okay , so i should start by saying that i am a MAJOR hypochondriac and i have OCD as well so at this point im not sure if im just imagining this feeling due to my anxiety of it but any reassurance would help . so yesterday i was eating these flat tortilla wraps (not hard shell but they werent very soft) and i guess i swallowed a pretty large piece cuz i felt something kinda poking / stabbing the right side of my throat . i didnt cough or choke or anything just felt like a nail in my throat . i drank some water to get it down but still continued to feel the same thing so i just continued to eat the wraps with smaller bites and slowly while eating i stopped feeling the poking feeling so i guess the wraps pushed that piece down ?? but after i finished eating , i realized that i can still feel as if a sharp nail is stuck in my throat and still poking me . after drinking hot tea , cold water , and sleeping .. it is now the next day and i still feel as if something is poking the right side of my throat . not the middle , not left , ONLY the right . im not having trouble swallowing , breathing or anything like that . so my question is at this point , is it possible for this piece of tortilla wrap to truly be stuck in my throat or is this just my hypochondria ? my mom says its not possible to have food stuck in the throat for so long especially if im talking , breathing and swallowing normally . she says its possible that this piece of tortilla wrap could have just possibly scratched my throat while going down and thats the poking feeling that im feeling but it should go away in a day or two ?? can anyone else just please confirm this ? let me know what you guys think please . is this just a hypochondriac thing or its possible i still have something stuck in my throat ? do you agree with my mom ?? please answer ! any opinion is helpful . thank you so much !!!!
food stuck in throat ?? please help !
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Hoping you're feeling better. I've been going through this kind of anxiety too. I've been given the same advice, that it's good you're talking and breathing and swallowing normally. I see an ear nose throat doctor Thursday. Most people have told me it's my anxiety problems. I agree that has a lot to do with it. But it's hard to convince yourself of this when you're going through it. Please be well.
I’ve been experiencing this! Sometimes it feels like a piece of food gets stuck just at top of my throat. I did have a popcorn kernel legitimately get stuck. I tried everything to dislodge it. Then I tried swishing salt water in the spot I thought it was stuck. It worked. I got it out. But now ever since then, I keep feeling like food gets stuck. Since it happened for real, now I don’t know if it is happening again or if I’m just thinking it is.
It does go away though, doesn’t it? I know focusing on something can make it seem worse than it is.
It does go away though, doesn’t it? I know focusing on something can make it seem worse than it is.
Sorry you're experiencing this too. I did go to the ENT a couple days ago. He checked my neck, ears, and nose and everything looked fine to him. Then, after a long time of me telling him how nervous I was and changing my mind a bunch of times, he put the camera down my left nostril and into my throat. It didn't hurt but I was freaking out the whole time, because that's just the way I am. It was a strange sensation, but again it didn't hurt. Then he went down my right nostril, but not as far because I was making such a fuss. He did say I had a lot of mucus. Looked like a sinus infection to him. Also possibly a bit of tonsilitis (hence the tonsil stones), but not in need of surgery. Even saw that I have a slightly deviated septum, which I had actually thought in the past but never actually knew. He prescribed Flonase and a Z-pack of antibiotics. I told him in honesty that I probably wouldn't take the antibiotics, but I have been using nasal spray every day. The swallowing thing is still on my mind, but not like before. I've been eating anything I want now, almost to prove that I can. I still get small things stuck sometimes and often have to clear my throat after eating, but I feel now that this isn't a danger, just an annoyance. That's how I felt about it in the recent past, annoying but not dangerous. Somehow, something had changed in my mind that made me obsess about it to the point of being the way I was in my initial posts. I almost feel like I had some kind of nervous breakdown. Anyway, I'm trying to stay in a good way. Thank you all for your helpful words and nice to know there are understanding people out there.I’ve been experiencing this! Sometimes it feels like a piece of food gets stuck just at top of my throat. I did have a popcorn kernel legitimately get stuck. I tried everything to dislodge it. Then I tried swishing salt water in the spot I thought it was stuck. It worked. I got it out. But now ever since then, I keep feeling like food gets stuck. Since it happened for real, now I don’t know if it is happening again or if I’m just thinking it is.
It does go away though, doesn’t it? I know focusing on something can make it seem worse than it is.
And yes, focusing on it definitely made it worse, as did all the forced coughing and clearing of my throat. Not to say the sinus condition has nothing to do with it, but the obsessing contributed greatly.