clicking throat

This happens to me as well...my throat clicks when I swallow, but this only happens in the morning. I also have throat spasms that cause me to cough and cough. Eating seems to irritate my throat and cause me to cough as well. I also have phlegm when I cough. It's extremely annoying and often painful and sore from coughing. I've had this going on two years now. I wish I had some answers, but I have no doctor to go to, and don't want to waste my time in an ER room.

it may be Tonsil Stones!

WHO did the surgery? DRs act like they have never heard of this be4

Hi could u email me bout the popping / clicking in your throat and white tongue??

Can anyone tell me if the swallowing click is actually audible to other people like this person is saying?



I've tried asking a few people but they all deny hearing it. I'm not really sure if they're just being polite though, or if it's really only audible to the person who's doing it.

It's sounds like you have hashimoto's. Are you fatigued all the time and over weight? I would have a full work up of Thyroid test done not just TSH.

Well I just noticed my throat started a "popping" noise. So I investigated. I'm nit to worried but very curious. Have many question.

Hi, I'm really depressed at the moment, because I've had this clicking noise in my throat, every time I swallow, since March 2012 and seen a lot of doctors. The thyroid is ok, just a bit larger in the right side of my neck. I've seen 2 ear-throat specialists, 2 dentists, 2 osteopaths, besides my family doctor, who just says that maybe a massage of the chricoid cartilage can help, as an osteopath says. I'm worried because it's all day long and I'm afraid it will get worse and worse if not treated properly. Now I'm even trying to swallow with my head a bit bent backwards, to avoid hearing it, or press a point in the upper left part of my throat when I swallow. You can imagine how distressful this can be, you can't do that in front of other people.

I've had clicking sounds I thought were in my sinuses and a feeling of post nasal drip. Pretty much 24/7 over the past couple months. Finally was in a Drs. office when it was pretty loud - they thought I was clicking my fingers. They diagnosed PALATAL MYOCLONUS.....a rapid spasm of the palatal(roof of the mouth)muscles which results in the clicking sounds. I'm guessing the consist smasms seem to break up the flow of normal mucus in your throat. Hope this might help someone!

Hey there,
So I just developed this a couple months ago, and am going to the doctor tomorrow. Regarding actual audibility, or proovability, there are 2 things I found. One: First I get so I'm in position for a "click", then the doc lightly grasps the thyroid area of my trachea (adams apple area) and attempts to move it slightly to one side or the other, and you can FEEL an almost grating feeling as it moves to the clicky side. Second, if you place a stethoscope bell ANYWHERE on my neck, you'll ACTUALLY HEAR the click when I swallow. With these two objective signs, no one can say it's totally psychological. Whether it's caused by psychological means, I can't say.

Hi all :)! I am just going throw this out there! Whom ever wants to take my words of wisdom may ,and whom ever doesn't then don't ;)! I have had a clicking in my throat for 2 yrs after non stop clicking for a long period other non stop problems came ! Dr. After freaking Dr. Diagnosed me with something diff! Rheumatoid arthritis, Fibro, LUPUS FOR REAL! All where wrong ! It ended up being Candida ! Not easy to treat takes for ever to go away ! BUT I have been treating mine holistic with the help of my Dr.now he is a life safer and I mean this LITERALLY! CANDIDA is no joke most drs will not even consider it as a problem ,I just asked my Dr to test me and he did ! There r actual test that can be done ,simple test! And it can be treated unlike the fibromyalgia everyone has now days that can't be tested for. Anyways it's worth a look into before u go having unnecessary thyroid cartilage removed;)!

Hi. My throat clicks when i swallow it stopps if i hold the lump in my throat when i swallow .it is worse when i swallow my saliva. I have been to the doctors about 4 times in the last month they say there is nothing not even an infection but it is not in my mind. Last time i had it was when i had tonsillitis plz help it is driving me crazy.!!!!"

I too have this irritating clicking sound when I swallow my saliva. It's driving me crazy. I don't have it constantly though but I feel like its getting more often and worst. I found this Medical Article on the internet, hopefully it gives you some direction to the solution:

 

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Abstract

The complaint of a clicking in the throat when swallowing is uncommon but very discomforting and painful for those who experience it. It is such an unusual complaint that symptoms may be dismissed as psychogenic because a cause for the problem may not be readily apparent. We present a series of 11 cases in which all patients had an audible clicking or popping noise in the throat associated with neck and throat pain when swallowing or turning the neck. The most helpful diagnostic procedure was careful examination and palpation of the neck while the patient swallowed to localize the side and source of the clicking. Laryngeal computed tomographic (CT) scans helped in some cases to demonstrate thyroid-cartilage and/or vertebral body asymmetry. Each case was treated with surgery of the neck and larynx to trim the portion of the thyroid cartilage causing the clicking. In most cases the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage projected posteriorly and medially. Surgery was successful in all cases to eliminate the symptoms. Though an uncommon complaint, our experience suggests that the clicking throat is a surgically treatable problem.

I had the crisp throat sound and feeling and i felt pissed off about it when i swallow. Try changing the way you swallow, it may be difficult to try but it seems to work for me and my symptoms are almost gone and.now i think its long recovering from whatever damage has occured. just dont go back to the old way or other ways of your swallowing once you get the right swallow cause it might reset and come back. Your mind will natutally keep doing what it does before on its way of swallowing, think hard so eventually your natural mindset of swallowing will be alright. Goodluck!

It looks like this was 6 years ago, so this message may not get to you, but I have all of the symptoms you listed. Did you ever get a diagnosis?