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Q: clicking sound after difficulty swallowing
asked by: PenguinsRus on March 20th, 2008
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Hey. This happens to me maybe once or twice a month, and just started up again today and I have no idea what it is. When I try to swallow, its like my throat muscle gets stuck half way there and it feels like my atom's apple(or I guess lack there of since I am a girl) is almost stuck. I have to then work to swallow really hard, and finally there is a clicking feeling and sound and I can swallow and my goes back to its normal spot. If I swallow again the same thing will happen. It usually doesn't happen with food or anything, just swallowing spit. This will usually go on for a day or two, stop, and then start up in another two weeks. Does anyone have any idea what this might be?
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lifespan
replied on April 28th, 2008
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click click, grrrrr
yea i have this click that seems to happen most when i swallow my spit. i started noticing it say 2 years ago. before it would only happen once a week but is happening about everyday now but sumtimes comes n goes. i've been reading other post about clicking in the head n it seems like other ppl have it too n they recommend some sites Look up Palatal Myoclonus on Wikipedia. i dont kno if these websites are relevant but i thought you should kno about them. i think i have these clicking noises because of stress and/or high blood pressure because on days where i'm not tense the clicking seems to go away. and they always seem to happen after i wake or in bed right when im ready to sleep. also around the time when i have these clicks i tend to notice my pulse through my head as blood is being pumped through different veins and if they are rythmic then the clicking is nowhere to be found but if it isn't rythmic like when im tensed is when i get the clicks and most often only when i swallow my spit. i can't really explain it. does anybody kno of any remedies or practices that can make it go away. would like any suggestion.

oh this happens also after a big day of smoking n drinking, maybe caffiene or nicotine has sumthing to do with it. and it doesnt happen outdoors for me.
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saddie123
replied on June 5th, 2009
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hi i have the same thing but it starts like every month buts when i turn my head to the left side were it hurts it feels a little better and i keep hearing the clicking noise i went to see the doc they said my throat look fine but it dnt feel fine its not painfull its just really do my head in im gonna go back and demand to see a throat person because its really putting me down if any1 knows wat it could be im really feel scared im thinking all sorts
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saddie123
replied on June 5th, 2009
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my throat makes a clicking sound and i seem to be swallowing alot and it feels like somat suck in my throat i went to see the doc and he said my throat looks fine but im getting really scared it comes every month sometimes in the week im thinking all sorts and dnt no wat to do i feel like going to my docs and demanding to see some one who looks at throats and inside the mouth and be able to have a check up so i no wts up the doc said my throat looks normal i dnt beleive that because it would not keep comeing back all the time does any one no wat it could be i need help my heads messed up threw thinking wat it could be
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saddie123
replied on June 5th, 2009
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my throat makes a clicking sound and i seem to be swallowing alot and it feels like somat suck in my throat i went to see the doc and he said my throat looks fine but im getting really scared it comes every month sometimes in the week im thinking all sorts and dnt no wat to do i feel like going to my docs and demanding to see some one who looks at throats and inside the mouth and be able to have a check up so i no wts up the doc said my throat looks normal i dnt beleive that because it would not keep comeing back all the time does any one no wat it could be i need help my heads messed up threw thinking wat it could be
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Alcivar
replied on July 10th, 2009
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This strange thing started happening to me years ago but seems to slowly be occurring more frequently. It could be brought on my a cough or swallowing too much food at once. It feels like something gets displaced in my esophagus (?), like an inward dent. I can usually pop the dent back out by widening my throat by lifting my chin up and sort of doing a bullfrog act. Until it pops back into place it's very painful to swallow. It just occurred to me today when I accidently and for some unknown reason swallowed some of my saliva down my windpipe which made me cough. But today the difference is I can't get it back aligned despite my best efforts. It's been all day and I'm a bit worried. I wish I knew exactly what the heck this is!
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just_me33
replied on September 3rd, 2009
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Lifespan- I have the same thing, have had the "clicking" ever since I can remember. Like you, I also noticed I have it more often after a day of drinking or smoking... although when I was younger I used to notice that I did not experience the clicking when I smoked marijuana (which I have only done on a few occasions and not for several years now.)

I thought it was normal, but decided to look it up today and I think maybe it could be traced back to a concussion I had when I was 2 as a result of a car accident.

I have never really worried about it before and have lived with it for probably 31 years.
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