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Tight Throat

Steve798

By Steve798
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Steve798 Newbie
Steve798
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Hi,

One thing that I have always found strange since having a food intolerance and a thyroid problem is that whenever I drive my car I get a feeling of having a tight throat. I sometimes get this when I lay down for bed. If I lay on my back or side I notice it. If I'm driving and talking to someone, I don't notice it. It pretty much happens every morning and evening to and from work. Almost a feeling like you would get if you are really stressed or nervous about something.

I've mentioned this to my doctor, but as per most doctors he feels it is in my mind. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this and if it is related to my thyroid (I'm recently diagnosed as Hypo) or to a gluten problem (since Dec I've been avoiding gluten).

Thanks,

Steve

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Steve, I also have this problem. My throat feels tight as I write this reply. I can often hear liquids squeak down my throat. My boss actually heard the squeak today at lunch. This is a real problem and I am surprised that it was not noticed during your endoscopy. Did you have an endoscopy?

sspitzer5 Apprentice
sspitzer5
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Hi Steve, I have Hasimoto's low thyroid and my throat feels weird. Hard to describe but tight and sometimes hard to breathe. It's worse when my thyroid levels aren't regulated. Have you have you blood tests done recently? You might need to increase your prescription.

Susan

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Steve, I also have this problem. My throat feels tight as I write this reply. I can often hear liquids squeak down my throat. My boss actually heard the squeak today at lunch. This is a real problem and I am surprised that it was not noticed during your endoscopy. Did you have an endoscopy?

Hi, I've had the endoscopy/biopsy... nothing concerning my throat was noted on the doctors report.

I know that when I eat, the first few times I swallow, I must swallow an additional time as it feels as if not everything has gone down, then it settles into a normal feeling.

Steve

Hi Steve, I have Hasimoto's low thyroid and my throat feels weird. Hard to describe but tight and sometimes hard to breathe. It's worse when my thyroid levels aren't regulated. Have you have you blood tests done recently? You might need to increase your prescription.

Susan

Hi Susan, you could be right. I had my blood tested last week and get the results tomorrow. It is always odd as sometimes I feel great, plenty of energy, but yet results show my synthroid needs to be increased. Other times I'm really tired, sluggish, and my bloodwork comes back fine with no change in dosage.

Steve

P.S. I have also have Hashimotos.

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Hi Susan, you could be right. I had my blood tested last week and get the results tomorrow. It is always odd as sometimes I feel great, plenty of energy, but yet results show my synthroid needs to be increased. Other times I'm really tired, sluggish, and my bloodwork comes back fine with no change in dosage.

Steve

P.S. I have also have Hashimotos.

Me too. I wish I could figure it out. Seems like there are times I feel fine and times that I don't. It's hard to tell if it's my thyroid or the Celiac or what. I do think that your thyroid levels can fluctuate when you have Hashimoto's and the blood tests might not detect it because they are only done once in a while. My doctor lets me adjust my own meds (at least to some extent), so if my thyroid feels weird, I'll increase the dose a bit to see if that helps. I'm in the middle of that right now. I just had a major bout of thyroid symptoms. I tried to move to Levoxyl instead of the compounded stuff I've been on, which was a big mistake! My poor body doesn't seem to be able to handle regular thyroid prescriptons.

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