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I feel something is under my toungue

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Karthick36
Karthick36

Hi i am 28 years old male i have feeling that some thing got under my right toungue cannot move my toungue freely. I checked my denist for oral cancer sign he said there is no sign of cancer in toungue.i got appointment with ent checked my throat he told infection in throat little pimple due to water . I asked for scan he suggested to do mri in tyroid area due to my complusion.mri results also came normal both doctors told nothing to worry about its due to stress .i need suggestion wheather its some kind of major concern. My stool is semi solid condition over 2 weeks

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  • lily65668
    lily65668 Karthick36

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    Karthick, If a dentist and an ENT, backed up by an MRI, have told you there's nothing to worry about, I can't see how anyone can reassure you on a forum. There's clearly nothing physically wrong with you. I'm not surprised your stool is a little loose, given the extreme state of anxiety you've got yourself into. (I'm a former nurse btw.)

    My major concern is your health anxiety. This is a form of OCD, and one of the more difficult kinds to treat. You really do need to start addressing this, preferably not by medication if at all possible. CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) is the treatment of preference, but this does require quite a lot of work from the patient. It's also important to find the right practitioner for you, so you might need to shop around a bit.

    I hope you can find the help you need.

    • Karthick36
      Karthick36 lily65668

      Posted

      Hi lily thanks for replay normal i dont look after my health but past 1 month i have continous medical symtoms like mouth ulcers jaw pain. My doctor told there is a b complex defeciency and stress related.but presently i have burfing and feeling something stuck in the back of my toungue and bowl movement is more so i am concerned its a gastric problem and i used to smoke and drink so i am concerned
    • lily65668
      lily65668 Karthick36

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      The feeling that something is stuck in your throat, especially when you try to swallow, is called globus. Around 90% of cases in otherwise healthy young adults are caused by anxiety. If you had anything going on in your throat or at the back of your tongue, it would have shown up in the MRI.

      Burping and acid reflux in young people are almost always due to anxiety as well. When we become anxious we unconsciously tighten our abdominal muscles, increasing pressure around the stomach and forcing gas, and sometimes acid, back up.

      If you've given up smoking already, by the age of 28, it's highly unlikely it will have done any permanent damage. Just keep it up!

      If you're concerned about having a gastric and/or bowel problem, then go to your doctor and get a gastroscopy and colonoscopy. However, you need to realise that a negative result won't reassure you, but will only redirect your anxiety to another part of your body.

      I'm sorry if this sounds harsh. I'm not trying to put you down, just alert you to the fact that you have all the signs of severe health anxiety. This is a condition that wrecks lives - the sufferer's and sometimes the lives of those around them - and really does need to be treated.

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