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Sent to Health Experts February 22 2008 at 7:35 PM
   

feels like throat is closing and feels there is a lump in my throat and chest feels heavy when I inhale, can you give some advice?

 

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Female, Age: 56, Florida

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drinking water and deep breaths /p>

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February 22 2008 at 7:36 PM (1 minute and 14 seconds later)
         
  1. for how long are you having this condition?
  2. have you had any tests done for this as yet?
  3. do you have acid reflux disease?

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February 22 2008 at 7:41 PM (4 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
about 2 weeks,no I haven't had any test and I don't know if I have acid reflux disease
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February 22 2008 at 7:43 PM (2 minutes and 4 seconds later)
         
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you most likely have what is called as globus hystericus... which is a condition in which one feels a lump in the throat but there is actually nothing there...

quite often there is no cause found... but when a cause is found... the most common cause is acid reflux...

i would advise you to take prilosec 20 mg twice a day for two weeks and see if that helps...

the second most common cause of this is anxiety...

hope that helps..

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