I have another thread regarding this issue but that is quite old now and so I thought I would make a new one with my updated problems.
I have been suffering with my throat for over a year now, since last May. It all started when I kept feeling a lump sensation in my throat when swallowing. This was my only symptom at the time, and, after several misdiagnosis' including Thrush and Tonsilitis, I went to see an ENT specialist last August. He performed an endoscopy, and diagnosed me with Globus Hystericus. He gave me treatment which I took over the coming months but it did not work. Then, around December time, the lump feeling moved slightly to my right side, but again I had no other symptoms. Then in January I felt what I am sure is a lump on the right side of my throat, directly where this lump sensation is. I went to my GP and he dismissed it, saying it is nothing. Then, in the next few weeks, I am sure that this lump grew. I went back to my GP and he ADMITTED that it felt bigger, and sent me for an urgent gastroscopy (presumably to check for acid reflux) as well as a full neck ultrasound. Now, the gastroscopy did find a hiatus hernia, but no mention of actual acid reflux in the report. The ultrasound was the test I was most worried about, but this came back clear. I even showed the person performing it the lump, and he went over and over it, and just said it is part of my thyroid cartridge. My symptoms though are getting worse and worse since these tests. I have now started getting chest pains when I stretch my neck or look up, and the front of my neck has also started aching when I look up. Also, when I look over my left shoulder, I get an aching right where this lump is, like it is pressing against the skin.
I was diagnosed with acid reflux coupled with anxiety but acid reflux would not cause a lump, and why hasn't the treatment worked at all?
Attached to this post I have 2 photos which I have taken of this lump. Now, you guys are probably going to say that it just looks like my Adam's apple, but the problem is, if I put my finger on the head of this lump, it feels like it is just to the right of my Adam's apple. Also I am sure this lump is still growing because a few months ago it was hard to get a picture of but tonight I got 2 straight away.
I went to see a thyroid specialist yesterday and they just felt my neck and said they couldn't feel anything of worry. They admitted that I had a lump on one side but just said that it feels like my windpipe bone or something is asymmetrical on one side. Thing is though, this lump moves up and down with my Adam's apple when I swallow, so how can it be part of my windpipe? I mentioned the discomfort on right side when swallowing and also these chest pains and the specialist just sort of shrugged them off.
I have several questions though.
-If this is nothing of worry, why do I have an uncomfortable feeling when swallow DIRECTLY where the lump is? (and before anybody says it is anxiety, I started getting the discomfort first, and THEN felt the lump).
-If the chest pains are unrelated, why do I only get them when I stretch my neck?
-Why did my GP admit that this lump had grown, after first turning me away?
-Why has months of treatment for acid reflux not worked, if the specialists are so sure this is what it is?
Also on a side note I did have 80lbs weight loss between early 2015 and around March this year, but this has tailed off and I haven't really lost any more since.
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