Rachel W
02-02-10, 01:40
Hi all,
I posted a thread recently about one side of my throat being different from the other, namely the tonsilar pillars and tonsil being more 'in' than the other side and my throat a tiny bit shallower; this has been like this AT LEAST a year and has not changed in that time. I had looked for a different reason so it may have been like that I long time, however a doctor had never mentioned it and I had had an examination by a neurologist due to ALS fears (totally wrong and I just had twitching), but he had looked at the back of the throat perhaps a month or so before I noticed.
The problem is that since this I have been using a flashlight in my throat almost daily and have noticed that my skin in the throat and mouth is rather blotchy, with very pale areas and then the red areas. Quite veiny too, but there are no darker areas or anything. the blotches don'e seem to have perfect edges like pre-cancer, but they are still freaking me out alot.
I don't usually look at my throat like this, so don't know if it could have been at least somewhat like this, and I also had a very bad cold for over a week over Christmas (the worst and only cold for quite a few years). Is a lot of blotchiness ominous? I have been indoors a lot as well due to studying and the air has been so dry with the heat on, so my throat has felt irritated a little on and off since the cold went away.
Also, are swollen lymph nodes obvious? If I casually feel my throat I don't find any. I always seem to have an area on both sides that are long and run between my front and side throat muscles, but they don't feel like grapes or anything, more like just deeper muscles. Could these be swollen nodes?
I am sorry about the long post but I have been in such a state for the past three weeks and I am trying to study and my mind just can't settle.
Thank you all.
Rachel
I posted a thread recently about one side of my throat being different from the other, namely the tonsilar pillars and tonsil being more 'in' than the other side and my throat a tiny bit shallower; this has been like this AT LEAST a year and has not changed in that time. I had looked for a different reason so it may have been like that I long time, however a doctor had never mentioned it and I had had an examination by a neurologist due to ALS fears (totally wrong and I just had twitching), but he had looked at the back of the throat perhaps a month or so before I noticed.
The problem is that since this I have been using a flashlight in my throat almost daily and have noticed that my skin in the throat and mouth is rather blotchy, with very pale areas and then the red areas. Quite veiny too, but there are no darker areas or anything. the blotches don'e seem to have perfect edges like pre-cancer, but they are still freaking me out alot.
I don't usually look at my throat like this, so don't know if it could have been at least somewhat like this, and I also had a very bad cold for over a week over Christmas (the worst and only cold for quite a few years). Is a lot of blotchiness ominous? I have been indoors a lot as well due to studying and the air has been so dry with the heat on, so my throat has felt irritated a little on and off since the cold went away.
Also, are swollen lymph nodes obvious? If I casually feel my throat I don't find any. I always seem to have an area on both sides that are long and run between my front and side throat muscles, but they don't feel like grapes or anything, more like just deeper muscles. Could these be swollen nodes?
I am sorry about the long post but I have been in such a state for the past three weeks and I am trying to study and my mind just can't settle.
Thank you all.
Rachel