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What causes Clicking or Popping in Throat when Swallowing?
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@mdulfod55-I wanted to commend your post. I have gently made these suggestions on these threads in a few areas. It has not been well received by some. But what you wrote is real and accurate...
When things like this come up for someone, and one goes to the doctor, it is very important that the doctor ask about current stress/tension levels in their lives and or for the person to be introspective of themselves. This is not a medical professional “job”, so to speak, as they are there to provide you with an answer and or medication.
Doctors know patients go to them for answers. When they don’t “find” something, sometimes this frustrates a patient, rather than having them
address the issues elsewhere, which very well could be an underlying emotional stressor.
This can cause a lot of harm to a patient, whom is simply caught in a state of stress/worry and hyper focused on something not harming them but is just making them more aware of it. When there is not a “fix”, the doctor shopping continues. Causing a cycle of more worry and fixation til, the next appt.
The mind and body are absolutely connected. Emotions lead to physical symptoms and physical symptoms lead to emotions. And you are correct, it’s not to say there are anatomical issues, not causing, sounds symptoms and annoyances. But it’s how you respond to those sensations and understand that, the body can be loud. It works all the time for you 24/7. It is not always quiet. And depending on what you are currently experiencing personally, sometimes the sensations and sounds can be more amplified. Triggering worry, which keeps the loop going.
Don’t underestimate the power of yourself and your thoughts.
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For some people, this is much more than just anxiety. I've heard this a lot of times. By doctors saying that I just worry to much and to ignore it and it'll eventually go away. This is not the case for everyone. You see I tried doing that, I tried changing and it never went away.
I want to agree with the 2 comments before this one. But if this continues and we don't take this problem seriously then there will never be a solution. But there is hope.
I went to the different hospital like I mentioned a few days ago. And finally the doctor I saw took his time to talk to me and understand me. And right away he knew what was wrong with me. He told me about the hyoid bone. That there are a few people that had seen for this and he did surgery on them. He told me that not many doctors know about this problem. It's TRUE. I felt relieved. But still had to check by CT.
I made mistake with my comment a few months ago I said I did a CT, but no, that was actually an x-ray. The doctor told me with the CT the bones are very clear and he will see the problem. Actually he already found my problem before I did the CT, he checked my throat with the little mirror and found like a little bone was sticking out a bit he could see the bump . So he told me to do the CT, if still the problem doesn't show up that I try another one. I have to go back in 3 days because this hospital is so full. I'm living in china, and had to drive 1 hour to see this doctor.
This is for everyone with the same problem as me. Please don't give up and look for a doctor that will want to help you. Like my doctor said not everyone will know about this and take it serious. Find a doctor that will take you serious and don't wait. I waited 10 months, I should've taken it more serious before.
For the people that got this fixed, please help everyone else recommend the doctor you went to and helped you. It's hard finding one. I live in china so I can't recommend this doctor. But for everyone in the US help each other out.
Also, we should bring more awareness to this. So more doctors and people know about this