Hi everyone,
After giving it some thoughts with a new perspective, I think I have a different way to approach the problem which I would like to explore. If any of you can share an opinion, it would be very helpful now. The opinion is about which specialist should I visit in order to discard this possibility that I'm going to describe.
I think that one possibility is that I have a damaged nerve and that it may be the problem that causes the symptoms in the throat. The reason why I'm thinking about this possibility is because, to be honest, I can't be 100% sure that something got stuck in my throat in the first place. But there is something that I can be 100% sure and it's that when I had that meal a piece of the shellfish hard (and pointy as a nail) shell got stuck in my tongue, perforating it almost from one side to the other.
I then removed it very easily and instantaneously, had a lot of pain for a minute or so, then the pain was gone but it was exactly after this that I started feeling like something was not right in my throat. I assumed it was a foreign body (a piece of shell) because that was the most reasonable thing to assume. But after all this time (almost 6 months) and with no foreign body detected in the exams, I'm starting to consider that maybe that perforation of the tongue might have damaged a nerve that is connected to the throat and the symptoms could come from there.
So, I was thinking to go to a doctor with a different approach. This time I wouldn't even mention a foreign body in the throat. I would directly say:
I was having a meal and a pointy shark shell perforated my tongue. Right after that I started to feel like something was not right in my throat and it has been almost 6 months since then without any major improving. Then I would describe the symptoms (the way I already did a couple of times in this thread).
I think it would be important to check this possibility because some nerve damage is easier to reverse within the first 6 months. After that it may not be possible to reverse. And as I'm about to reach the 6 months mark, I don't want to run the risk of missing a chance to get a treatment, so I think I should visit a doctor with this approach just to be sure that I'm not missing out on this one.
So, the question is, which doctor should I make an appointment with?
Another otorhinolaryngologist?
A neurologist?
Or a neurosurgeon?
Thanks.
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After giving it some thoughts with a new perspective, I think I have a different way to approach the problem which I would like to explore. If any of you can share an opinion, it would be very helpful now. The opinion is about which specialist should I visit in order to discard this possibility that I'm going to describe.
I think that one possibility is that I have a damaged nerve and that it may be the problem that causes the symptoms in the throat. The reason why I'm thinking about this possibility is because, to be honest, I can't be 100% sure that something got stuck in my throat in the first place. But there is something that I can be 100% sure and it's that when I had that meal a piece of the shellfish hard (and pointy as a nail) shell got stuck in my tongue, perforating it almost from one side to the other.
I then removed it very easily and instantaneously, had a lot of pain for a minute or so, then the pain was gone but it was exactly after this that I started feeling like something was not right in my throat. I assumed it was a foreign body (a piece of shell) because that was the most reasonable thing to assume. But after all this time (almost 6 months) and with no foreign body detected in the exams, I'm starting to consider that maybe that perforation of the tongue might have damaged a nerve that is connected to the throat and the symptoms could come from there.
So, I was thinking to go to a doctor with a different approach. This time I wouldn't even mention a foreign body in the throat. I would directly say:
I was having a meal and a pointy shark shell perforated my tongue. Right after that I started to feel like something was not right in my throat and it has been almost 6 months since then without any major improving. Then I would describe the symptoms (the way I already did a couple of times in this thread).
I think it would be important to check this possibility because some nerve damage is easier to reverse within the first 6 months. After that it may not be possible to reverse. And as I'm about to reach the 6 months mark, I don't want to run the risk of missing a chance to get a treatment, so I think I should visit a doctor with this approach just to be sure that I'm not missing out on this one.
So, the question is, which doctor should I make an appointment with?
Another otorhinolaryngologist?
A neurologist?
Or a neurosurgeon?
Thanks.
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