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Is this globus sensation?

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Junebug2406
Junebug2406

Hello. Firstly I feel like I need to confess... I suffer from health anxiety and this is just one of many symptoms that have come my way over the past couple of years.

This is a feeling of something stuck at the back of my throat. Like a popcorn husk or an oat. It's to the left side only, right at the back of my throat. I've had it for 4 weeks so far. I can eat and drink normally, in fact eating temporarily relieves it. Also I can be without the sensation for the 1st hour of the day and then once it comes it stays all day. It doesn't hurt to swallow, although I have recently developed a sore throat in the last 3 days. My GP was less than helpful and thought perhaps it was tonsil stones but I've poked and prodded until I've nearly been sick and I can't see or feel anything there. I've gargled and coughed and tried gaviscon and piriton and nothing has helped. Has anyone else experienced this? Especially with it being one sided??

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  • kayleigh03253
    kayleigh03253 Junebug2406

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    hey!! it sounds like globus i have the same thing it started every other day and then out of no where it was constaintly there ive searched every where for answers as its scary doctors gave me anxiety tablets that made me feel really ill so stopped them now they have said it could be silent acid reflux but im not sure they have given me some tablets to reduce the acid in my stomach and it has gone away a bit but not completly i refuse to beleave the doctor cant fond out what it is im also pretty new to this sensation its so horrible tipping my chin in to my chest helps or gargaling water dont drink tea or smoke it makes it worse and swollowing loads of times with out fluid makes you feel it more!! get a referral to ent chick x

    • Junebug2406
      Junebug2406 kayleigh03253

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply. My sore throat is really bad now and my actual neck is aching,like it's tense. And I've still got the lumpy, scratchy feeling at the back, left hand side of my throat, by where I think my tonsil is. My throat feels dry and I'm swallowing a lot of mucous at times. Uhh, it's so miserable. I'm going to try and see the GP again this week. X

    • kayleigh03253
      kayleigh03253 Junebug2406

      Posted

      aww its so horrible some night i cant sleep cause of it but i get good days where i dont feel it i just hope it all goes away for you as its not nice but the more you focus or think about it the more it will be there xx

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