throat problems swallowing

My husband has GERD and often feels like he has something in his throat, and diffuclty swallowing. The acid may have created a sore spot that has swollen.

I have swallowing problems, get food stuck in my throat or partway down, and have a persistent dry cough, and tend to aspirate liquid.

I have begun to have problems swallowing, sharp pains, it feels like it shoots from my nodule down to my stomach, and if I burp it really hurts! I feel like my body is falling apart.

OK...got past the leg cramos and muscle twitching...now I am having swallowing problems. SO bad that I failed a Gastric Emptying Test and go to see the Doc about that tomorrow. COuld anxiety actually cause the muscles in the esophagus to spasm or quit moving normally?

Swallowing problems are very common in MS. I have had them too, off and on. Occasionally, when I'm having this problem during the day, I have had some scary incidences of waking up feeling like I couldn't breathe at night. I'm not sure if there's a connection or not. Have you had this problem before? Did the doctor mention anything about medicines to treat this as well?

Has anyone ever had throat muscle contractions which pressed on the gag reflex and made you throw up? I've had swallowing problems before, but now it seems like my throat muscles are becoming spastic and just contracting and making me throw up. I also just got over the swine flu a few weeks ago and have heard that illness like the flu can bring about a relapse. I know i'm not sick from the flu, because I can clearly feel my muscles tightening in my throat. Is this common?

hey everyone I am still in limbo land but have been having problems with swallowing for a year now but it has been getting worse I was reffered to a speech therapist and 2 weeks ago I had a barium swallow my results I got yesterday was mild to moderate oropharyageal dysphagia mostly food is getting stuck on the right side of my throat it makes swallowing difficult with things getting stuck there.

There's been some speculation about MS causing GERD - if the muscles at the top of the stomach that control the valve weaken, then it would open and send gastric juices into the esophagus. I don't know about that. But one of my enduring MS symptoms has been an esophageal spasm - usually triggered by indigestion.

I've noticed some problems lately with swallowing - like my tongue isn't moving the food around right, so I end up swallowing it before I'm ready for it. Sort of a "Whups, too big! Gulp... ah... phew!" I'm also having problems with stringy food - the strings get caught in my throat and aren't going down the tube. However, I don't have any lesions in my neck, according to the radiologist. So it must be something else, but I don't know what.

I have become increasingly concerned with the back wall of my throat/tonsil area. After a bout of Strep and mono (though I will add that the sore throat was NOT severe in either cases oddly enough, I was swallowing fine and with relatively no pain, just slight irritation), I had noticed my throat seemed very "beat up" per se. Here is a current image of my mouth: http://i27.tinypic.com/2r5wyac.jpg Notice the seemingly cluster of bumps on the back wall, and overall "redness?

I have had difficulty swallowing for about 7 months now, along with thick, stringy, gelatinous clear mucus in my throat and thick green-brown mucus in my sinuses and throat. My nose is very dry and has dry congestion that is hard to remove by blowing.

I was just wondering how many of you have trouble swallowing and if your experience is anything like mine? I have had occasional problems with swallowing, but lately it has been much worse. I really struggle to get a pill down, it always gets stuck, and when I eat it starts to go down and then I have to choke it back up because it gets stuck (Sorry for that gross description). Also, my throat feels really tight like the muscles are clenching and it is so uncomfortable.

If you have any advice please help, I feel lost! I have the same problems swallowing and feeling as you do like there is more coming up. I was vomiting almost every night for about two weeks I then felt a little better and it only occurred every couple of days. Well right now I can't hold anything down. I'm afraid to eat, but I am very hungry. I am now starting my days vomiting, sometime in the first couple of hours I wake up. I also started vomiting more than once a day.

A couple months ago I noticed pain when swallowing on the right side of my throat. I took a flashlight and saw that my right tonsil was inflamed and covered with white specks. I went to my general physician...she ruled out strep throat. She gave me a 10-day antibiotic...she wasn't quite sure what the problem was. I went through the antibiotic and saw no improvement. That was about a month ago. Recently, it looks as if the left tonsil is also becoming inflamed/swollen.

A few days after, I started swallowing and felt like I was swallowing over a small lump. My lymph node is also swollen. A week and a half later I went to a regular MD who gave me blood tests and swabbed my throat. They called me the next day and put me on a 250 mg Zpak for "high numbers" and said "it looks like it may be strep" but for some reason did not confirm. So my questions are: 1) Is it likely that I have gonorrhea of the throat?

I had a sore throat for a couple months and a feeling of a lump in my throat with difficulty swallowing. Turned out to be acid reflux. Not sure if that's what you have, but thought I'd mention.

t swallow after my throat became really dry. Then I drank water alot and my swallowing mechanisms were fine. I could swallow food but sometimes I would be afraid and be aware of my reflexes and started panicking. This panick cause me loss of appetite.I went to my doctor and did blood test and told me I was fine. My mom who is also a doctor told me its an anxeity. Her friend who is also a doctor told me Im just being paranoid.

And after 3 years that went away and then I started to get this heat sensation in my throat when ever I exhaled that went away after a month or two and then the swallowing problems started. I just wanted know if all these things could be connected and if it is it serious?

If the nodules are big enough or your goiter is swollen enough, it can restrict the trachea causing breathing problems and swallowing problems. What has your dr suggested to you? Has he referred you to a surgeon? How big are the nodules? I would write out on a new thread your ultrasound reading so 898 can comment on it. He is a wiz with ultrasounds.

for the past 3 yrs i have had very awful throat problems. it becomes too dry sometimes, i have lost 28 pounds because of the trouble i have eating. i have trouble eating certain foods,(greasy, spicy,) and certain foods give me an itchy throat, such as oatmeal, and bannanas. and mushy foods such as beans and mashed potatoes feel like they get stuck in my throat. i almost always wake up with a sore throat and a bitter taste in the back of my mouth.

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