I ve had an upper respiratory infection the past 3 weeks, on antibiotics and steroids for it, but last night my windpipe has been incredibly sore. I feel a lot of clicking and crackling in my throat when breathing, and the only way to alleviate the pain is to give a huge yawn with my tongue out to stretch it out. This takes the pain away, but as soon as I swallow again, the pain and clicking returns. My neck is very stiff because of this too. Any ideas what this could be?