Chalk me up as another with the severe pain (at times) in the left side of my throat, usually only when I swallow. I am a non-smoker, work as a firefighter, and I exercise. I had it back about 10-11 months ago along with some strange pain behind and above my left ear. If I ran my fingers along the side of my head above my ear there was a sharp pain that radiated all the way to the left side of my throat. I endured it for weeks then went to my Doc. She told me that there are nerves that connect the ear to the throat and that it was a viral infection that would run its course and go away in a matter of weeks.
It did go away, but only to return again a week ago. Coincidentally I ust took a couple of flights before the most recent pain flared up. Unsure if there is any connection though. Now at times when I swallow it feels like a knife has been plunged into the left side of my throat. It is always centralized at the same precise spot there. It comes & goes, but mostly goes. I checked my LT ear but I can only feel a very slight hint of pain my moving my ear around. Last night it was the worst as I laid in bed and couldn't sleep very well. Almost every time I swallowed it hurt. fter reading all the posts hear, I am wondering if I have an acid reflux issue. If it is the virus that my Doc suggested, why does it return after 10 months?? Looking for help like everyone else....
ive got the same thing and im only 20 and it started after i yawned and its been about a month now, been to the docters and theyve said its all fine im just worrying, but im not it really hurts when swallowing n yawning, sometimes its really bad and sometime i only feel it alittle bit, please can someone help, or at least tell me what i need to do, please dont be cancer :L
do u still have this??? please help me.
Hi! after receiving two injections (one in omohyoid muscle and the other one in the digastric muscle) I'm feeling a lot better even if I still notice some discomfort occasionally. But I dont' know what's wrong with my throat an why I can't control these muscles.
HI in 2002 my doctor told me I had thyroid cancerbut it called butterfly when I was in Louisiana and I had a surgery doctor at the Ochsner hospital in Baton Rougebut when I move to San Antonio Texas they overrule so now its been 2 days that the pain is severe on my left side of my neck and my ear hurt my face is swollen on the left side now I don't know what to do my surgery. Your dad told me that I needed surgery to take my thyroid out but I really wanted a second opinion so what shall I do now