Reflux?! Lump in throat

Thanks everyone. I feel very reassured!

I need to change my diet. I do eat a lot of chocolate cheese and coffee. 

I am also aware that I don't drink enough water during the day. I am also going to try gum too and hopefully this will help. 

I was convincing myself that I had throat cancer! It's such an irritating sensation sometimes but comes and goes. I mostly feel it in the afternoon into the evening everyday. Since stopping the lanzoprazole I realise how much reflux I had previously been experiencing. So I feel very reassured right now. 

Thanks for replying so quickly! 

Alana

HI,

DONT WANT TO WORRY YOU BUT I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU SEE YOUR G.P AGAIN. I HAD SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS AND THROUGH POOR DIAGNOSIS ITS ONLY WITH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT SOMETHING AT LONG LAST HAS BEEN DONE FOR ME.

IVE BEEN TAKING FOR OVER 20 YEARS OMEPRAZOLE AND I STARTED GETTING [2YEARS AGO] THIS MUCUS YOU DESCRIBE AWFUL AS I KEPT WANTING TO SPIT AND CLEAR THROAT AS TIME WENT ON I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING G.P.DIDNT LISTEN TO BUSY ON HIS COMPUTOR STARTED TO DROP IN WEIGHT NIGHT SWEATS PALPATATIONS THIS WAS OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS FINALLY NEW G.P SENT ME FOR ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSED BENIGN POLYPS WITH SEVERE INFLAMMATION BUT IT DOESNT STOP AT THAT SOME SMART PROF AT DENTAL HOSPITAL REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON AND HE ARRANGED FOR ME TO BE SEEN A.S.A.P AT E.N.T CONSULTANT SENT ME FOR BARIUM SWALLOW THEN AN ULTRASOUND FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY THIS CONSULTANT FOUND ENLARGED THYROID WITH NODULES AND WHAT IAM TRYING TO SAY HERE IS THAT IF I HAD NOT PRESSED FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND TESTS THIS COULD BE MUCH WORSE.

GOING THIS P.M FOR A C.T. SCAN OF NECK BECAUSE HE CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THE NODULES ARE CAUSING THE SWALLOWING PROBLEM SO BADLY.

SPENT 2 NIGHTS LAST WEEK WITH THIS THICK LIKE MUCUS AND FELT I COULDNT SWALLOW WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC SO I ARRANGED PILLOWS TO SIT UP TOOK WARM WATER SIPS BY BEDSIDE AND STILL COULDNT GET OFF TO SLEEP THEN TRIED STREPSILS WHICH DID HELP A LITTLE.

SOMETIMES I WANDER IF THE DRUG WE ARE BOTH ON ACTUALLY CAUSES THIS PROBLEM I FEEL ITS LINKED IN SOME WAY BUT I WILL FIND OUT AND POST TO YOU.

DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND QUESTION EVERYTHING.

GOOD LUCK

HI,

DONT WANT TO WORRY YOU BUT I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU SEE YOUR G.P AGAIN. I HAD SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS AND THROUGH POOR DIAGNOSIS ITS ONLY WITH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT SOMETHING AT LONG LAST HAS BEEN DONE FOR ME.

IVE BEEN TAKING FOR OVER 20 YEARS OMEPRAZOLE AND I STARTED GETTING [2YEARS AGO] THIS MUCUS YOU DESCRIBE AWFUL AS I KEPT WANTING TO SPIT AND CLEAR THROAT AS TIME WENT ON I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING G.P.DIDNT LISTEN TO BUSY ON HIS COMPUTOR STARTED TO DROP IN WEIGHT NIGHT SWEATS PALPATATIONS THIS WAS OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS FINALLY NEW G.P SENT ME FOR ENDOSCOPY DIAGNOSED BENIGN POLYPS WITH SEVERE INFLAMMATION BUT IT DOESNT STOP AT THAT SOME SMART PROF AT DENTAL HOSPITAL REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON AND HE ARRANGED FOR ME TO BE SEEN A.S.A.P AT E.N.T CONSULTANT SENT ME FOR BARIUM SWALLOW THEN AN ULTRASOUND FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY THIS CONSULTANT FOUND ENLARGED THYROID WITH NODULES AND WHAT IAM TRYING TO SAY HERE IS THAT IF I HAD NOT PRESSED FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND TESTS THIS COULD BE MUCH WORSE.

GOING THIS P.M FOR A C.T. SCAN OF NECK BECAUSE HE CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THE NODULES ARE CAUSING THE SWALLOWING PROBLEM SO BADLY.

SPENT 2 NIGHTS LAST WEEK WITH THIS THICK LIKE MUCUS AND FELT I COULDNT SWALLOW WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC SO I ARRANGED PILLOWS TO SIT UP TOOK WARM WATER SIPS BY BEDSIDE AND STILL COULDNT GET OFF TO SLEEP THEN TRIED STREPSILS WHICH DID HELP A LITTLE.

SOMETIMES I WANDER IF THE DRUG WE ARE BOTH ON ACTUALLY CAUSES THIS PROBLEM I FEEL ITS LINKED IN SOME WAY BUT I WILL FIND OUT AND POST TO YOU.

DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND QUESTION EVERYTHING.

GOOD LUCK

Alana,

My mucus has been ongoing the entire year.

I saw an herbalist in April, that said it was an over growth of yeast. He put me on several herbs. When I would go see him he would say that bringing up was good.

In August, I stopped taking the herbs.

I have seen an ENT last week that said my nasal passages are inflamed. She did a culture that showed no bacteria.

I saw an allergist last week that did a blood test for allergies. The results is no enviromental allergies.

So it could be lungs for I had pulmonary fibrosis.

I saw my pulmonologist and told him about the mucus and feeling that it had drained to my right chest and lungs. He told me to do Nettie pot twice a day and take Zithromax 250 mg on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a month and returned.  That was in September and I finished that treatment and still have slime clear mucus that I am coughing up.

Took ompreazole for 10 days that did somewhat help, now I have switched to rantidine once a day.

All and all it has somewhat improved over time.

Instead of needing a cup to collect the mucus it maybe once a day

At one point I had no energy, now I do.

What is the solution to getting rid of mucus?

Any other suggestions 

hi i had the same symptoms as you for a long time i was back and fore to my gp told it was hayfever but i ruled this out due to myself having the symptoms all year!!! eventually after some persistence from myself i was sent to see a specialist and had a barium meal xray done.i was diagnosed with a hiatus hernia i take omeprazole twice a day and also gaviscon liquid after every meal.but they dont make any difference if im honest night time and mornings are the worse time.the specialist said there are 3 things making my symptoms worse-my weight-the fact i snore and my hiatus hernia.

after all this i still feel awful and my sleep pattern is not good as i feel when i lie down im going to choke so that in turn causes me some anxiety at bedtime.if i had the money i would go private as i dont feel i have had help from my g.p.one g.p even told me it was stress wen i broke down in her room when my throat was really bad i didnt sleep for weeks i couldnt eat.even went to a&e but still no help.in the end i took mucus cough medicine it was a last resort but it really helped.....maybe ask your doctor for a barium meal xray please dont let it drag on as long as i have because its spoilt my life for some time.i think wen your overweight doctors see this for the cause of any illness but i had the symptoms many years before gaining weight so i must have had the hernia then.i hope you can get some answers xxx

Im so sorry to hear you getting all this trouble.

I've previously been in your position too.what i do is keep praying and ensure my bodyis hydrated enough. You will also need to control your anxiety as it might be the little factor contributing to the lump feeling. Dont worry as it might get better over time. Good luck.

Hi. I think I have the same problem and mine started in 2016 around September. It started as a feeling of something stuck in my throat. Took strepsils thinking it will work but did not work.

I then went to gp. They suspected tonsils but still didn't work. Went again to another 1 and got ulsanic and some tables still did not work.

It got worse n started feeling burning stomach and including the throat would be hot. And pain just by the end of the ribs.

I went to the doctor again n this time they too blood and tested. They found H pylori and gave me meds to get rid of it in ten days . But still I have the feeling of something stuck in my throat. It goes down to the beginning of my stomach. Its so painful I don't know wat to take.

If you get any better please help me

Hey alana! I had the same thing going on ,i felt something covering my throat which sometimes became so prominent that i kind of had nausea.after a while it was accompanied by heartburn.one of my doctors told me its Gerd after which i had an endoscopy done which revealed hiatus hernia along with corpus and antral gastritis.i havent fully recovered but m feeling better.watch out for the diet u follow.avoid milk and diary products plus spices ,coffee.do this for a week and see if its working for u,u will feel better in sha Allah