Trouble swallowing, lump in throat

June 16, 2004

Hey yall,

For over the past 1 year I've been having this lumpy feeling in my

throat whenever I eat or drink anything. Everytime I swallow it

feels like the stuff is getting stuck in my lower throat/chest area

and takes a while to get down. If I eat or drink anything too fast i

also begin to gag and this gagging sometimes continues for 5 minutes

straight, its actually made me vomit a few times in the past. It

also takes a while for me to digest food. I have heard that this is

associated with a slow thyroid which is why the food gets stuck in

your chest. Could this be a goitre? Is there some kind of self

examination I can do on myself to rule this out? My TSH is elevated

and I am going to be starting on armour soon.

Thanks in advance

June 16, 2004

In a message dated 6/16/2004 9:16:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,

jindoe84@... writes:

> I have heard that this is

> associated with a slow thyroid which is why the food gets stuck in

> your chest.

That feeling is associated with Hashimoto's...I don't know exactly what

causes it but I think it's just the inflammation from the antibodies. I get it

frequently...but do not have a goiter at all.

Cindi

June 16, 2004

My God, I was so excited to see that someone else is having trouble swallowing

and it has been going on for a while. I have been to the ENT doctor who sent me

to a neurologist who ordered a swallowing test done that showed everything was

normal. I am being set up for a scope to see what is happening. Even things like

icecream are now sitting in my upper chest and it feels cold for minutes after

eating. Can this really be thyroid related? To date the mds have not said

anything about goiter or the fact I've been on synthroid for more than 30 years.

I actually have and appt in a hour or so with my internist and I intend to ask

him about switching to Armour. I don't want to do it behind his back..

Barbara

d_timmsjosey wrote:

> Hey yall,

>

> For over the past 1 year I've been having this lumpy feeling in my

> throat whenever I eat or drink anything. Everytime I swallow it

> feels like the stuff is getting stuck in my lower throat/chest area

> and takes a while to get down. If I eat or drink anything too fast i

> also begin to gag and this gagging sometimes continues for 5 minutes

> straight, its actually made me vomit a few times in the past. It

> also takes a while for me to digest food. I have heard that this is

> associated with a slow thyroid which is why the food gets stuck in

> your chest. Could this be a goitre? Is there some kind of self

> examination I can do on myself to rule this out? My TSH is elevated

> and I am going to be starting on armour soon.

>

> Thanks in advance

June 16, 2004

I had this problem for a while, when I first started to have thyroid problems -

but rarely have it now.

My mom has it, and the dr. gave her his horrible medicine to mix in her food to

make it slide down. They did that for my grandmother too, but she was 97-98

years old. Now my mom takes a pill for reflux, and she's been fine. they decided

her throat was irritated from reflux - it worked for her. I'm sure there are a

lot of reasons it happens. I blamed mine on my thyroid - but I didn't really

know.

Cris

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