Globus sensation: Anyone else have a lump feeling in their throat?

@gis58 I’m experiencingglobus right now and anxiety may have made it worse. I’m taking an anti-anxiety med which helps a lot.

@maku
Thank you very much for your reply. I have an appointment with my doctor soon, so hopefully I can then follow the same route

Very interesting. Thank you for this info. I would appreciate an update in another 30 days as to whether or not the globus feeling has returned.

I know a couple of years have past, so not sure you will see this. My 14 year old daughter began feeling the choking sensation in January of this year (2025). It stopped for 2 1/2 weeks and restarted and has not stopped since first week or so of February. She has an EOE diagnosis officially as of March of this year and we have the eating issues under control through diet. But the choking or globus sensation has not stopped and is debilitating. We saw an ENT, he was not helpful. She is on budensinide steroid and a PPI, they are not helping with the globus. She is on a severely restricted diet for almost 2 months now of eating just two foods to see if it is a food allergy. She had MRT testing to find foods causing inflamation. Is there anything new on your condition? I wish you well and hope you found a solution.

@fue, globus pharyngeus, or a lump in throat sensation, is fairly common and its origins may be unknown. @nick52, @adunniade, @juleszs, @novajeff may have experiences to share.

Karen, do you have a history of GERD or acid reflux? Have you considered speech therapy? Speech therapist can help with globus.

Hi Karen -
Your question is now several years old so I hope you’ve been properly diagnosed and treated for your globus. I had similar symptoms over a year ago and was diagnosed via CT scan with contrast as having a thyroglossal duct cyst which usually occurs in children but I was 61 at the time. The treatment is a surgery called the Sistrunk Procedure which usually involves breaking the hyoid bone to be sure the entire cyst is removed or it can come back. From what I was told the surgery is usually outpatient but the recovery can take 2 weeks or more. I continue to procrastinate this surgery but my symptoms seem worse so I should probably schedule it.
Have you had an CT scan and were you checked for this?

My globus started in 2021 when it was the Pandemic but i had a partial glossectomy psrt of my tongue removed in 2017.

The globus came out if the Blue although i was very anxious cos of the pandemic.
Since then of have had 7 scopes 2 CT head and neck scans. My tongue has gone extremely dry. I have a geograohic tongue on the tip which breaks out all the time. When i eat my tongue goes gritty. Its like a brillo pad . There is no end to it abd eating is awful. My swallow test came back ok.
How do you get rid of the lump its more than a sensation