clearing of throat as if something in there.

I too had problems with constantly clearing my throat. I have had this problem for several years and it was getting worse. I was driving myself and my husband crazy, not to mention other people around me. I tried antihistimines, decongestants, sinus washes, and other allergy meds, as well as Prevacid for Acid Reflux. About two weeks ago I started taking PRIMAL DEFENSE ULTRA, from Garden of Life, along with the Prevacid. I have since stopped clearing my throat almost entirely! It is amazing and I am thrilled not to be clearing my throat all the time. I just wanted to share what worked for me.

I had it for a long time too but upon going to a church one day and being blessed by a Bishop it 'melted' away immediately upon him laying his hand on me.

Unfortunately it returned a few months later, but it was great to be feel free for even that short time.

Has anyone ever had a lymph node in their neck swell up because of this?? My supracavicular lymph node on my left side is about the size of a golf. Needless to say FREAKING out about this minute is an uderstatement. I visited my doc and am scheduled to have a CT scan on my nodes. My mom died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma so I am just hoping he is being super duper precautious

I have been dealing with the exact same issue as everyone else described here. My Mom and brother also have the same throat clearing problem.

About 6 weeks ago, I started to use a Neti (Netty) pot. That is a little plastic teapot-like device that you put warm water in along with a saline solution. You then run it through each side of your nose once a day. This concept is an ancient remedy rather than a modern day medicine fix.

The results have been nothing short of amazing! 80% of the throat clearing is totally gone!!! And any throat clearing that is left is minor rather than violent.

Since then, my Mom has purchase a Neti pot and has had the same great results.

It is worth a try. They cost about $14.00 and can be purchased at your local pharmacy (i.e. CVS, Walgreens) or online at Amazon.com.

im a very worried person and i would love for someone to help me. i went to bed and woke up at 7 because i felt some thing in my lower throat around my chest. i tried drinking water and it wouldn't go away. i then tried just going to bed and it felt like it was coming closer to my mouth. my throat is really dry. im not sure if it is a bug or maybe just a logy. but whatever it is a really want to know. ???????

Any of you ever heard of chemtrails? We are all being poisoned.
Almost everyone i know does this throat clearing now.
The planet is now being sprayed for the pest that the elite call humans.
They call it "human testing".
Look up and wake up!

i HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL. i WAS A SMOKER AND JUST ASSUMED THAT THAT WAS THE CAUSE. i QUIT SMOKING ON MY 31ST BIRTHDAY AND IT DID GO AWAY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS BUT THEN RETURNED. I HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. I HAVE HAD MY TONSILS REMOVED. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEDICATIONS THAT DID NOT WORK ACCEPT FOR AN ANTIDEPRESSANT CALLED EFFEXOR. YES. AN ANTIDEPRESSANT. I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON EFFEXOR THE PROBLEM HAS ALL BUT QUIT. PEOPLE HAVE EVEN STOPPED MAKING FUN OF ME AT WORK!

My twin sister had suffered from a chronic clearing of her throat for years. She was quite disgusted by it as were many of us b/c she usually had to cough up and spit out phlegm. There has been lots of talk about allergies and meds to help, but her solution was finding out what she was allergic to and avoiding it if possible. She has an allergy to dairy products (but was not lactose intolerant). It came on in her early 20s and took many years to figure out. Now she avoids milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, etc... and is symptom free. The only way she figured it out was by avoiding dairy entirely (even the milk in milk chocolate!), but her quality of life has vastly improved. It's hard to avoid (especially when eating out with heavily buttered foods, cheeses, etc...) and she knows when some dairy snuck in b/c it comes right back - but she feels so much better now.

I originally was on this site to get advice for my 4 year old b/c she has been constantly clearing her throat after a meal where she said food went down the wrong pipe, and all of your stories made me so sad. I hope this remedy helps. It could be a different food allergy, but the strategy is worth trying.

Think about the dairy scenario - in nature the only milk most have are their mother's, never one from another animal. Our adult bodies are not actually evolved to digest/tolerate dairy. 'Food' for thought!

I have had the same problem for a while now. I am not sure if I have always had it, but recently it has become much worse. I feel self concious when I watch a movie with people , because I have to clear my throat so much, and some times end up growling! I work in an office, and in the middle of the silence and tapping of key boards is my throat clearing! People have commentted and I know it gets on alot of peoples nerves.

I thought it may just be a habit, so I forced myself to stop for a month. I ended up developing a severe chest infection, and because I was suppressing my coughing, I ended up extremely ill!

My doctor is testing my asthma and acid levels. I just hope there is a cure as being so self concious about it is ruling my life!

Problem: Throat clearing, GERD, cough, nasal drip. Over past 3 -4 years have seen: 3 ENT, 2 Allergists, on my 3rd Gastoenterologist, 1 Pulmonary and of course, internist. Have also been having Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Taken every allergy medication, Nexium, etc., Protonic, prevacid, Pepcid and pineapple/papaya enzyme (the list is a mile long - nothing helped). My tonsils were removed as a small child..

Have started a rigid diet eliminating: all dairy products, alcohol, sugar, sugar free products, candy, citrus, cafeine, tomato/products. Increased my Nexium to 2 per day along with 3 Pepcid per day.

GERD is better already (after 4 days). Nasal congestion is better, still clearing my throat some but am continuing to see if it gets better the longer I am on the diet.

Perhaps I have at least found some relief - and thank you for telling me about the Nettie Pot and Prime Defense Ultra. Be careful of Sudafed and like producets -while at least a momentary relief it elevates blood pressure level. Also caution of the indigestion - be careful also there is not something going on with your heart which I am currently checking on as well..

I'm convinced stress is a much bigger factor in GERD-related issues than MDs give credit for. I've had GERD for 19 years. Over that time there were three periods when it was consistently bad enough to occasionally merit a trip to the ER due to choking/coughing. Each of those times was in the middle of a period of heavy personal stress. When the stress went away, so did the symptoms. I'd been diagnosed with a dozen different things, but it wasn't until recently that some of the doctors I've visited started connecting the dots between chronic sinusitis, GERD and swallowing problems.



While I haven't yet resorted to antidepressants, I'm getting closer to doing that. This period has been the longest, going on nearly three years and it really is debilitating and frustrating. I'm managing by trying to eat earlier, a daily omeprazole, saline nasal rinse, a few doses of 100mg tussin (guaifenesin), gaviscon for a booster and lemon/honey/hot water at night before sleep - this seems to work better than the guaifensenin in alleviating the choking at night, but it naturally isn't portable for daytime on the job use. There is relief, but it's not 100%.



I was on Nexium for two years and it eventually just stopped working. Switched to Protonix which did nothing. Then med plans changed and no formularies were covered except Prilosec, and that's seemed to be ok, although there are times I have to work hard to even swallow that little pill in the morning.



Food doesn't seem to make much difference, although I've noticed I have fewer issues when I eat more veggies (including moderate tomatoes) than meat, so meat-centered meals have been all but eliminated. I don't really do heavy dairy except for cheese so that hasn't been an issue. I've also cut back to 1-2 cups of coffee from 6-8 (I'm in the coffee biz, so that's a tough one). And I've tried to get out more for varied exercise instead of just doing rote workouts.



But still, the biggest thing to me appears to be stress. My worst flare ups are almost consistently on weekends when I'm not as busy and more prone to thinking about the condition and the underlying causes of the stress.



I'm really interested in hearing more from folks who have been put on antidpressants to learn if that's helped a great deal.

I have suffered from a chronic cough and constant clearing of the throat for about a month now. I finally got fed up with this and went to see my primary care physician, sadly a new one that doesn't know my history, as we have to trade them off every so often. Along with the cough I now have an extremely sore throat and feel like there is something hard stuck in it, and have had reflux issues, dry heaves along with throwing up. The young doctor not knowing what to make of this went ahead and prescribed me a steroid inhaler and a cough suppressant for what he termed a cough only variant of bronchitis(neither of these meds are helping). This after getting a lung x-ray and not finding anything. I have seen a lot of mention of possible stress and GERD. Well stress is definitely something I have as my husband is in the military and is not here right now. However, last summer I went through some very similar symptoms, which my doctor treated successfully with a cough syrup with codeine. I however also know that part of my symptoms come from something completely different than what I have seen mentioned and I am wondering if any of you have been tested or diagnosed with thyroid disease. Many people with GERD also suffer from thyroid disease and are not aware of it and most doctors don't really test for it. I can't tell you how many different doctors I saw until it was realized I was hypothyroid. I now am going to sneak in a visit to my ENT and see if maybe I can convince him to find out what the throat problem is. Is it tonsillitis, gerd, bronchitis, or complications of my thyroiditis? Time will tell.

I believe the culprit is LPR (GERD without the heartburn) and that the LPR is caused by anxiety. Even mild anxiety, I like to call it silent anxiety if you will!

don't treat the symptom, cure the cause!

get rid of the anxiety to get rid of the LPR to get rid of the throat clearing.

my two cents

Hey,



I have been experiencing the EXACT problems since last 2 weeks.



Just wanted to know if you got cured ?



I look forward hearing from you



Anutosh