I Feel Something Stuck In My Throat

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The chronic irritation and coughing or the inability to swallow your own spit is enough to make anyone feel crazy. Logically stopping smoking should help because it irritates the back of the throat and aggravates postnasal drip. Hence a feeling of something stuck in the throat together with bad breath is often an indication of diverticula together with a bacterial infestation. Cleveland clinic is a non profit academic medical center.

A feeling of something stuck in the throat may actually be the result of the abnormal positioning of the tissues within the esophagus. These tissue folds are formed in the womb and can occur shortly after birth. The feeling that something is stuck in your throat is a miserable feeling. A study from belgium found that an enlarged thyroid can cause the symptoms of globus pharyngeus which can also lead to difficulty in swallowing.

I guess the take home message is that if you feel like something is stuck in your throat but you have no problems swallowing food or liquid it s very unlikely you have a serious cause.