I have a broken hyoid bone, suffered 8 years ago in a surfing accident. I now have problems swallowing.?
542007
Wow!  I never heard of a live person having a broken hyoid bone!  This bone is often broken when a person is strangled to death.\n\nWell, you should see a doctor.  Ask your family physician what kind of doctor to see.\n\nI'm not a doctor, but I'd think this can be fixed without much difficulty.  It will take an operation and you may be eating soft food for awhile, but I'd bet they can fix you up like new.
1140036
I suggest you see your regular physcian and get an mri.Take glucosamine in the mean time could be am old fracture to anything once you get an mri they will be able to see more and suggest treatment options
909925
i had my tonsils out 3 years ago and still remember that taste. no matter what i ate or drunk i couldnt get rid of it, it lasted about a week. i know its painfulbut try eating as much toast and crisps as you can manage. this scracthes all the residue left off and should heal quicker. hope you feeling better soon
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I had all four of mine pulled in the Navy, out on the ship - so they didn't even put me out.  Just gave me novacaine (which didn't work - they didn't give me enough, I still felt everything).  Avoid smoking and sucking on things until you are all healed.  Otherwise you'll get dry socket.  I didn't, but I heard it's extremely painful.  Follow your instructions from your dentist, he may tell you not to gargle with alcoholic mouth wash for a while.  When mine were pulled they gave me Tylenol 3 and Motrin 800.  I only used a total of 4 Motrins over the course of 2 days just to keep the swelling down.  I didn't have hardly any swelling, or extra bleeding.  Just keep clean gause in the back.  It was uncomfortable, but not nearly as painful as everyone always says.  I ate Easy Mac, Top Ramen - things of that nature for a couple days.  Something easy to swallow and didn't invole much chewing.  You'll be just fine.\nGood Luck
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You should see a doctor. It could be polyps or cancer or a fish bone. No telling! It isn't worth wondering, best go get it looked at.\n\nI felt like someone was choking me so I went and asked my doctor, as it turns out, my thyroid had grown back over the last ten years since it was taken out and it was filled with nodules. Go figure! No one expected that answer.
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Oooh dear.\nYou're in trouble.\nBut the problem is not below your neck.\nTell your family and ask for help.\n\nIf you stay like this, your bone and tissue structure will be so weak when you get older that your life expectancy will decrease significantly.\n\nDon't wait any longer
1034960
I broke my tooth a while back on a mcdonalds french fry... nice huh, anyways i didnt do anything i did get some wax for your mouth that helps it from cutting your tongue or gums, but they do have temp fillings at like walmart that will get you by until you go to the dentist but you really should talk with them alot of times if you put the busted part in your own spit or in milk (dont rinse it) they can usually put it back on....... good luck!
1016327
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/difficulty-swallowing/DS00523/DSECTION=3 \n\ngo to this site it will tell u everything!!
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It took my girlfriend about 3 to 4 months before she began to see any movement again on the left side of her face. It is a year later now and she has a lot more movement. Most of her problem now is from muscle mass loss due to lack of use. If your doctor offers you any kind of speech therapy you should do it.\nBest of luck to you and I hope you get better soon.
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I may be way off base with this, but I had a friend who had a similar problem.  They got the problem when they started lifting heavy weight.  One time (and there wasn't any pain during the incident), they lifted something and it tore the tissue in their tail bone.  Same symptoms, when they sneezed, sat, or sqautted down and picked things up, it hurt them.  It's something to look into, at least.
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fell off my horse when i was 15, broke my collar bone, my coxcyx, my wrist and my jaw, took 4 months to recover from that and still get pain in mmy back and wrist 7 years later
318638
If you've just been to ordinary doctors, maybe it's time to see an Ear/Nose/Throat specialist who should be an expert in mouth/tongue problems. It doesn't sound good, I would get another medical opinion for sure.
53629
This kind of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) can be indicative of a lot of problems. It may be a neurological issue, a psychological problem, or physiological condition in his throat. He really needs to go see a doctor before he becomes malnuorished (sp?) and becomes sicker. It's probably treatable, assuming he is healthy now.
65856
It can. but lots of times if you have a hard time swallowing it could be due to swollen glands.
452460
it sounds like your jaw has some kind of injury. if it's getting worse now, it will keep getting worse until you're in pain every day. see your MD.
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go to the doctor and they should perscribe you somthing. you might have broke it. take some asprin
649959
I can't swallow because everytime I do it always comes back as a loogie and thats just gross