Pain at Adam's Apple when swallowing. Seeking advice. :(

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:39 pm

Rob, Have your Doc check it out, it's money well spent.

(quote) I just checked my copy of Harrisons Priciples of Internal Medicine, yup we are all going to die (quote)

I'll catch up with you later, OK?
Sue

Post by **ichabod** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:16 am

Johnnie wrote:Don't swallow.

While Johniie's advice may be well intentioned, it is flawed. You will, eventually, need to swallow something.
The best way to take your mind off a pain is to experience a greater pain which renders the original one insignificant.
When, after a couple of days of hunger and/or dehydration, the time comes to swallow something, simply stab yourself in the fleshy part of the thigh with a large knife. While reeling from this pain, quickly swallow enough liquid and sustenance to get you through to the next stabbing.

scruffy · Post by **scruffy** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:37 am

I would think thyroid goiters. But you should have a doc check you out.

scruffy · Post by **scruffy** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:38 am

I would think thyroid goiters. But you should have a eye, ear, nose, throat doc check you out.

nteeman · Post by **nteeman** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:36 pm

scruffy wrote:I would think thyroid goiters. But you should have a eye, ear, nose, throat doc check you out.

For thyroid issues I believe you should see an Endocrinologist.

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:10 am

Rob, calling Rob.............curious minds want to know what the doc said.

Clive

sgtrecon212 · Post by **sgtrecon212** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:43 am

My wife had her thyroid completely handled by an ENT doctor. Surgery and all.

merkur07 · Post by **merkur07** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:28 pm

No news is good news, right?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:33 pm

Are you alive.

jslfl · Post by **jslfl** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:52 pm

I knew he should have filled out the SMF ECC!

Furrball2 · Post by **Furrball2** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:00 pm

I am not going to make any diagnoses over the web, and any comments I am about to make are in now way meant to substitute for going to a physician who can actually see you and examine you.

Anatomy lesson: the thyroid gland is at the base of the neck. The two thick cords running from the mastoid process to the top of your sternum are called the stenoclavicular mastoid muscles. Just above the vertex of the SCMs is where you will find the thyroid. You probably will have difficulty feeling it. The adam's apple or thyroid cartilage is several cm above the thyroid gland. Goiters or thyroiditis would be very unlikely to effect the thyroid cartilage. Long story but the embryological development of the thyroid involves the tissue of the to be thyroid moving from behind the tongue to the base of the anterior neck. In some people they have a patent thyroglossal duct. This thyroglossal duct is the embryological remnants of the thyroid's passage. Some people have thyroglossal duct cysts. These can be painful.

You should go to a physician. Depending on his or her's exam you may be referred to an ENT specialist or you may be sent for an imaging study (s).

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:04 pm

I'm alive, I swear it!

Sorry it's taken so long for me to get back here. It's been a very busy week at work. I did end up going to the Doc on Wednesday morning. She was unable to determine my illness, unfortunately. She did a strep test that came back negative...I was a bit bummed by that. I rather like knowing I have strep and get a shot for it. Quick, easy, done. But when it's not strep then it's usually some sort of long-lasting viral infection. She said my pharynx was quite irritated just as the back of my throat was.

So now I am taking some Azithromycin antibiotics. Either it's doing the trick against a bacterial infection or my body is killing off a virus infection on its own. My throat doesn't hurt as much today and I am getting better for sure. Finally! I don't want to go through that again, it was extremely painful.

I appreciate all the fun, funny, and informative replies in this thread! I'm sorry I don't have the energy tonight to reply with witty remarks.

I just got home a little while ago from work.

rtaylor61 · Post by **rtaylor61** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:21 pm

Rob,

I hope things are back to normal soon. Was this caused by eating your lime shaving soap?

Randy

CMur12 · Post by **CMur12** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:36 pm

rtaylor61 wrote: ... Was this caused by eating your lime shaving soap?

I'm certainly partial to my lime soaps!

Rob, I'm late to this thread, but I'm glad you went to a doctor and that the pain is subsiding. I hope you are soon pain-free and back to your old healthy self

- Murray

merkur07 · Post by **merkur07** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:43 am

Well, it sounds like you're on the road to recovery!

Glad to hear.

Leisureguy · Post by **Leisureguy** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:21 am

Good news that you're getting better. Hang in there.

MonkeyExpress · Post by **MonkeyExpress** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:47 pm

Edit: Late comer aswell. Glad things are looking up!

merkur07 · Post by **merkur07** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:15 pm

Any update, Rob?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:52 pm

merkur07 wrote:Any update, Rob?

Thanks for the replies, fellows! I am doing quite well now. The antibiotics seemed to work...or it could have been my body doing the heavy lifting, I just don't know. I'm back to 100% now, thankfully. I just stay so busy these days with work...which is good.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:57 pm

Glad to hear it, Rob! I hope that's all behind you, for good.