I was reading on another site about the same thing (left side sore throat). Most ENT's (ear,nose and throat) specialist say it might be cause by GURD/ reflux. It is from the acid that come up into you troat while you sleep.
Have any of you suffered from refux? I do and this will sound sickning to if you don't but you you actually reguruate while you sleep,it is horrible. Little by little small amounts of stomis acid erode your throat. Ask your Dr. Nexium worked for me. I haven't had to take it after the stomac linining healed.
It has now started back up and I have this sore throat that I have never experienced before and it is only on the left side.
Have any of you suffered from refux? I do and this will sound sickning to if you don't but you you actually reguruate while you sleep,it is horrible. Little by little small amounts of stomis acid erode your throat. Ask your Dr. Nexium worked for me. I haven't had to take it after the stomac linining healed.
It has now started back up and I have this sore throat that I have never experienced before and it is only on the left side.
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Hi everyone, I also have trouble with the left side of my throat, well not always the left side, sometimes its both sides, but i seem to get a really chronic sore throat every month, and it lasts for about 2 weeks!! The thing is, the pain is always worse on the left side. These sore thoats are worse than any sore throat i ever remember getting as a kid. Theyve been coming like every three weeks or so for about 2 years. Its driving me crazy, ive been to the docotr about them, in fact I worked at the dam doctors surgery for 5 years!! and they all test negative for bacterial infection.
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I have the same problem I smoke also, Recenlty we have had mildew in the hose in was wondering if this is the issue. But it has not gone away its been there i think for 2 months or so. Im bricking it in case its a nasty thing. Im just married. Its not very painful just annoying when i swalllow, yawn or cough. Ive cut down on the smoke but its not improved at all but the pain is always there like spot. There is no visable sign of anything. havent been to the doc its very costly in my country.
Any ideas would be helpful and apreciated.
Any ideas would be helpful and apreciated.
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allergies, oral thrush, or gerd seem to be my cause...pain now decreasing after zyrtec, prilosec, cayenne pepper and water gargles, and flonase spray.
could be a fungus....
could be a fungus....
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When I swallow the bottom left side of my throat SOMETIMES feels like a lump is down there.
Just went to the doctor today. My throat hurts on left side when I swallow. But mostly only when my head is turned to the left. Doctor said there is a bone in the neck (hyoid bone) that has lots of ligaments attached to it. It is possible to strain those ligaments my talking funny (like talking like a monster to kids), coughing hard or yawning hard. This strain he said can take months to go away. I am trying to find something on the web to back up his diagnosis. This thread is the closest thing.
Just went to the doctor today. My throat hurts on left side when I swallow. But mostly only when my head is turned to the left. Doctor said there is a bone in the neck (hyoid bone) that has lots of ligaments attached to it. It is possible to strain those ligaments my talking funny (like talking like a monster to kids), coughing hard or yawning hard. This strain he said can take months to go away. I am trying to find something on the web to back up his diagnosis. This thread is the closest thing.
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i have the same dam feeling.. jesus there are so many people with the same feeling.. it started like a week ago and i have no fever no spots just this faint pain in the left side of my throat. it scares me alot.. i can harldy sleep im to afraid ill stop breathing. im a hypocondriac and im a smoker. so i always think its something terrible but i am trying to be postive.. please it would mean the world if i could get a solid answer. if anyone has any idea what this is please let me know
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wow finally something. Ive been looking for a few eeks and finally found this. Mine started about Dec. right around my birthday so for about 3 weeks now. Ive been prone to strep most of my life at least once a year. I also just met someone and had just started with them. so i defintly thought strep. I dont have insurance, so i went to an urgent care place and they strep tested. it was negative. Gave me some antibiotics. Nothing changed went back. Said it was really irritated and swollen. so gave me more antibiotics. Its not as bas it was just annoying. Its a soreness on the left side of throat. Then came the ear clogged feeling. when i wake up its not so bad but after a while it gets back. Fear cancer but if you guys are having it then IDK. Plus yeah i figure if it was cancer or worse more signs would be prominent.
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i have the same thing! left throat pain, left toungue numbness.. no ear trouble though. I'm 17 and not a smoker, so you guys can elliminate that as a source...
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Hey guys
I have the same symptoms. Left side of the throat and ear hurts. Went to see a doctor and had two seperate prescriptions of antibiotics but the pain did not go away competely. After suffering for over a month, I had the doctor refer me to an ENT
Anyway here's what I found out. Apparently my tonsils are enlarged and prone to infection. (they're suppose to get smaller as we grow older but i guess it does not happen to some people. I'm 31 years old
As to the pain on the left side of the throat and ear, what he told me is that the ears and the tonsils are connected to the same nerve. Hence when a tonsil gets badly infected, the ear hurts as well.
As for those having trouble sleeping due to breathing difficulties, snoring, etc, it is cos the passage way is blocked by the enlarged, swollen tonsils.
Guys, not all but i think most of us are just suffering from a very bad case of tonsillitis. If all else fails, have them removed! I'm getting mine out next week :-)
I have the same symptoms. Left side of the throat and ear hurts. Went to see a doctor and had two seperate prescriptions of antibiotics but the pain did not go away competely. After suffering for over a month, I had the doctor refer me to an ENT
Anyway here's what I found out. Apparently my tonsils are enlarged and prone to infection. (they're suppose to get smaller as we grow older but i guess it does not happen to some people. I'm 31 years old
As to the pain on the left side of the throat and ear, what he told me is that the ears and the tonsils are connected to the same nerve. Hence when a tonsil gets badly infected, the ear hurts as well.
As for those having trouble sleeping due to breathing difficulties, snoring, etc, it is cos the passage way is blocked by the enlarged, swollen tonsils.
Guys, not all but i think most of us are just suffering from a very bad case of tonsillitis. If all else fails, have them removed! I'm getting mine out next week :-)
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I have the same symptoms. A few weeks ago (almost a month now) I got a sore throat one night and got very tired. After a week of this horrible sore throat I went to the doctor and got prescribed a Z Pack (antibiotic), the sore throat went away for a couple days but then started coming back. It is bad when i wake up, then after about 30 minutes it goes away then it gets bad again a few hours before I go to sleep. It has been consistently like this for a few weeks. I don't have insurance and doctors usually just prescribe antibiotics that don't do anything. The sore throat is only on the left side and affects the base of my tongue also. I smoke but I don't think it's related because it doesn't make it worse. I've never had allergies and have done nothing differently in the past month than I have been doing for years. No new foods, no new house, no new city, nothing new. I don't understand what it could be. I have NO OTHER symptoms at all, feel great and energetic (well, as much as usual), it's just the throat. If anyone finds anything out or gets better or hears anything please post. This thread is the only thing that's making me stay sane, this thing doesn't hurt terribly, it's just annoying in the morning and at night.
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I have had a sore throat for about 6 weeks, focused on the left side. I have diagnosed TMJ but I don't know if that is relevant. The pain mostly occurs when I swallow and it is very tiring. I have been drinking a lot of water and tea (throat coat herbal) which is very soothing. My doctor did a strep test which was negative. He thought it was due to virus so said it would last its course. This could be the case and its just a long lasting virus. I had an MRI last week after consulting an ear, nose, throat specialist. The MRI was normal. I will have a followup consult with the specialist next Monday so I hope something turns up. Meanwhile, I follow suggestions of friends - gargle with salty water, use decongestants to keep back of throat dry, steam. A new symptom has cropped up - if I talk too much I get a dry, shooting pain that is very sharp from my ear down into my throat that is awful. I was in tears tonight since I couldn't even take a phone call. I wish all the best who have similar symptoms. Its very trying! I keep a medical diary to track these things, and I saw that I had a sore throat oct 2006 and also the year before that. So, it seems to be a seasonal thing. It definitely went away last time but is persisting, and more intense this year. I wonder if it is a special strain of virus? I do believe it will run its course. I have a friend who has had a block eardrum and dry eyes from a cold for 8 weeks that is finally healing.
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This is crazy!!!I'm in Virginia and have been experiencin the left throat and ear pain. The Dr said it was just a virus and gave me an antibiotic which she advised may or may not work. It has to be something going around and maybe the Dr's are not aware of what it is yet. Please let me know if you all find out anything.
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Hello I am having similar problems. I had a sinus infection over two weeks ago and was prescribed 875 mg of augmentin (so strong it gave me a yeast infection) and it was painful but cleared up in about a week. Around a week after I felt normal again my throat became extremely sore. At first it just felt like it was on the right side and makes swallowing VERY painful. Now it seems to have switched to the left side almost feels like a swollen tonsil and I also have the back of tongue soreness. Anyway after 8 days of having it I finally went back to the doctor who gave me a strep test which was negative. He told me it was probably viral and if it does not go away in another week to come back. He also asked me if I have acid reflux because it can do this to your throat, I do have some signs of it, he also said it could be post nasal drip left over from my sinus infection, I am just tired of feeling bad and want to get to the bottom of this. It is weird though it seems to hurt in the morning very badly then go away for a little while around 3 and then come back EXTREMELY painful around 6 or 7. I saw someone else had experienced something like that. Has anyone figured out what was wrong? It hurts so bad! If I don't feel better in another week I am going to try and find an ENT doctor! Please post updates!
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Im 18 and from Maryland. Im not a smoker either, so i KNOW that's not the cause of it. I've only had this for 2 days now, but it's gettin to the point where I can't even eat, or sleep because the pain is SOOO bad. i've googled this, and been thru soo many sites, and there is NO answer, but i really don't know how much longer i can hold on thru this.. and i have no health insurance which stops me from going 2 the doctors. :-( i have NO idea what to do
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I am having the same problem for over 8 months now. I have been to the doctor several times. I had my blood test for thyroids and they came negative, my tonsillitis seem ok, I was examined by the nose and throat doctor with a camera and he said he didn't see anything wrong. I was send to do an x-ray of my throat which of course the results were negative. Last test I have done was endoscopy and there was nothing wrong with my stomach. I also had a root canal done in one of my upper teeth because I thought it was my teeth. No, nothing is changing this terrible throat pain I have every freaking day of my life. If anyone knows something it will be awesome to share it with all of us. I even had people telling me that the pain is not real but psychological but I don't believe that.
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