stumbled onto this thread while googling my issue. Hope everyones doing ok. For months now, ive had this sensation of a "fuzzy" feeling in my throat. Ive assumed that the thin "medical" masks ive used, (I prefer them as opposed to cloth because I can breathe better, *ironic), have caused it. This morning i coughed up a small piece of fiber. Still feel fuzzy in my throat tho. Good times
i know this old but just saw it searching a condition of my own. i feel the same thing. a hair in the back of my throat. i also suffer from post nasal drip almost all year long. i had a tonsillectomy when i was 16 so dont try that because this feeling started maybe 2 years ago for me, well past 16 now.
ive also been scoped and had a ct scan that showed nothing. i did just realize that it may jave started a few months after i had the Mumps. i work at a theme park and we are exposed to EVERYTHING. dont know if youve discovered anything else since posting this. the feeling does come and go it can last for week and it absolutely drives me insane but its no painful. i just hope its not an indication of something greater going on inside me.
Hi,
Is there any specific Acidolphus tablets you tried? I am going to try some along with other suggestions I have read here.
I have had this issue for one month and it is driving me crazy. It is not painful just annoying. I went to the dentist to see if there was anything in my throat. Nothing. I am having a ultrasound of my throat tomorrow. If that is okay, they are telling me to see an ENT next. I just want it to go away.
I have this same issue off and on and its very annoying. I tried a nasal saline and it helps temporarily. I noticed people talking about almonds and coffee. I eat a lot of almonds? Coffee too? It will be hard to eliminate both, but if it helps I'll try! Someone on this thread mentioned tongue scraping? Does that work?
Thanks for your help! LJ
Im 16 and ive had this issue now twice (this being my second time) ive always had issues with my throat since i was younger (tonsillitis, throat infections etc.) but now this hair feeling in the throat? its like the back of my throat it feels like there is just one singular hair and i googled this before when experiencing this the first time and these forums came up and im glad to have read i was not the only one who had been experiencing this issue. its not painful at all its just exhausting , every meal or drink you swallow you can feel it and it just makes you not enjoy your food. and even when not swallowing you can still just feel it present there. although im not sure if its an actual hair you see like others are questioning if its actually a hair or something else. im going to try the plain hot water, the water with lemon, less iced coffee, less diary etc. and see if that helps although it doesnt last long so i wont be sure if any of that actually helped or not. ive seen some people saying it has lasted years for them on and off, which scares me because i dont want this to become a common thing. if anyone has a pure solution knowing that something helped this issue for them please let me know!:) hopefully with more people putting the question out there, doctors will be able to identify what is causing this feeling to help us fellow people. i cannot live with this feeling forever ahaha
I have a twisted septum and overgrown turbinates which leave me with a complete block. I was told to take this Chinese herb which eliminates excess mucus. can find on amazon called Ke Chuan Pian, Breathmooth. it says take twice a day. however if you have a lot of mucus build up you may feel dizzy in the day as fluid clears in your ears. so take at night if that happens. take daily for at least 6 weeks
I actually took the time to make an account here simply for the good information everyone posted. I have been terrified thinking this was cancer. I am 34 this is the first time ive really noticed this. I also have the metallic taste on my tongue someone mentioned. I also smoke weed regular and im also suffering with anxiety for lockdown and losing job. also consuming alot of caffeine, coffee with milk so i think i will cut these all down.
i smoke alot of weed i wonder if it is that. i havent tried scraping yet its grossing me out if something is there.
I'm sorry you've had to deal with this for so long. i've had the same problem many times and I can tell you with 100% certainty that this is nothing more than a nose hair getting stuck in a curved portion of your soft palate (the roof of your mouth behind the hard part you can reach with your tongue.
Please don't injure yourself by placing any foreign object like a spoon or toothbrush back there. To get it out, rapidly inhale through your nose while making a snorting sound that vibrates the soft palate. It's a sound a bit like imitating a pig. keep doing this until you no longer have the sensation. Once the feeling is gone, you have dislodged the hair and you can spit it out. You might have to make a small vacuum in your mouth and try to suck at the area; then spit out till you see the hair.
I am disappointed that none of my doctor colleagues--even ENT doctors--had the answer.
Good luck!
did anyone have a dry cough with this or shortness of breath ?
did anyone gave a dry cough with this or shortness of breath ?
So i too have struggled with the same thing and had all the same procedures done....results normal. It drives me nuts! but the one thing that has worked for me is when the doctor prescibed me steroids. it took it away by the second day. it still comes back periodically.
It might be worth investigating whether any of these posts are related to tonsil stones/tonsilloliths.
I get them and the feeling is definitely of something stuck in or tickling the back of the throat. They're a pain and can cause me to feel really unwell - like having a bad cold or being really run down, throaty, etc. As soon as they're popped out, I feel much better and the sensation goes.
I have no idea why doctors rarely tell patients about these or investigate for them - I spent 30 years going to the doc about sore throats/swollen tonsil/feeling unwell before I found out about tonsil stones in my own research online and discovered that this was indeed the problem. There is plenty of information online about how best to manage them.
Hope this helps.
Jane
Hi nick i recently started to have the same problem mine started just a week ago i havent called the doctors yet because in the UK i find it that they dont really pay attention to things like this they will either tell me to wait for another few weeks or they will tell me to try to home remedies like tea, drinking plenty of water or try water and salt to wash my throat which i think is pointless because its been going on for nearly a week now at the beggining i was cleaning at friends house and he had a cat so i started feeling how this cats hair went in my nose and thats when this feeling of having hair at the back of my throat started now it has gone away but i feel like this hanging bit at the back of my throat is the main problem. im gonna call the doctors in two days as i am working all day tomorrow but i just really need to talk to someone with the same problem as i am worried i hope is nothing serious .... :(
same im 22 and i only got this feeling like nealry a week ago and im gonna go to the doctors because i feel like they need to have a look but i hope is nothing serious ive never experienced it before i had this feleing of hair being stuck in my nose and back of the troat then it went away and now i feel like just something is at the back of my throat as you said its not painful but we cant live with this thing all the time.
i have same feeling for more then month already i belive is acid reflux issue
how u doing right know ????
i also have this feeling of hair in the back of my throat, ive had the camera up through my nose and into my throat, i also have COPD, i had my tonsils out when i was 8 years old im now 52 when my results came back i was told i have tangled tonsils said it can happen even tho i have had them removed ?,i have tryed all sorts to try and stop the feeling its driving me up the wall, sorry i cant help, but i will try any suggestions