Are any visitors currently suffering with Globus? - My update so far

So my mom is experiencing the same thing. It has been about two to two and a half weeks since she felt the lump in her throat. She has allerigies so she though it was a clump of mucus stuck in her throat. But then it persists for the 2 weeks and it sort of runs everywhere. She has depression, anxiety, and a little OCD. Not sure if it is Globus but there is no pain in her throat but uncomfortable because of the lump. It feels better when she swallows but I don't know.. It's sort of scaring me and her doctor isn't doing much. Gave her a fluticasone nasal spray and penicillin. They haven't diagnosed her with anything yet but I'm guessing it is Global. What do I do?

Dear "globus kid" and all others who worries about your "globus"! As "old doctor" I have written before and tried to explain my view. I have soon worked for 40 years as an ENT doctor and must have met many thousand persons with this ´"globus" problem. I will tell you - the "profession" has not a definite definition of the problem. My view: the condition is by definition harmless. There is no cure (except by information). The very simple course is a change in the mucous system in your throat where your normally have a lot av valuable, "good"  mucous. If that changes, and that could happen by a lot of reasons, you loose the normal "lubrication" function och start to "feel" every swollowing, and you swallow normally about 900 times a day. The very unhappy development is that when you start to experience the globus sensation it is very difficult to resist the "automatic"

reflex to start to hawk, croak och swallow extensivly, which strenghtens the symtoms and the you get problems with the increasing muscular burden of swallowing- and from other throuthmuscles. They get tired and sore, and the globus sensation is  increased. I am sorry to say, but my experience is that you are not going to get rid of the "globus", you will have to live with it, but wneh you really understand what it really is - yoy don´t care.

I really hope so.

Old doctor 

 

I have read your posts with interest  and they do offer a great comfort  when suffering from this alarming condition.

I gave up smoking in February, then had a tooth abcess and was given antibiotics,

.I immediately developed a really bad sore throat for about a week and when it went I had acid reflux and due to no smoking put on a stone in weight due to eating comfort chocolate.

i have a cnstant feeling of something n my throat, have to swallow a lot and first thing n the morning feel sick.

iI have had several visits to GP and she thnks it is a stomach ulcer I have had a full blood test and that was fine and I now have an appointment with a gastro doctor on July 30    

I have waited so long for this appointment and naturally have worried that it could be somehi g more serious, I hav not been given an medication, but have bought Zantac and when I do have an acid stomach take Gaviscon.  I do not like the idea of a gastroscopy and will do my best to lose weight before the appointment and may e even cancel it. I am going swimming tomorrow.

thank you for your informative post

Annie

 

Hello.  I've been dealing with this sensation for about 10 months and my resume of tests is almost identical.  I had a couple of questions for everyone.

I'm 40 years old and for my entire life I have been able to ride roller coasters and fly on planes with no problems.  A few times since this globus hit me last year, I've had a choking like feeling when taking off on an airplane or when going on roller coasters.  The coaster felt like I was physically going to choke and I could literally and physically feel the senation move up and down and left and right as the ride moved.  This happened three times on an elevator going down as well.

Also, if I put my chin to my chest it literally changes the sensation.  Sometimes it feels sharp.  Othertimes it just changes the sensation.

Is that normal?   I've told a few doctors that I think they must be missing something if I can physically feel it altering.  I've ridden roller coasters, planes and elevators for 40 years with no problem and now this has really impacted me.   I've been asking for an ultrasound of my neck and jaw but they are telling me there is nothing there.  Just curious if anyone else has had this "moving" feeling during activities live I've described.

Thanks.

I am 24year old female. From last few days like 3-4days I am feeling some sensation in my throat like some one is holding my throat and before that I was suffering with cough continuously for 2weeks. I feel so uncomfortable with this and it becomes more when i speak with someone. I donot have any kind of pain there. Can you please suggest me that what is this and how I will able to overcome this.

And, one more thing is the reason behind this is depression in anyway.

Dear "globus (hystericus)" persons. I have written before about the subject as "old doctor". I am not sure that my view will help, will convince you, but I will try again.

My firm conviction from 40 years as ENT-doctor is that you should be examined by

an experienced (preferable old) ENT-doctor. When you have got your diagnose: "globus", that is the end. Further examinations, test are useless. You will not get rid of the globus sensation, but you will know that it is harmless, it is not  a disease, ande the very simple cause is the dryness of your throath. No doctor can change that. In my view the big trouble with "globus" is your anxiousness - you have a very definite feeling that something "is wrong" in your throuth, but your doctor finds "nothing". Are you happy with this?

Best regards, 

"old doctor"

I know this is a little late for the thread but i just wanted to add that it was apples that gave me what i think (not officially diagnosed yet)  is globus. very briefly i thought i had IBS start as my dad was dying of cancer. It seems to have caught up with my gallbladder causing ,you guessed it acid reflux, so i went on a gallbladerand liver cleanse this year. This started with eating alot of apples and drinking a litre of apple juice during the day. Malic acid breaks down the liver and gallbladder stones. however the apple juice in particular seemed to irritate my throat and. directly  felt like it was being stripped of mucus. Directly after drinking this it felt awfull. swollen to the right side. but it is subsiding though it does have its days. I suppose worrying about IBS,Gallbladder,Liver ..

then this just made it worse.

So i,m 50 and have had this for about 6 months. 

jason

Hi, I would get your mum to ask the doctor to refer her to an ENT ear nose n throat consultant...

Not sure if anyone will see this as its an older thread now. I'm a globus sufferer too. Had 2 visits to ENT and had the scope,nothing there as expected,but the sensation still persists now a year later. It's bearable sometimes,and awful at others. So so hard to control. Does anyone throat end up quite painful with the constant swallowing? I find I'm forcing swallows a lot to try and shift a lump that I know isn't there! So aggravating

I have been diagnosed with globus I have tried every indesgestion remedy and this sharp chocking pain in my throat chest and back is agony I have have this over 3 weeks and had no relief from it when will this pain go away . A dont feel stressed feel perfectly healthy otherwise. Anyone got any ideas to help 😂😂😂

Hello, I know this is wayyyyyy after you first posted this but I just wondered if I could compare some symptoms. I have suffered from heartburn/ reflux for a while over Christmas and I started out with a slightly weird feeling near my Adam's apple, now I've been getting anxious about it I feel a small lump below the apple as if something like saliva or phlegm is sitting there and the more I worry the more I notice this sensation and likewise, if I stop thinking about it and my mind is preoccupied it disappears. Have you experienced this/ had any luck getting rid. I'm on anti acids for the reflux which is working but still experiencing this lump.

Thanks

Harry