why do i have to keep clearing my throat

kevkev100 · 02-14-2008, 02:51 PM

hi

i keep have to keep clearing my throat, this has been like this for the last 5 weeks i ahve acid refux and a hitaus hernia (was diag nov 07 no gastrics or infalmation a slidng hiatus hernia)

do people with reflux experince this and what causes this sometimes ift feels i got something stuck in my throat but when i clar it - its like plegh

any help

thanks
kev

flowergirl2day · 02-14-2008, 03:57 PM

Hi Kev,

I have the same problems as you - a sliding hiatal hernia and an acid reflux. Needless to say, the same symptoms as well.
The thing in the throat (yes, it feels like something spikey is stuck there at all times) never seems to go away. I swallow hundreds of times a day, trying to clear the darn thing. Haven't succeeded yet. Also, the swallowing does not help much at all. It's an involuntary reflex. Sorry I don't have any answers. Maybe somebody out there can help with those. I do think that the lump is only imaginary - maybe the throat is perpetually swollen and irritated, or something like that. Don't know for sure though.

flowergirl

Ninja1 · 02-14-2008, 04:51 PM

Oh boy, I have had phlegm for a while now--I do not smoke and hardly drink etc.; it's the reflux. I know it IS a symptom, no doctor yet has been able to explain to me WHY we have this symptom.

CharBerry · 02-15-2008, 01:42 AM

Well. when I clear my throat there's nothing imaginary in there because thick mucus does come up after nearly choking to death. Sometimes the matter is white mucus. Now, where it's coming from is my puzzle? Since I seem to have to sniff in before I cough to clear matter out, is it coming from sinus to throat, from stomach to sinus then back down to throat? I'm I swallowing it and it floats back up? I've had the "lump" but I've moved beyond that and there is "something" not going the right way or taking a U-Turn and head the other direction.

Charla

BadKitty88 · 02-17-2008, 02:40 PM

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