I developed this throat clicking/popping two days ago and it has been unrelenting since then. The popping is not particularly painful, but it feels uncomfortable and grosses me out, it is producing a lot of anxiety every time I need to swallow as I never know if it will surprise me with a pop. It feels like cartilage rubbing or getting caught on something, or like a lymph node or tumor rubbing against the structures of my throat. Like a lot of you here, I worry it could be cancer or something scary like that. The surrounding tissues have become sore and tender now. Mine does not click when I look straight ahead, instead it pops and clicks when I look down or to the left. Sometimes it pops without swallowing if I turn my head quickly or cough or when I pronounce certain words. This has happened to me before in the past and has always freaked me out, but it never lasted for more than a few hours to a day. I used to worry about thyroid cancer when it happened. It also feels like I have a lot of phlegm in my throat but I don't really seem to have it, its just the sensation of fullness. I also have a minty menthol feeling that rises up from the back of my throat, I've read this could be acid reflux/laryngopharyngeal reflux related. Apparently a lump in throat feeling is also related, but the popping feels more like it is something catching on something or something in my throat's anatomy is out of alignment. Perhaps in my case it is acid reflux and it is causing inflammation and swelling and that is when the cartilage or hyoid bone catches on something? And when my swelling is down, it stops doing it? I'm hoping this goes away soon and I am not stuck with this long-term. I see an ENT next week.