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Throat tightness
Throat tightness is a sensation that the throat space is narrower or smaller than usual. This can be due to inflammation or swelling of the throat, such as in allergic reactions.
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Throat tightness ?
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What can I do to stop constant throat tightness?
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Throat tightness, burning and painful. What can I do?
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What causes chest and throat tightness and pressure?
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Could throat tightness be from seasonal allergies?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can seasonal allergies cause a feeling of throat tightness?
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A 47-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a herniated disc cause throat tightness?
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A 45-year old asked:
Having lump in throat or throat tightness sensation (not in the heart) sometimes in P.E. at school. What might be causing it?
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A 32-year old asked:
Sore throat with throat tightness but no cough or flu. Bronchitis?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Is chest and throat tightness normal in third trimester? Could it be something to worry about?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Stuffy head and throat tightness (feel as if a hand is on my throat) since kast night, is this aller?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Throat tightness, more important at night (difficulty to breath). Several months. Exams normal, except lingual tonsil bigger than expected. ?
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A member asked:
Mild throat tightness (feels like hand laying across throat) (breathing fine) since last night, what could be cause. Is this seasonal allergy?
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A 33-year old asked:
What illness do i have, symptoms: stomach pain near upper belly especially in morning & dinner , throat tightness?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Swollen lips,wheeze, cough, tightness in throat, tightness in chest are all present during my kids MONTH on TOBI (tobramycin). I wear N95 1 hr & HEPAbut still sx.
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A 28-year old asked:
3dys ago red rash both shoulder joints hot to touch shiny & tight fever nausea lightheadedness fatigue sore throat tightness in chest short of breathe?
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A 39-year old asked:
Sore throat, tight chest, cough?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Throat tight several days. Acid reflux mostly in the morning but some in day. No pain. hard to swallow. White tongue. Lite sneeze . What? How to stop?
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A 45-year old female asked:
16 year old daughter has crohn's and is starting Nexium (esomeprazole) for a sore throat and tightness when breathing. How long will she need to take this?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can it be an allergic reaction if throat is tight 15 minutes after eating panicking made it worse but after relaxing tightness went away???
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A 46-year old male asked:
Dry intermittent cough for 3 weeks with throat and chest tightness. I do not smoke. Not an issue when working out or sleeping. Starts a couple hours after waking up. Can PND cause all of this?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I cant smoke cigarettes but not weed but When I smoke weed what's that lump in my throat and the tightness coming from i can't breathe will it go away?
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A 33-year old asked:
After eating throat pain and tightness and also stomach pain. What can I do?
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A 46-year old asked:
Tightness in throat, difficulty speaking, numb feeling. 59?
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A 46-year old asked:
Do allergies cause tightness in throat and chest?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I've been on Viibryd (vilazodone hydrochloride) 20 mg for 3 mos, started having tightness in throat, should I increase to 40mg?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can vocal cord dysfunction be worse in cold temperatures? I get tightness in throat when I walk lately. It does not respond to asthma inhalers.
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A 31-year old female asked:
During contractions with my first child i experianced tightness from throat to pelvis. Im 18 weeks now and randomly feel this sinsation is it normal?
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