. My dad has it also (but he's never seen a doctor about it), and it started for him about the same time it did for me (I'm 24 now, it started when I was 22).
I just googled about this and this thread came up... reading it makes me truely sad. Maybe there really is no fixing this and we're stuck like this forever... I can't go on much longer :(
If anyone has tried something that helped (but after reading this thread I strongly doubt that), I'd be really happy if you told me about it. And, of course, as the people before me have said: I'd do _ANYTHING_ to fix this.
If someone wants to contact me about this my e-mail and MSN Messenger adress is **edited by moderator ** e-mails not allowed **
/Johan from Sweden
I just googled about this and this thread came up... reading it makes me truely sad. Maybe there really is no fixing this and we're stuck like this forever... I can't go on much longer :(
If anyone has tried something that helped (but after reading this thread I strongly doubt that), I'd be really happy if you told me about it. And, of course, as the people before me have said: I'd do _ANYTHING_ to fix this.
If someone wants to contact me about this my e-mail and MSN Messenger adress is **edited by moderator ** e-mails not allowed **
/Johan from Sweden
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Johan, that is sad. and i wish i could help - i am here b/c my daughter has the problem. i feel bad for her, she says she can't help it! i am going to try to cut sugar...good luck, PRAY!
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I, too, have the same problem with my throat. The doctors told me that I have acid reflux but none of the medicine helped. Then I found out, most people that are diagnosed with acid reflux actually don't have enough stomach acid, not too much! The symptoms are the same becuase when you don't have enough acid to digest your food, the food ferments and comes back up, which causes the irritation in your throat. Go to a health food store and get HCI tablets with Pepsin to take before meals. It helps digestion and helps the stomach produce the acid needed. Hopefully this will work!
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I, too, have had the same throat clearing problem, and it is embarrassing! My doctor told me I had acid reflux but medication didn't seem to help. Then found out that most people diagnosed with acid reflux actually have too little acid, not too much! The symptoms are the same so it's hard to tell. When you don't have enough acid to digest your food, it ferments and comes back up which causes the irritation. Get some HCI capsules with Pepsin to help digestion and see if that helps. I just tried it so I can't tell so far.
I really want to find the cause and solution to this problem! I would like to get something organized an gather data from everyone in this forum with the same problem. Please email me with answers if you can. My email address is sbbezzant at hotmail dot com.
Here are some other symptoms I have that I was wondering if anyone else has, if so, maybe there's a connection.
Acne
Stuffy nose
Flatulance
Hair that breaks easily
Constipation
Any other symptoms you can think of, let me know! I want to find a connection. I have been doing a lot of research lately and hope to get to the bottom of this soon.
-Brooke
I really want to find the cause and solution to this problem! I would like to get something organized an gather data from everyone in this forum with the same problem. Please email me with answers if you can. My email address is sbbezzant at hotmail dot com.
Here are some other symptoms I have that I was wondering if anyone else has, if so, maybe there's a connection.
Acne
Stuffy nose
Flatulance
Hair that breaks easily
Constipation
Any other symptoms you can think of, let me know! I want to find a connection. I have been doing a lot of research lately and hope to get to the bottom of this soon.
-Brooke
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I too have had this constant urge to clear my throat shortly after I gave birth to my son 5 years ago. I have noticed the urge to clear it and "feeling a lump" in my throat is far worse right after I eat something.
I have not seen a doctor about it but I am taking DGL tablets to see if this helps. I never really thought it was a medical condition but now that I see I am not the only one with this problem, I want to seek help for it. It's embarrassing to have to clear my throat so much.
I have not seen a doctor about it but I am taking DGL tablets to see if this helps. I never really thought it was a medical condition but now that I see I am not the only one with this problem, I want to seek help for it. It's embarrassing to have to clear my throat so much.
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I "caught" what I call "the throat clearing disease from kissing someone I thought. Though I've given it to my family over the years and recently noticed my neibors starting with the same thing. I've only eaten there twice I'm fearful that speaking with an "S" or "T" made my saliva land on something and was then ingested thus giving them "the throat clearing disease" I've limited my seeing others to two over the last 23yrs. trying not to pass it on sadly they both got this damn thing. I to would like to put us together for data and to impress on the medical community that this isnt reflux,GERD,mental,neurological. Can we get this site to assemble us? At least maybe a group so we can meet others who already have this and not add to the problem. There must be millions of us.
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I feel the need to clear my throat way to often as well. It seems to be particularily worse after meals. I don't eat too much sugar or dairy products and I don't beileve I have acid reflux.
I have been to my doctor three times about this. First he sent me to an allergist. The allergy tests proved I am only allergic to dust, which is pretty common. I live in a basement and the allergist suggested I get out of the basement. He also gave me nasal spray and then once that was ineffective gave me some sort of pills that didnt help.
I then was sent to an ear nose and throat specialist. He just stuck tubes up my nose and down my throat and said i was fine.
Its been almsot two years since this onset of throat clearing and I've had no positive resolution. I don't think it is just a habit formed at all. I feel the need to clear my throat so I do it.
I have found that Im pretty ok in the morning though.
What the heck can we do to solve this annoying problem!?!?! its driving me nuts!
I have been to my doctor three times about this. First he sent me to an allergist. The allergy tests proved I am only allergic to dust, which is pretty common. I live in a basement and the allergist suggested I get out of the basement. He also gave me nasal spray and then once that was ineffective gave me some sort of pills that didnt help.
I then was sent to an ear nose and throat specialist. He just stuck tubes up my nose and down my throat and said i was fine.
Its been almsot two years since this onset of throat clearing and I've had no positive resolution. I don't think it is just a habit formed at all. I feel the need to clear my throat so I do it.
I have found that Im pretty ok in the morning though.
What the heck can we do to solve this annoying problem!?!?! its driving me nuts!
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I too have been to 4 ENTs over the many years now and been diagnosed with all the stomach issues and have been taking Prevacid for 7 years now. It isnt that. I've told every doctor I have seen for the last 2+ decades. They put the nose-o-scope in there and see nothing out of the ordinary. I've also taken oceans of anti-biotics over the entire time in 2000 I was diagnosed with RA and have been receiving IVIG treatments for that along with other stuff. I think it's a fungus. How do we centralize us, there has to be some school willing to work on this. It is like a pill stuck in the throat is right. Another entry on this site mentioned infectious nature and they we're associated with a school in Chicago. Anyone know anything more of this? This thing has been irritating as hell for ever now.
You cant swallow it away, you cant bring it up. At least I worked in a factory forever too, i.e. not passing it through expossure. Also there was an entry from a teacher earlier, you have my greatest sympathy. I cant imagine having to talk all day with this (explitive*&^%) thing! Good luck.
You cant swallow it away, you cant bring it up. At least I worked in a factory forever too, i.e. not passing it through expossure. Also there was an entry from a teacher earlier, you have my greatest sympathy. I cant imagine having to talk all day with this (explitive*&^%) thing! Good luck.
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I'm a long-term sufferer of this throat-clearing business too. It has pretty much ruined my life. I have that much trouble speaking most of the time that I've really ended up nowhere fast. I get criticised by family who think I am just some drop-out loser making a mountain out of a mole-hill, but they have no idea how debilitating a condition like this is to your social and in-turn financial wellbeing.
This is what frustrates me the most, as I WANT a life, but it's so damn tough groaning and hacking every time you want to speak, with NO understanding from anyone.
... anyway, good to see I'm not alone.
I've seen ENTs, Voice professionals, Allergists, a Chinese Medicine practitioner, and a naturopath, all to no avail.
Tried all the medicines, diets etc...
The only good I found is probably from the naturopath. What he said made sense... low stomach acid causing reflux type symptoms. I might look at going on a diet long-term to try and clear all possible allergens, and improve my stomach acid.
I get up in the morning and usually have a pretty clear, effortless speaking voice. After an hour (or breakfast) all hell breaks loose. It then varies throughout the day, but turns absolutely hellish again shortly after eating or drinking. I've gone on enough here... but it's a comfort to know that there are others out there too.
This is what frustrates me the most, as I WANT a life, but it's so damn tough groaning and hacking every time you want to speak, with NO understanding from anyone.
... anyway, good to see I'm not alone.
I've seen ENTs, Voice professionals, Allergists, a Chinese Medicine practitioner, and a naturopath, all to no avail.
Tried all the medicines, diets etc...
The only good I found is probably from the naturopath. What he said made sense... low stomach acid causing reflux type symptoms. I might look at going on a diet long-term to try and clear all possible allergens, and improve my stomach acid.
I get up in the morning and usually have a pretty clear, effortless speaking voice. After an hour (or breakfast) all hell breaks loose. It then varies throughout the day, but turns absolutely hellish again shortly after eating or drinking. I've gone on enough here... but it's a comfort to know that there are others out there too.
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Yea there are plenty of us out here. For the others who read this I havent had tonsils for 49yrs. My peak flow is 750. Search swallowing problems and chronic cough and lump in throat. We're there too.
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