Tight throat?

[mrandrew9922]

Hi, i am 16 this year.
I have been having this "tight throat" feeling halfway eating meals for past few weeks and this few days it happens after meals, before meals and most of the time. It feels like sort of awkward when i look down and the "tightness" is at the bottom of the throat.
Any ideas what is it and could it be related to alcohol allergy ? I had a few slips of alcohol before this happen with mouth ulcer. Had allergic rashes while consuming alcohol before. Not sure if i have alcohol allergy.
Do tell me if there is any remedy for the tight throat, it feels very uncomfortable, tried warm water and stuffs.
Thanks alot.

[mrandrew9922]

I do feel sour thing coming up at times but it is not that common for me.
I think i will give it one more day then i will see the doctor, thanks alot.

[LazyMoose]

First you have to understand if you have it or not - so you need to read up on the internet.

In bad cases it will come up your throat sometimes at night - it will burn the top of your throat but not necessarily the bottom part. The throat tightening with gerd is the body's natural defense to stop the acid from going up - get it now? So does 'stuff' come up now and then?

Do you eat a lot of spicy food? - you will notice gerd then. Lots of carbs, pizza all the time, bad diet in general, Hard booze will bring it on too. Look we were all 16, Im not going to preach but messing with alcohol just to get messed up is not worth it.

Alka selzer, rolaid, tums - they work minimally, not really at all for gerd.

There are special meds for gerd, you may have heard of Prilosec, its right on the shelf and for gerd. But its a bandaid not to be taken all the time - it has long term side effects, hard on the pancreas.

My gerd was from a combination of the modern day American diet (unhealthy eating) and a symptom of Hypo Thyriod disease that I take a better med for now. I eat better, more veggies, less grease. I rarely get gerd the last year.

You realy need to see a doctor If you cant tell if you have gerd or not. Its pretty common but not with teens. Like I metioned there is a gerd forum on medhelp, but I know a lot from dealing with it.

[mrandrew9922]

Okay. Thanks alot !
How do you get rid of your gerd ?

[LazyMoose]

With Acid reflux (GERD) , your throat can tighten up, hard to breath and swallow sometimes. Go to the gerd forum, called acid reflux? Look for it, and post there. With gerd you dont always feel pain (called heart burn - stupid name for it) in your lower throat / chest.

Thyroid disease can also give you the tight throat feel. I know I have both, but my gerd is mostly gone.

Sorry , dont have time for details at the moment.