Can anxiety cause a SORE throat symptom?
Hello all,
The reason I’m back to the forum, I appear to have a strange anxiety symptom, which is not mentioned in any of my anxiety reference books at home and I was wondering if any other anxiety sufferers experience this symptom.
I posted on the forum about a month ago about this symptom, which I was experiencing and the doctor said no signs of anything growing or cancer (to put my mind at rest).
As it happens, I discovered a lump on my neck, which as if it was magic, the throat soreness disappeared any my anxiety levels focused on this lump on the neck.
Well, to cut a story short, the lump has disappeared and I was at and the chap who sits next to me was moaning (not a nice word but true) about his sore throat. Well, I started to think to myself “I hope I don’t get it” but by magic I felt something when I swallowed and then my brain focused on the throat and for the last 5 days I have had this sore throat symptom.
It does not hurt when I swallow but it feels like a constant soreness. Sucking a sweet gets rid of the soreness, so does eating and drinking and as the evening gets later (11pm – 12am), the throat settles down (it’s as if my brain can not be bothered anymore at that time of the night).
Hope I did not go on too much, but I would just like to know if anybody else sufferers with this symptom and is their any reassurance?
Red
Re: Can anxiety cause a SORE throat symptom?
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reddevil
Hello all,
The reason I’m back to the forum, I appear to have a strange anxiety symptom, which is not mentioned in any of my anxiety reference books at home and I was wondering if any other anxiety sufferers experience this symptom.
I posted on the forum about a month ago about this symptom, which I was experiencing and the doctor said no signs of anything growing or cancer (to put my mind at rest).
As it happens, I discovered a lump on my neck, which as if it was magic, the throat soreness disappeared any my anxiety levels focused on this lump on the neck.
Well, to cut a story short, the lump has disappeared and I was at and the chap who sits next to me was moaning (not a nice word but true) about his sore throat. Well, I started to think to myself “I hope I don’t get it” but by magic I felt something when I swallowed and then my brain focused on the throat and for the last 5 days I have had this sore throat symptom.
It does not hurt when I swallow but it feels like a constant soreness. Sucking a sweet gets rid of the soreness, so does eating and drinking and as the evening gets later (11pm – 12am), the throat settles down (it’s as if my brain can not be bothered anymore at that time of the night).
Hope I did not go on too much, but I would just like to know if anybody else sufferers with this symptom and is their any reassurance?
Red
i have the same issue as you red....
Re: Can anxiety cause a SORE throat symptom?
I am having a very similar thing.
I have had a sore throat for over 3 months that has now progressed to make my voice hoarse. The doctor has run loads of tests on me all of which have come back negative.
I on the other hand and certain I have lung cancer and the more I read about lung cancer the more I feel the symptoms.
I also have a numbness throughout my body which is also associated with lung cancer.
Even after the Doctor today said that nothing was wrong I went home and have tried to book up tests with a world leading cancer hospital.
The sore throat has brought on panic attacks which have been happening for the last 3 months.
I am not sure if my back pain is real or part of the anxiety that I am creating. I keep thinking to myself did I tell the Doctor everything or did I miss something out which is why I am getting the negative results.
Re: Can anxiety cause a SORE throat symptom?
Had sore throats fro ages and they come and go and I find it correlates with my anxiety levels - coincidence? :P
Re: Can anxiety cause a SORE throat symptom?
Reassuring to see that I'm not the only one experiencing a slightly sore throat. This started happening a few days ago. Sometimes my tongue feels a little sore, too - anyone else had this?