the last few days i have a feel of somthing stuck in the back of my throat and i have to try to cough all the time and its making my throat sore now, i have had an ear ache just the one ear, but the ear ache was first before the feeling of something stuck in there and then came the sore throat, i have just given up smoking yesterday so i have been coughing more to get rid of the crap thats in there.....i had this feeling once before and went to the doctors and had a blood test to see if i had an under or over active thyroid but it wasnt that he said it had something to do with the im not sure if i will spell this right at all (the guitar on the throat, the thing that looks like the punching bag in the back of the throat) and it also feels like someone is pushing on my throat as well.....can you determine what this is ....