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Small Food particles stuck in back of Throat
I have had a problem for years.. I get mall particles of food that gets stuck in the back of my throat somewhere around the nasal passage area. These are small particle of hard food like a part of a peanut shards after being chewed up.. or really small pills like 10mg lipitor (I don't know how many of the liptors have literally dissolved back there instead of my stomach) Almost every night I have something stuck there it causes my sinus to swell in the during sleep and can sometimes get painful if it does not get dislodge.
Sometimes I can dislodge it by rattle my sinus on that side. (“snuffing in” which drive my wife crazy)
I have seen a ENT and they find nothing. They did a Barium Swallow and gave be a "horse" pill. It showed nothing…. But the problem is the small stuff.
This seems to be out of the ordinary and the Doctors don't have a clue. I even asked a pharmacist and he said he had never heard of people having problems with little pills only big pills..
Help.. if you have a similar problem and found someone that could help you I would appreciate the details..
Sometimes I can dislodge it by rattle my sinus on that side. (“snuffing in” which drive my wife crazy)
I have seen a ENT and they find nothing. They did a Barium Swallow and gave be a "horse" pill. It showed nothing…. But the problem is the small stuff.
This seems to be out of the ordinary and the Doctors don't have a clue. I even asked a pharmacist and he said he had never heard of people having problems with little pills only big pills..
Help.. if you have a similar problem and found someone that could help you I would appreciate the details..
Hello there,
I am glad you've found the Forum and now you know you are not alone and together we can find a solution or cure or something that makes it better.
I've had issues with my throat for about 4 years and knows how frustrating it is to have to live with this lump in the throat and food getting stuck! You really described it well: pebble in your shoe! I'll remember that and tell my ENT when I see him next.
It seems as if Doctors are not worried to find a solutions and make a diagnoses, unless it is life-threatening or cancerous!
Just never give up! I know it is depressing but giving up is not an option.
The object in your throat that you feel at the back is your Epiglottis and for some reason it becomes irritated and feels lumpy. You won't achieve anything by poking or spraying water forcefully. To fiddle with it irritates it even more and makes it worse.
Acid reflux is normally the culprit and an easy and inexpensive way to figure this out: get yourself some OTC Gaviscon and take that in the mornings, afternoons and before bedtime and keep a food diary and see if you can identify food that aggravates or soothes it. IF the Gaviscon helps (it can take about 2 weeks to fully kick in) then you have a diagnoses of acid reflux.
But keep on talking to us :) all the best,
I am glad you've found the Forum and now you know you are not alone and together we can find a solution or cure or something that makes it better.
I've had issues with my throat for about 4 years and knows how frustrating it is to have to live with this lump in the throat and food getting stuck! You really described it well: pebble in your shoe! I'll remember that and tell my ENT when I see him next.
It seems as if Doctors are not worried to find a solutions and make a diagnoses, unless it is life-threatening or cancerous!
Just never give up! I know it is depressing but giving up is not an option.
The object in your throat that you feel at the back is your Epiglottis and for some reason it becomes irritated and feels lumpy. You won't achieve anything by poking or spraying water forcefully. To fiddle with it irritates it even more and makes it worse.
Acid reflux is normally the culprit and an easy and inexpensive way to figure this out: get yourself some OTC Gaviscon and take that in the mornings, afternoons and before bedtime and keep a food diary and see if you can identify food that aggravates or soothes it. IF the Gaviscon helps (it can take about 2 weeks to fully kick in) then you have a diagnoses of acid reflux.
But keep on talking to us :) all the best,
I have this same problem but only with pills and no issue with food or liquids. The smaller the pill, the higher the likelihood it will be stuck in my throat for the foreseeable future. I finally realized I was swallowing pills differently. I was tipping my head back... Something I did not do while eating a general meal.
***TRY THIS***
When you swallow, rather than tipping your head back, tuck your chin downward. This creates a better seal over the posterior nasal cavities by pressing the salpingopharyngeal fold backward.
***If you have something CURRENTLY stuck***
-Tuck your chin slightly downward
-Give a few short burst-like snorts as far back toward your soft palate as possible (like you're trying to clear mucus from your posterior nasal passages) until the item dislodges.
-KEEP YOUR CHIN TUCKED as you swallow.
-If the item is inadvertently inhaled, keep your chin tucked as you cough. This will prevent the item from shooting back up behind the soft palate as it's expelled from the trachea, allowing you to safely swallow it instead.
This can be caused by anatomical malformations, surgical nerve trauma (thyroid, tonsils/adenoids, oral/dental, etc) or (more likely) cervical spine misalignment/ nerve impingement that weakens the response by associated nerves to the various throat muscles.
When the nerve is weaker, the glossopharyngeal fold does not raise enough to properly seal the nasal cavity. We are always taught to tip our head back when swallowing which actually has the opposite effect were looking for when the glossopharyngeal fold is weak or dysfunctional. Tucking the chin forward and down resolves this dysfunction by engaging an additional muscle group.
A weekly or biweekly chiropractic adjustment has helped me tremendously! No more pills stuck in my throat, throat burning, irritation, tension headaches, or super annoying sniffling and snorting and coughing!
If you don't know of a reputable, appropriately credentialed and experienced chiropractor, biweekly deep tissue massage, acupuncture, yoga and diaphragmatic breathing exercises can all help build muscle strength, release muscle tension causing misalignment, and increase sensitivity and responsivity of the nerves associated. Some people have gotten relief from regularly singing to increase muscle control in the larynx and pharynx.
Hope this helps!
Wishing you all lump free throats and resolution of your pain!
***TRY THIS***
When you swallow, rather than tipping your head back, tuck your chin downward. This creates a better seal over the posterior nasal cavities by pressing the salpingopharyngeal fold backward.
***If you have something CURRENTLY stuck***
-Tuck your chin slightly downward
-Give a few short burst-like snorts as far back toward your soft palate as possible (like you're trying to clear mucus from your posterior nasal passages) until the item dislodges.
-KEEP YOUR CHIN TUCKED as you swallow.
-If the item is inadvertently inhaled, keep your chin tucked as you cough. This will prevent the item from shooting back up behind the soft palate as it's expelled from the trachea, allowing you to safely swallow it instead.
This can be caused by anatomical malformations, surgical nerve trauma (thyroid, tonsils/adenoids, oral/dental, etc) or (more likely) cervical spine misalignment/ nerve impingement that weakens the response by associated nerves to the various throat muscles.
When the nerve is weaker, the glossopharyngeal fold does not raise enough to properly seal the nasal cavity. We are always taught to tip our head back when swallowing which actually has the opposite effect were looking for when the glossopharyngeal fold is weak or dysfunctional. Tucking the chin forward and down resolves this dysfunction by engaging an additional muscle group.
A weekly or biweekly chiropractic adjustment has helped me tremendously! No more pills stuck in my throat, throat burning, irritation, tension headaches, or super annoying sniffling and snorting and coughing!
If you don't know of a reputable, appropriately credentialed and experienced chiropractor, biweekly deep tissue massage, acupuncture, yoga and diaphragmatic breathing exercises can all help build muscle strength, release muscle tension causing misalignment, and increase sensitivity and responsivity of the nerves associated. Some people have gotten relief from regularly singing to increase muscle control in the larynx and pharynx.
Hope this helps!
Wishing you all lump free throats and resolution of your pain!
Hi, I have this problem too. I have had it for a week, I think due to a stress and a sore throat whereby I kept swallowing excess salvia, thus aggravating my velum/soft palate/flap that blocks of your nasal cavity. I found that it felt like I had food stuck in my throat and this issue is still persisting, also starting to aggravate me a lot and putting me off eating which is very unlik e me.
I am currently studying speech and language therapy and dysphagia/swallowing is a big part of the profession. My module in dysphagia has identified this problem as residue in the pyriform sinus/valleculae. You can look up diagrams to see where that actually is. Compensatory strategies to manage this problem are: the Effortful Swallow technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mevAcMkWm2o) and the Chin-tuck technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFTjvn12f8).
Will do some more research and post on here if I have managed to resolve the issue. The chin tuck was already mentioned above and this did slightly help, but I still feel the food in there. Try changing consistency of what you are eating, thickened/softened foods may be easier and leave less residue.
I am currently studying speech and language therapy and dysphagia/swallowing is a big part of the profession. My module in dysphagia has identified this problem as residue in the pyriform sinus/valleculae. You can look up diagrams to see where that actually is. Compensatory strategies to manage this problem are: the Effortful Swallow technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mevAcMkWm2o) and the Chin-tuck technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFTjvn12f8).
Will do some more research and post on here if I have managed to resolve the issue. The chin tuck was already mentioned above and this did slightly help, but I still feel the food in there. Try changing consistency of what you are eating, thickened/softened foods may be easier and leave less residue.
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Thank you. What does you research say about stones in that area?
I was having trouble with food sticking in my throat. It started with grains getting caught around my tonsils + the back of my throat and then it felt like all food was taking hours to go down. It was horrid. Anyway I’m up in the night with my baby a lot atm + I noticed that I could feel non-painful reflux. The Dr prescribed me Omaprozole for silent reflux and my symptoms disappeared. I just wanted to let you all know of my experience because if it wasn’t for being awake in the night with the baby I wouldn’t have even known about the reflux
I have the same issue, sometimes with pills (of any size) and sometimes with food......like grains of rice, a spinach stem, harder cheeses like you would see on a cheese platter, then I have to take a large bite of something with weight and mass, like steak or some other meat, and that bite takes down the smaller piece that was stuck. The other option for me, in the case of pills, is to cough it back up and try to swallow it again. I have been to ENT as well and was told that it "makes no sense" for smaller particles to get stuck, yet large ones go down without an issue. I am still trying to pursue the issue with other docs.
I just try to wash throat with water first and then keep virbrating my throat to make the particle get loose and then caught it out with gush of breath
This food trap problem has a simple solution!
Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.
Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.
Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).
I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!
Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.
Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.
Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).
I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!
This food trap problem has a simple solution!
Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.
Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.
Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).
I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!
Had the same problem, was coughing for a week before I went to the hospital and the doctor thought it's a sore throat. Nothing done.
Eventually was too pissed off that I bought myself a water floss (Waterpik), put it on low pressure and flush out the small food particles. Just like you, the food particles were rotting at the back of the throat and there's traces of blood in phlegm.
Haha now I use the water floss for my teeth and my throat (in case of stuck food particle).
I think the food particle got trapped behind the throat when I was eating too fast. All the best for those who had the same problem as me. Cheers!
hi all - i have the same problem, and have recently had pneumonia and atelectasis( partial collapsed lung caused by thick mucus sticking the surfaces together) - its early days in my diagnosis but I also have laryngealpharyngeal reflux (or LPR)- basically GAS that come right up into nose, sinuses etc - and can be aspirated into lungs - this burns the delicate tissues of throat, palate, mouth, sinuses, and lungs, causing swelling and excess mucus production, which becomes very sticky, and traps tiny food particles like flypaper traps flies - happens above my soft palate when I swallow - sound familiar? LPR is treatable, but it is not the same as GERD, as the fumes are not always acid based - nevertheless they cause damage. If this sounds like any of you, it may be worth a look - best of luck to you all!
brother I have a same problem.... small food particles of pea nuts or pulses even after chewing stuck in my eustachian tube which opens in pharynx....I feel like there is some thing stuck in my throat but one day I took a battery in my one hand and with my other hand I took that particle out then I feel some relax.....it happens to even many times in a month...
Hi everyone.I have the same problem.Sometimes little parts of food stuck in the back of my throat and when I touch my throat I can feel it.Even by moving my throat muscles I can hear a little rattling noise there.A couple of years ago when I was living in Iran the same problem happened and a neighbour told me that she knew someone who can remove the stuck food by special method.she would first massage the specific part of the throat and then blow in the nostrils and it would come out of the mouth.I don't live in Iran anymore so I can't use that method anymore.I'm afraid of eating.I can't enjoy eating at all because the fear of chocking is always with me:((
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I actually figured this one out I have had the same problem where I was waking up with food particles stuck somewhere in my throat. It would be there every time I woke up and was very annoying. So one day I sat down for half an hour and tried to figure it out and finally did. Just vibrating my uvula really hard seemed to do the trick. I'm a beatboxer so I would do the sometimes cause it makes a cool vibration sound but also apparently removes lodged food particles.
Hi everyone.I have the same problem.Sometimes little parts of food stuck in the back of my throat and when I touch my throat I can feel it.Even by moving my throat muscles I can hear a little rattling noise there.A couple of years ago when I was living in Iran the same problem happened and a neighbour told me that she knew someone who can remove the stuck food by special method.she would first massage the specific part of the throat and then blow in the nostrils and it would come out of the mouth.I don't live in Iran anymore so I can't use that method anymore.I'm afraid of eating.I can't enjoy eating at all because the fear of chocking is always with me:((
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I'mm 22 years old female , last year I choke on a small piece of preserved lemon. I saw an ENT and he said my throat is fine. Later on I have developed a choking phobia and it's getting over my life. I only eat soups, yogurt mashed potatoes and ice cream. Recently , I've been feeling that food is not stuck down my throat but somewhere in the left side of my throat . When I ate an ice cream this evening I found in my mucus some small bread pieces and I freaked out. I hear a click sound when I swallow and I'm even afraid of liquids now. I am pretty confused and don't know what to do. BTW I'm suffering from a severe anxiety.
Yes I too have the same prblm
Hi Beatrice,
Has it helped you in dislodging the stuck food particle or does it merely expedites the breaking down of the particle through its enzymes? Im about to try this hope it helps.
Has it helped you in dislodging the stuck food particle or does it merely expedites the breaking down of the particle through its enzymes? Im about to try this hope it helps.
Im a 22 year old female and I have been getting food particles stuck at the back of my throat (right lower region) for the past week. It all started a week ago when I drank coconut water, and the flesh got sucked to the back of my throat. Ever since, It feels like food residue always gets lodged into a pocket around that area. And from what I've learned from my searches online, the 'pocket' might be pyriform fossa? Whatever that is, it has been driving me up the walls. Im afraid to eat now and I have lost weight. I really hope those who might have found a permanent cure would shed some light to this problem. And if it would be of any significance at all, my wisdom tooth had grown out prior to this.
Im a 22 year old female and I have been getting food particles stuck at the back of my throat (right lower region) for the past week. It all started a week ago when I drank coconut water, and the flesh got sucked to the back of my throat. Ever since, It feels like food residue always gets lodged into a pocket around that area. And from what I've learned from my searches online, the 'pocket' might be pyriform fossa? Sometimes I also get a sensation of fine food residue lingering around my throat upon swallowing. Whatever this is, it has been driving me up the walls. Im afraid to eat now and I have lost weight in just a week. And if it would be of any significance at all, my wisdom tooth had grown out prior to this. Can it be dysphagia (swallowing difficulty)?
Found some swallowing exercises that might help: https://medicalspeechpathology.wordpress.com/swallowing/dysphagia-exercises/
-Try swallowing a sip of water with your chin down to your chest (Hope this helps!)
Found some swallowing exercises that might help: https://medicalspeechpathology.wordpress.com/swallowing/dysphagia-exercises/
-Try swallowing a sip of water with your chin down to your chest (Hope this helps!)
I am just going to comment that I posted to this site in 2009 as I was trying to find out what the heck was causing these food particles to get stuck and what I could do about it. I especially hate the bad breath that it causes and I too have gargled with EVERYTHING, been to the doctor several times, had the lovely barium sampler ( they found nothing), a tooth removed that I thought might be the cause and had my deviated septum surgically repaired... NOTHING worked! I have bad breath and I am a teacher.. I always have gum, mints or at least coffee when working with students in close contact.. feel bad for them that they smell my breath.
I am going to the ENT again in 2 weeks as my throat just recently became real sore after something I was eating scraped against the side back there and it hurt. It has not recovered and I think it is probably infected in there. I will post my results.
I got to say the best thing I have found to get the eustachian tube white stringy thing out is that I use a massage tool and put/shove it onto the front part of my ear canal and it sort of massages the inner ear.. ( feels great!) and works to get the stringy thing and some bonus particles out. I also find that the hanging my head upside down will dislodge some too.
Good luck to you all, and I will keep you posted about my appt.
I am going to the ENT again in 2 weeks as my throat just recently became real sore after something I was eating scraped against the side back there and it hurt. It has not recovered and I think it is probably infected in there. I will post my results.
I got to say the best thing I have found to get the eustachian tube white stringy thing out is that I use a massage tool and put/shove it onto the front part of my ear canal and it sort of massages the inner ear.. ( feels great!) and works to get the stringy thing and some bonus particles out. I also find that the hanging my head upside down will dislodge some too.
Good luck to you all, and I will keep you posted about my appt.
I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.
I've had this happen for a year. I've had tension headaches, dizziness, increased heart rate, etc etc. because of it. I went to the ENT doctor. She offered surgery to expand my nose and all that stuff, saying it couldn't be food going up my nose that was causing the problem. I had a modified barium swallow and they couldn't replicate the food going up. My soft palate was shutting off my nasal passage when I swallowed. So what was it??? I had no medical problems that caused it. When my doctor couldn't figure out a solution, I knew I had to find some way to fix my swallowing by myself somehow. That's when I found out the solution. I needed to dip my chin lower a little bit when I swallow. Before, as I was chewing (mostly on rice), small particles would "fall" back into my throat area and slide into my nose since my chin was raised high. Why was it raised high? Several months ago I thought it would be a good idea not to look at the ground, because I thought others would interpret it as weakness/anxiety (silly, I know). So for all that time I lifted my chin up when I ate. Now to stop food going up my nose when chewing, I keep it level or lower my chin down.
That's pretty much it. For those who are going crazy and seem to not have any medical problems yet still have food going up, try lowering your chin a bit. That will stop any new food from going in. As for the old food already in your nose, take some boiled water, add salt, then quickly snort it down. You have to do rapid short bursts. You can't snort down the food like you blow your nose. It has to be a short, quick burst. If you have ever eaten snail, you know what to do. Sucking it hard and for a long time won't do anything. The key is short bursts, while limiting the air flow (pinch one nose close and the other partially shut) so that the pressure can increase. Similar to how when you put your finger in a hose it shoots out faster. I wish everyone luck!
I've had this happen for a year. I've had tension headaches, dizziness, increased heart rate, etc etc. because of it. I went to the ENT doctor. She offered surgery to expand my nose and all that stuff, saying it couldn't be food going up my nose that was causing the problem. I had a modified barium swallow and they couldn't replicate the food going up. My soft palate was shutting off my nasal passage when I swallowed. So what was it??? I had no medical problems that caused it. When my doctor couldn't figure out a solution, I knew I had to find some way to fix my swallowing by myself somehow. That's when I found out the solution. I needed to dip my chin lower a little bit when I swallow. Before, as I was chewing (mostly on rice), small particles would "fall" back into my throat area and slide into my nose since my chin was raised high. Why was it raised high? Several months ago I thought it would be a good idea not to look at the ground, because I thought others would interpret it as weakness/anxiety (silly, I know). So for all that time I lifted my chin up when I ate. Now to stop food going up my nose when chewing, I keep it level or lower my chin down.
That's pretty much it. For those who are going crazy and seem to not have any medical problems yet still have food going up, try lowering your chin a bit. That will stop any new food from going in. As for the old food already in your nose, take some boiled water, add salt, then quickly snort it down. You have to do rapid short bursts. You can't snort down the food like you blow your nose. It has to be a short, quick burst. If you have ever eaten snail, you know what to do. Sucking it hard and for a long time won't do anything. The key is short bursts, while limiting the air flow (pinch one nose close and the other partially shut) so that the pressure can increase. Similar to how when you put your finger in a hose it shoots out faster. I wish everyone luck!
Hello everyone
I am a medical doctor myself and have been facing this problem for the past 3-4 years. The food particles getting lodged behind the anterior pillar of my right tonsil and I have to manually remove it myself to get rid of the irritation & halitosis ( bad breath) associated with it.
I have visited the ENT and likewise he could not diagnose it.
I have looked into the medical literature & could not find anything significant.
What I could find out on self examination is that the anterior pillar of the tonsil on my right side was kind of collapsed and sticking to the tonsillar bed compared to the opposite side, and this served as a facilitated the lodgement of food particles in the tonsillar crypts.
All this started, from what I can remember after my wisdom tooth extraction on the same side.( minor surgical procedure as it had not erupted)
Damage to the nerves in this area and also maybe a small change in the anatomical architecture after the tooth extraction could have predisposed to this condition.
Tonsillectomy could be one option. I cannot think of any other permanent solution at present.
Gargling, Mouth washes and saline irrigation all provide temporary relief.
I haven't tested those breathing exercises yet.
Will update if I come across anything.
Regards to all.
I am a medical doctor myself and have been facing this problem for the past 3-4 years. The food particles getting lodged behind the anterior pillar of my right tonsil and I have to manually remove it myself to get rid of the irritation & halitosis ( bad breath) associated with it.
I have visited the ENT and likewise he could not diagnose it.
I have looked into the medical literature & could not find anything significant.
What I could find out on self examination is that the anterior pillar of the tonsil on my right side was kind of collapsed and sticking to the tonsillar bed compared to the opposite side, and this served as a facilitated the lodgement of food particles in the tonsillar crypts.
All this started, from what I can remember after my wisdom tooth extraction on the same side.( minor surgical procedure as it had not erupted)
Damage to the nerves in this area and also maybe a small change in the anatomical architecture after the tooth extraction could have predisposed to this condition.
Tonsillectomy could be one option. I cannot think of any other permanent solution at present.
Gargling, Mouth washes and saline irrigation all provide temporary relief.
I haven't tested those breathing exercises yet.
Will update if I come across anything.
Regards to all.
I have tried the water pik...but it doesn't have enough pressure in the stream and the little water tank doesn't hold enough water...i usually have to swallow the water every few seconds in order not to gag...
If it's food particles, then ACV should work. This happened to me one time that it just freaked me out. I almost took an anxiety pill as I have GERD and they prescribed it to me because I freak out bc I can't swallow or speak, it's like raw at my throat and I have to hold my chin down and breath through my nose. I wish I was dead sometimes because of how uncomfortable it can be to just breath (while having something stuck in the back of my throat). But my instinct was that if it was food, and since I have GERD I learned that ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar (Braggs with "the mother" in it) is a food enzyme and to take it because it will help break up the food that is sitting in the belly-this is called digesting I beleive. Meaning it will digest the food in the belly right? So I thought I'd try taking slow swallows to digest the food in my throat or wherever it's lodged. It works better than having to stay like that all day or night (If I'm not home to take some-but now I make sure and have some with me at ALL TIMES-and honey as well, for if my throat acts up). It is strong, so rather than take it full strength, I have found that 1 tablespoon to half a cup of water (non-fluoridated) works to swallow and let it "coat" my throat and "pick up" the food particles or vitamins and swoosh it down. But If ANYONE HAS SEEN a doctor, please reply here as well. Please please. It is uncomfortable. I too have large tonsils, and I'm 48yrs old.
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