![]() (Mostly I do not swear on this website, but I’m making an exception for this article: it would feel dishonest not to cuss with feeling about this experience!) Painless, 1 but deeply unsettling. I kept trying to spit it up, and getting nothing. As moving day wore on, it grew under my Adam’s apple until I noticed I was clearing my throat as often as I swallowed. Or a finger pressing firmly on my trachea. Or a medium-sized pill lodged in my esophagus. ![]() The lump in my throat was like a thick booger I couldn’t swallow. My globus nightmare began with just the right sort of day for a stress-triggered medical problem: moving day. Many subtle or obscure problems can be at the root of it, but some globus sufferers eventually get answers and relief from the discovery of causes like tonsil stones, acid reflux, minor injuries to pharyngeal stuctures, Eagle syndrome, cysts and cervical osteophytes, and other oddball anatomical abnormalities, mostly minor - just anything that irritates the throat. Unfortunately, the diagnostic challenge of is immense. Globus is “all in your head” unless it isn’t. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to confidently rule out a medical cause in the short term. For a sensory phantom, globus can be a serious bully, interfering with swallowing and even breathing at worst, and causing severe anxiety about the possibility of scary causes like cancer. It’s common and may just be a minor sensory anomaly, like tinnitus. Globus pharyngeus is the sensation of a lump in the throat in the absence of any apparent physical obstruction in the throat, often considered psychosomatic. ![]() This article explores the phenomenon of globus through the story of an actual case that was both severe and prolongued, but also eventually resolved.
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