Undergoing a strong psycho-emotional stress, a person runs the risk of making unpleasant "nerve lumps." The reason for this phenomenon is psycho-emotional factors - overwork, great stress, family disorder. Often such troubles are complained by people who survived a difficult divorce or the death of their loved ones. A person has a small lump in his throat, it is difficult to breathe and swallow. It is difficult for patients with such symptoms to swallow saliva; they often complain of burning, tickling, suffocation, sore or sore throat. Many of the patients are terribly afraid of the occurrence of a cancerous tumor, they have a sensation of a foreign body in the airways. Fear of death, fear of suffocation and the appearance of some dangerous disease are constant companions of such "nerve lumps." Sometimes such fear spills over into a serious illness - carcinophobia, in which a person is obsessed with fear of a dangerous disease.
However, this phenomenon may have a completely different character. If you have a lump in your throat, it’s hard to breathe - check your thyroid gland. Its increase usually contributes to the compression of the organs of the neck. A possible cause of an unpleasant lump may be chronic pharyngitis, vegetative-vascular dystonia, osteochondrosis, an upset esophagus, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The cervical spine is the thinnest and most mobile. As a result of excess bone growth, osteochondrosis occurs on the surfaces of the vertebrae, which compresses the roots of nerve endings, causing a lump in the throat, and a sore throat.
Impaired adaptation of the nervous system to new climatic and social conditions causes vegetative-vascular dystonia. Specialists call it a disease of modern people. One of the many symptoms of this disease is a lump in the throat, it is difficult to breathe.
The sensation of a “lump” may be a side effect of the medication. Most often, these are antihistamines, drugs for depression and high blood pressure. Often the cause of this phenomenon is hidden in excess weight, a hiatal hernia, a recent cold or cough.
If you find it difficult to breathe, a lump in the throat makes swallowing difficult - do not try to do self-diagnosis, consult a doctor immediately. You should check your thyroid first. The doctor can easily feel and ultrasound, confirming or refuting the diagnosis. Vertebrologist will be able to identify osteochondrosis. An ENT doctor will help cure chronic pharyngitis. If none of these doctors has announced the exact diagnosis, visit your gastroenterologist. But if you suspect that a lump in the throat is caused by psycho-emotional factors - consult a neuropsychiatrist: he will prescribe you tranquilizers - special sedative drugs, and spa treatment.
Vegetative-vascular dystonia requires a comprehensive treatment, which is prescribed taking into account the causes of this disease.
In some cases, due to excess weight, there may be a lump in the throat, and breathing is difficult. When losing weight, these symptoms disappear without a trace.
A lump in the throat sometimes occurs as a result of the development of cancer. This important symptom cannot be ignored. In rare cases, a “lump” reports overwork and goes away without any treatment after some time. But sometimes this striking symptom indicates a serious dangerous disease and requires immediate medical attention.
Attention to your body is the main principle of people who care about their own health. Outwardly, a completely innocent symptom sometimes turns into a serious pathology. Knowing what such a strange phenomenon as a lump in the throat testifies to, you can turn to the right doctor in time.