Feels like a lump in my throat when swallowing
- lump in throat when drinking water
- lump in throat when swallowing water
- feel lump in throat when drinking water
- feels like lump in throat when drinking water
Constant lump in throat feeling...
How to relieve feeling of lump in throatWhat Causes a Lump in Your Throat and How Is It Treated?
A feeling of having something stuck in the throat is a fairly common experience. In some cases, there may not be any food or a foreign object stuck in the esophagus (food tube), but it feels as though there is.
The sensation is called globus.
The feeling can last for a few minutes to several days and sometimes causes pain, but it's more often described as being an uncomfortable annoyance.
Lump in throat feeling comes and goes
It’s important to know if there is actually food or an object in the throat and to understand the possible causes, even if it's just the feeling that there is.
1. Dysphagia
"Dysphagia" is the term for difficulty swallowing.
There are a number of causes of dysphagia, such as a previous stroke. When dysphagia is a problem, there is the potential for something, such as food, to be stuck in the throat, which is called a food obstruction.
A food obstruction isn't blocking the airway, so it’s not choking.
However, food could become dislodged from the esophagus and wind up in the windpipe, which could cause choking. A food
- lump in throat after drinking water
- lump in throat while drinking water