Neck /throat tightness and pressure

Hi everyone

Please have any of you found any answers to your problems, I am having this thing that I feel in my throat for the last few months one, ENT said I have post nasal drip after sending a camera through my nose if my thyroid was swolllen would he have seen it, also had a gastrocopy nothing found H pylori clear as they did a biopsy, did general blood test blood test for thyroid, came clear, did scan on throat while on antibiotics came clear,Dr gave me Zorton, took it for some time not much of a relief but found that I was having trouble burping after taking this so I take it on and off as they said it could be silent reflux even though nothing showed up on gastrocopy eg like colic, when burp have a few mts of relief and it gradually closes up again with this lumpy feeling and tightness, Feel it clicky when move the throat area with hands, I have also noted a red lump size of a coin on the right hand side of mouth, doctor and ENT said it could be due to post nasal drip, but this is in front of the arch not behind, I have mucas in my throat, thick glue stuff if I contract the muscles of my throat I can bring it up, sometimes clear, sometimes yllow and chunky so started to take antihistamin, which relieves the mucas, taking it since Friday and that seems to help but it comes back again dont know for how long I can be takin antihistamin, or if this might cause another problem.  . Have a clicking sound on left side of jaw and sometimes a pressure on left side ear behind and front, which comes and goes, feel irratable and upset, find it hard to sleep but will sleep right through once I go to bed, and I think this makes me feel so tired I fall asleep in the car which is a 7 mt ride, I dont drive but my daughter drives me home. , loss of appetite have lost about 8 kls since January as I dont eat as much and dont feel like eating . sometimes eating helps with the relief in the throat only to come back gradually. It starts gradually from the time I get up., I feel cold and alawys rugged up, my periods have got heavier, may be due to my age too, 46, I have tightness from thoat to the upper chest,I am forgetting a lot, pain in back of neck which becomes worse when my throat is heavy and tight, have a pain on left shoulder that comes and goes, above lips are dry, and they lips are like cuts, sometimes my legs feels tight as if they are going to cramp up, I feel my glands are swollen, my vision plays up every now and then making it fuzzy or blurry, I am not regural with going to the toilet and has been constipated. I went to the doctors and they dont take it seriously they also gave me diapazem with the zorton, when I was taking diapazem, I was loosing my temper and got very moody and angry, so i stopped it but it made me sleepy, and i was back with the same feeling the next day. I have to go for my blood test just want to know if there are any other test that can be done for Hasimothos thyroid to be diagnosed if the TSH and blood test comes out normal is there any other test I should ask them to do to dianose any other issues other than the normal FBT including Cholostrol , diabetic. My Aunty ahs just been diagnosed with thyroid problems. This is driving me crasy and stressing about it makes things worse I too dont like having anything near my neck as I feel strangled God Bless you all Heather

Hi, this is for everyone and NEWBIE, i have had this problem for 2 years, every test was done, MRI showed 8x16mm Lymph Node, however docs say not big enough to cause choking feeling. So, they have come to a conclusion that it is Globus sensation. This is when u have the feeling of being choked, caused by spasms. Also, globus is worsened with stress, NOT the CAUSE of it. Acid reflux is most likely to be the cause, so dont drink COKE or have COFFEE as they produce acid by weakening the lower esophageal sphincter. I am on EDEP to relax the muscles and any anxiety. GOODLUCK to u all as i know it CAN cause u to be depressed. xx

Hi - I am at my wits end for I am 60 have been unemployed and beginning a new career online. In September I had blood tests done which said I had high creatinine levels and high cholesterol. Have opted to try and diet and do excercise but not consistemt and for the past three weeks I have had the same symptoms you all describe with sort of pressure on my neck around the collar bone as though being choked. I had added vitamins to my diet during the past month and perhaps it has something to do with that but I really don't know. I am very scared but I cannot continued to go to doctor as my funds are limited. I was told to go to Urologist but believe it or not it is an investment of $250 which I do not have...I have invested a lot to be able to come out of the whole and so this is beyond my means and if I go to hospital it might end up being owing a debt that will create more stress in my life. I dont know what to do anymore. I have friends but not the kind I can depend for support it seems...people tend to give meaningless advise. I think stress my be the problem but my throat feels like the blood pressure is shot way high and my pressure has always been better than normal. I am overweight and stopped smoking 1 year ago - I do not drink at all - my only issue is food and even that I am losing due to worry. I am an ex substance abuse counselor who cannot go back to that field for it was enriching and rewarding until it was creating a great deal of depression for I am probably too involved for my own good. I care just enough in my book but in comparison to how the world seems to operate, I do care too much.



Help with your advise and encouragement....for I now that I was looking forward to a new life, I am scared once again....



What is this pressure????? God please - I need to be healthy until I can bring myself up again but I share with you guys for I have no family and I am kind of depressed about it.



Thanks for your kind ears.

VI

Hi K8tiBlue

jUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT MEDS ARE YOU TAKING FOR YOUR SYMTOMS, CAU THEY SAID I MIGHT HAVE SILENT REFLUX TOO AND WHAT YOU SAID IS SIMILAR I AM ALSO TAKING SLOAN TABLETS AS MY ALLERGIES WERE SO HIGH AND I AM ALSO TAKING DEMAZINE ALTERNATING IT, ENT SAID TO TAKE IT TILL END OF SUMMER, BUT THE TIGHTNESS IS STILL THERE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS HELED WITH ASTHMA AND THE HLEGM IN THROAT BUT I ALSO START GETTING A COUGH WITH THE TIGHTNESS AND CAN SOMETIMES FEEL THAT SOMETHING IN THEIT OF STOMACH . THE DOCTORS UT ME ON ZORTAN AND IT MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO BELCH SO I DISCONTIUNED IT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE TAKING AND MAYBE I COULD SEE IF I COULD ASK THE DOCTOR FOR SAME, AS I HAD A GASTROCSOY DONE BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE SILENT REFLUX, IS YOUR MEDICATION RESCRIBED OR OVER THE COUNTER ANTA ACIDS YOU HAVE DESCRIBED SO MUCH OF MY ROBLEM DID YOU HAVE MUCAS IN THROAT TOO, COS I HAD THAT AND THAT IS DUE TO THE ALLERGIES FOR SURE, I TOO LOSE MY VOICE AS IT CHANGES FROM NORMAL TO RASY ETC I FIND COMFORT WHEN I AM EATING I TOO FEEL AS IF IT IS SWOLLEN , TIGHTNESS, AIN IN CHEST AREA BETWEEN THROAT AND TO OF CHEST, CLEARING THROAT , OR COUGHING FOR NO REASON. GOD hEL US ALL i WAS ALSO DRINKING BREWED GINGER TO HEL WITH MUCAS WHICH IT DID A LITTLE BIT LOVE TO YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS HEATHER

Yolzy wrote:

NeelyJess wrote:

Ok i will put my 2 sense in here if anyone is still reading...

my story:

ABout 5 months ago i was drinking Coke Zero....samething i drank EVRYDAY and my troad strted getting pressure (like someone had a hand around it) and my lips, tounge and neck strted tingling and going numb. I had trouble swallowing but no trouble breathing. I work with a bunch or retired RN's so one says....allergic reaction take benedryl, i did, no help. that afternoon went to doc, he said sam thing allergy...i aksed to something i drank every day ,,,, yes it could happen, no more coke zero, then it happened again with diet pepsi, the sugar free valilla coffee flavoring, then vanilla mint tooth paste... no common ingredients. I went to allergist, he ran lots and lots of tests, nothing, he sais i dont have food allergies. I have not had ANY soda, Sugar free vanilla flavorings, fake vanilla, and i an scared to eat anything new or to eat anything it's so random... i have had, UGI, MRI's, CT scans, Blood work...did find a copper deficiency but my doc doesnt think that it is related. Thyroid-i have hashimotos thyroiditis and my antithyroglobulin levels were 400+....normal is under 50. I already take synthroid and the other levels were ok. again not related... BUT my neck pressure is chin and where the neck and chin meet. i get tingling in my chin and lower lip...even when i wake up sometimes it;s there and fullness in my chin i could SCREAM!!!!!!!! i need to know what it is an my doc thinks i am NUTS!!!

FOr thos of you with your symptoms in the lower area of your neck, get your thyroid checked, not only blood work but ultrasound. Your thyroid may be enlarged or have nodules or a goiter

everyone else, i feel for you, and if anyone gets an answer, please let us know. any help would be appreciated

Hi, this is for everyone and NEWBIE, i have had this problem for 2 years, every test was done, MRI showed 8x16mm Lymph Node, however docs say not big enough to cause choking feeling. So, they have come to a conclusion that it is Globus sensation. This is when u have the feeling of being choked, caused by spasms. Also, globus is worsened with stress, NOT the CAUSE of it. Acid reflux is most likely to be the cause, so dont drink COKE or have COFFEE as they produce acid by weakening the lower esophageal sphincter. I am on EDEP to relax the muscles and any anxiety. GOODLUCK to u all as i know it CAN cause u to be depressed. xx

ENDEP sorry not EDEP...

Go to docs and get everything checked..thyroid, acid reflux, and ask yourself if u have anxiety

I also had a lot of pressure and tightness in the left side of my throat, neck, jaw, back of head, shoulder, head aches and also pressure around my sinus area, fatigue, etc for over three years. These symptoms would come and go. I also had a lot of other strange syptoms in other parts of my body as well that would come and come.  After two CT Scans, MRI, Xray, Physio, massage, Orthodontist, many trips to doctors and ER's, and many different diagnosis, I finally found help this summer.  I had the Western Blot Lyme Disease test done and it came back positive for Lyme Disease.  I had been experiencing lyme disease symtoms for over three years before I found a doctor who was finally willing to listen to me.  I have been on antibiotics for over two months and I am finally starting to get my energy back.  Lyme Disease symtoms will come and go and there are many different symptoms that mirror other different diseases.  I hope this post helps.

I have the same thing going on here...I have been from dr to dr and they all say the same thing and look at me like I am stupid.  Whatever this is, it is ruining my life here.  I feel as though I am walking around with someones hands on my neck and squeezing.  My throat feels swollen, but drs say it isn't.  I have had this for about 6 yrs now.  It comes and it goes.  Antiobiotics work for a couple days then I am right back where I started.  My ear hurts, I cannot breathe sometimes, and the aches and pains in my shoulders and chest, and the cough..oh my that cough is horrible.  I have had about every test there is I think.  MRI's, CT scans, blood, etc.  I am so tired of feeling tired....

you could have acid reflux and it has narrowed your esophegus...ask doctor for a Barium swallow and a gastroscopy...spasm of the throat cause choking..Globus sensation is caused by acid reflux

Try Vitamin B12 like 2-3 per day. Also I found with mine that it was both caused by acid reflux (though sometimes you dont feel it in the stomach, throat area, its known as the silent acid reflux) take Gaviscon the liquid version, have a tablespoon when you get up, then about 2 hours later and keep doing that to see if the symptoms start going away or get less. If they do, then your doctor can prescribe the prescription strength, like 1 tablet per day, RX strength that it. So get on the B12 and Gaviscon see how that works for you.

I hoe your cough has gone as I had a lot of chunky stuff in my throat yuck, ecause i too have this feeling in my throat as well as the ressure, and sometimes the annoying in at the ack of neck due to the tightness in throat area, did a scan for allergies and well loa and ehold my allergy reading was 1666, it needs to e elow two hundred, the ent ut me on sloan talets it is a steroid, ut thank feel good and then other days worse,the chuky yck stuff from throat has almost gone I took it for seven days 1 talet then halft for the next seven days and now alternate etween half sloan and hdemazine , I dont take the demazine ut i take the sloan every other day half i still have this feeling in throat too it comes after I wake u in the morning some days i feel ok not too BAD other days I have it sometimes it goes u to the to of my chest, had the clearing rolems too, and he said due to allergies it might have irritated the lining of the throat as he looked through camera and said he saw nothing, scanwas clear too ut why cant i get rid of the feeling
gastro tooo said nothing to e noted might e having silet reflux ut I dont know what to take as the zorton made it hard for me to Belch, i TAKE MYLANTA, IS IT THE SAME AS GAVASCON BUT DID NOT REALLY HEL, SOMETIMES i FEEL LIKE THERE IS A AIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THROAT. ON AND OFF, AND WHEN I BEND CAN FEEL THE RESSURE WHEN i MOVE THE BONES IN THE THROAT AREA THERE IS LIKE A CLICK SOMETIMES ANYWAY I JUST HOE THAT ONE DAY WHEN I WAKE U IT MIGHT DISAREAR WHAT TO DO GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SORT THIS OUT WE ALL NEED IT

Hi,

I have these symptoms, throat tightness around thyroid or around collarbone or in the muscles that begin from ears to shoulders, I have the feeling of being strangled, all of these for about 3 years now. The firsts months were the worst, I almost quit my job. I have seen many doctors ENT, for stomach, for heart, neurologists, spent a lot of money without any result. The conclusion now is that these symptoms are caused by improper functioning of MUSCLES in the neck and collarbone area. I had no thyroiditis, no reflux, no strep infection, no depression, no ALS, no MS, it is all about muscles.

Best health,

K

Hi there
Just want to know what are they doing aout it now are you on any medication or and who did you go to to diagnose aBout the imroer funCtioning of muscles in neck and collarBone area i HAVE HEARD THAT MAGNESIUMIS GOOD FOR MUSCLE ROBLEMS JUST GOOGLE IT AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COULD HEL YOU WITH THE AIN
i HAD XRAYS TAKEN AS i WENT FOR HYSIO HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT CURVE WHICH IS NORMAL AND NOTHING ELSE

Hi,
I have never found a doc for this problem. You may visit a neorologist. Magnesium and muscle relaxants helps, as well as other things that relaxes like soft massages, listening to chill out music, meditating and doing stretching exercises for lateral neck area in a physiotherapy center. I also changed my diet to paleo and helped a lot.
K

 

This is a sign of stress we need to do de-stress ourselves, now 16 year are coming up with all kind of symptom it's unheard of before this generation. we to focus on stress revealing strategies like: don't sweat it, do yoga, walk don't eat in front of the TV. Eat then watch TV or vice-verse. I was going through a pain in my throat as if I was choking the doctors found nothing wrong with me, because there was nothing medical Doctors could see. i mention that to a professor who suggested meditation, which heal body and soul and now it transforms my life immensely..

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