Food going up nasal cavity

[mich018]

The other week I was eating some cake and somehow some of it went up my nose.  I eventually got it down after snorting and blowing my nose.  I didnt think too much of it until this week when the same thing happened again except I couldnt get the food down.   The problem is now whenever I eat all my food keeps getting caught in my nasal cavity.  My left nostril feels rather weird where it joins the bak of my throught, it feels like there is   some sort of gap which wont close.  Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening or what can be causing it?  It's quite distressing and making it very awkward to eat solids.

Thanks

[winsome435]

I have the same thing whenever I eat I get the feeling of food, I know its food sometimes its spicy and I can feel it and my eyes tear and I have to snort and try to pull it up from the back of my throat.  I sound so yucky as well.  I do not like how it feels. I always have something in the back of my throat of in my nasal cavity.  I am afraid to eat sometimes.

[winsome435]

What do I do regarding this episode that is happening to me. I get food in my nasal cavity.  It is very frustrating   to feel food there and can't get it down or up.  I even inhale warm water in my nostrils, and try to drain it back out but I have to wait for maybe some days before it comes back with mucus.  Yucky, I am not smelling it as yet like the others but I know maybe sooner or later I will be.  I am scared to eat food now.  

[vanillabean444]

I have this too but it comes out relativly fast for me (well I think most of it) I am scarred it is going to cause some kind of cancer or somthing, having food rotting in your nasal cavity.

[marcirlanda]

Guys, I go the same problem. I thought I was the only one on earth. It happens to me mostly when I eat rice. Later in the day a small piece of rice might appear in my mucos. It's tolerable in the summer, but in the winter it nearly always triggers a nasal infection, which really gets infected badly with brown thick mucos. I was thinking maybe I have an air pocket or polyp in that area. Even without the food going up the back of the throat, i sometimes get a similar feeling when I have hay fever, inhale chemicals or irritants. Maybe there is a connection with nasal rhinitis, which I also have.

[julez80]

Also having the same problem, it started about 2 weeks ago and now happens every single time i eat.....am going to see a doctor about it but would be good to know the outcome of anyone who has had this diagnosed.

[Jadxia]

I have a similar problem, also when I eat rice or other soft foods.  I'll swallow normally, but some will get stuck in my sinuses (I've even blown it out of my nose before).  Using a saline neti-pot or sinus rinse (I use Neilmed) has helped alot, but I'm wondering if this could be related to my neuralgia.