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I am 35 year old male from India.I have an ongoing problem with my throat .Actually I feel that there is something stuck up at right side of my throat. This problem I have from 2 years . Last year I went and shown to the ENT doctor and they did X ray also and found nothing..They said there is nothing.But whenever I have sore throat I feel that this stuck feel is more.I have no swallow in difficulty, no pain nothing.Last week I had fever and sore throat which was subsided by Antbiotics. I have severe dry cough and this throat problem with bit body tiredness.continuingnow..So yesterday also I went to the ENT doctor , she checked and said there is nothing...She is telling your cough is due to post-fever viral cough.what do you say doctor is it serious.

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Hello, 

Thank you for the consult :
Since you have chosen Oncology as the speciality for your consult, I assume that your concern is to know whether the "stuck up feeling in throat" is dangerous (cancerous) or not.

From your description of the problem, it does not appear serious or dangerous . If there was something dangerous, by this 2 years there would have been oth definite clinical signs. Moreover you are rather in a good health. Already an ENT Doctor has examined you. If there was something alarming  it would have been already picked up in clinical examination by the Doctor.

So there is nothing to worry. The dry cough is mostly due to the viral infection. 

The feeling of something stuck up or a foreign body sensation actually could be few things. The possibilities are 

1. Elongated styloid process ( a thin pencil like bone in the brain) also known as Eagles syndrome

2. Globus pharyngis (mostly due to acid reflux or ulcer problem)  

3. Blocked (dysfunctional eustachian tube) .  

The third one is highly possible in your case. Have steam inhalation twice daily. Try to blow air by closed mouth. This will open up the eustachian tubes. You should discuss these possiblities with your Doctor.


Hope this helps.

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Dr. John Fuller
Category: Family Physician-GP
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MD - New York Institute of Technology, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship, Family Medicine - Lutheran Medical Center
Residency, Family Medicine - The Mount Sinai Hospital
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