feeling like something is in your throat?
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The most common causes of globus pharyngeus are anxiety and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a form of acid reflux that causes the stomach's contents to travel back up the food pipe and sometimes into the throat. This can result in muscle spasms that trigger feelings of an object caught in the throat.
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["you can't completely inhale or exhale.", "your throat or chest are closing up or it feels like there's a squeezing sensation around them.", "there's an obstruction, narrowing, or tightening of your airway.", 'something is physically keeping you from breathing.']
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Some people have GERD without heartburn. Instead, they experience pain in the chest, hoarseness in the morning or trouble swallowing. You may feel like you have food stuck in your throat, or like you are choking or your throat is tight. GERD can also cause a dry cough and bad breath.
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A cold or other respiratory infection, allergies, and cold weather can all cause this symptom. The constant drip of fluid can irritate the back of your throat. Eventually, post-nasal drip can make your tonsils swell up and feel sore.
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Feeling a lump in your throat isn't uncommon. Many people experience this painless sensation at least once in their lifetime. Feeling a lump, bump, or swelling in your throat without having an actual lump is known as globus sensation.
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Often, globus pharyngeus is due to minor inflammation in the throat or at the back of the mouth. The throat muscles and mucous membranes can feel strained when the throat is dry, causing feelings that something is stuck in the throat.
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Many people have felt their esophagus when they swallow something too large, try to eat too quickly, or drink very hot or very cold liquids. They then feel the movement of the food or drink down the esophagus into the stomach, which may be an uncomfortable sensation.
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You probably know the feeling of having cold symptoms that move from your head into your chest. Many people call this a chest cold. The medical term for it is “acute bronchitis.” Bronchitis is an inflammation (or irritation) of the airways.
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Many people experience this painless sensation at least once in their lifetime. Feeling a lump, bump, or swelling in your throat without having an actual lump is known as globus sensation. The most important thing that sets globus sensation apart from other potential causes is an impact on swallowing.
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That's probably what you're feeling that gives you this globus sensation. Another cause of globus might be post-nasal drainage and excessive mucus from allergies. In this case, the sensation is coming from sticky phlegm and mucus hanging in your throat. You might not be able to clear it as well as you want.
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So even though a normal amount of mucus is produced, the irritation stimulates bouts of throat-clearing. The feeling of something "stuck" at the back of the throat can also be caused by the backflow of gastric fluids, or acid reflux.
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['Asthma.', 'Bitter taste in the throat.', 'Chronic cough or excessive throat clearing.', 'Difficulty swallowing.', 'Hoarseness.', 'Postnasal drip.', 'Sensation of a lump in the throat.', 'Sore or burning sensation in the throat.']
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Lump in the throat refers to the persistent sensation that there is something stuck in your throat unrelated to swallowing, even when there is nothing in your throat.
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Burning or pain in your throat usually isn't a cause for concern. A sore throat is typically caused by a common infection, like a cold or strep throat. Only rarely does a serious condition cause this symptom. When a medical condition causes a burning throat, you'll usually have other symptoms along with it.
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You may feel your pulse in the arteries of your neck or throat. Sometimes you can even see the pulse as it moves the skin in a more forceful way. It may also feel like your heart is beating irregularly or that it has missed a beat, or like there is an occasional extra, more forceful heartbeat.
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Infection Infections like tonsillitis and strep throat can cause a feeling of tightness or soreness in your throat. Other symptoms of a throat infection are: swollen glands.
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If you have pain in your chest whenever you swallow, you may have a condition called esophagitis. This is an inflammation of the esophagus, the muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach.