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What causes Clicking or Popping in Throat when Swallowing?
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (334)Comment receiving replies
Hello @letsolve and welcome to Connect. I appreciate you adding your story of this problem to our discussion. It sounds like you are actively advocating for yourself with your medical team. I really admire it when a person is proactive! We all need to do this, especially when we are faced with an elusive or hard-to-diagnose problem.
From your post, it sounds as if you are mainly working with ENT specialists. Is that the case? How long have you had this problem?
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Hi! Well, I've been having this problem since February, as I said in my first post, I'm an admirer of Performing Arts and I joined this environment shortly before the problem. In my case I noticed the click shortly after massaging my larynx. A student in my class had said to me "Could you speak louder?" and honestly it made me uncomfortable. That's when I decided to dedicate myself to having a better diction, I started doing tongue exercises, voice exercises, and also massages. Unfortunately it turned out that after these massages the click appeared. The click bothered me so much that I had to abandon the course. And I've been looking for solutions ever since. Taking advantage of this, I already made the return with my doctor, and she did not identify anything on the CT scan. But! since a long time ago other doctors said that I probably had a problem with tonsils, as one is more prominent than the other, so that's what the doctor gave as the main diagnosis, enlarged tonsils. I'm going to make an evaluation with a surgeon and then see what the best treatment is for this, if it's okay to remain with enlarged tonsils or if a tonsillectomy is really necessary. Honestly, I don't know for sure if the tonsillectomy will influence the click, but I still believe in the possibility, after all, the enlarged amygdala "could", perhaps, be causing some pressure that reaches the hyoid bone or the muscles close to it, and influencing the click. . But it's just a maybe, I'm going to continue with the search for an effective treatment, and I would always like to motivate everyone not to give up looking for the solution to the problem! (If that comforts anyone, I'm only 17 years old.)
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I am having a similar problem of my inner throat popping. It happens randomly when I turn my head, and it happens often.
It does not cause PAIN , but it causes discomfort.
I tried the video exercises- but they didn’t help.
My primary and ENT were not concerned. And did not find anything.
I feel I should have an X-RAY and an MRI to actually see what’s going on below the surface…