Feeling of something stuck in my throat?!
Question: Feeling of something stuck in my throat?
Answers:
Wait and see what the speech pathologist says about the VitalStim. (Personally, I see it as quackery.)
Difficulty swallowing solids points to tightness of the upper esophageal sphincter ("UES") due to GERD. The reflux causes the cricopharyngeus muscle on each side of your throat to shut hard to prevent stomach acid from reaching your airway.
You may have to have a modified barium swallow ("MBS") done by the speech pathologist in addition to the barium swallow you've already had. The MBS is videotaped in real time as the speech pathologist gives different consistencies of food or liquid laced with barium and watches them being swallowed. Different postures and head positions are tried, as well as the order in which the consistencies are presented.
Phagophobia will be considered, as well.
When the study is completed, the speech pathologist will design a treatment plan based on the results. You may have a number of therapy sessions to learn how to protect your airway while you learn techniques to help you compensate for the dysphagia.
Retired medical speech pathologist with specialization in dysphagia.
Keep some water in your mouth and don't swallow it down then all of a sudden take a deep breath, jerk your head down and swallow the water, hard as you can. Try this 10 times, if this doesn't work I have no idea.