Can the epiglottis cause a sore throat and does it block my son's airway ?

Hi, For several months now I have been getting all manner of food caught in the pocket below my tongue and epiglottis. I have not changed any of my swallowing habits and I am very healthy, but this is scary and extremely uncomfortable. I ve had 3 ER visits to dislodge food caught there when it won t pass on its own, which is usually after hours. Any suggestions for treatment or what might be causing my sudden swallowing problems?

Hi, Our 9 year old granddaughter has had 5 ER visits and was flown to Anchorage. She is now home but… This started about a month ago, their whole family had a doctor’s visit all having strep throat. The morning of the visit she started having a small whistle noise when breathing although she showed no distress of not getting enough air. But by the time she reached the doctor’s office it was getting worse. The doctors did a quick check and said she needed to go to the ER. At the hospital she was in full Stridor, they gave a breathing treatment and took x-rays. The x-ray showed an hour glass shape of her airway with swelling around the airway. Epiglottis looked fine they said. She spent the night in the hospital given antibiotics, doc said tonsillitis . Within the next 7 days she had a total of 4 ER visits and 3 nights in the hospital. Steroids and breathing treatments did seem to help. She was treated for croup. Day 8 she had a follow up doc appointment aDoes nd at that she had a full blown attack. Very bad Stridor, could not get enough air but always o2 was at 100%. She was sent to anchorage there they ran tests checked her throat and said it was vocal cord dysfunction, although the test was not done during an attack.. We have been trying to learn how to breathing differently. But now the attacks are different, they are more like charley horse cramping in the throat, spasms that last about a minute quit a minute and go on for an hour to an hour and a half. Very painful for her. Also we have to watch that her does not panic and hyperventilate. From our reach it feels like there is more than one thing going on, Does this charley horse spasms sound like it is vocal cord dysfunction?

Hi, I am a 28 year old male with no other health problems and a history of good health. I do not smoke. For about 4 months I have been having strange throat sensations - initially these were a feeling of something stuck in my throat. This feeling stopped and, for about the last month, I have just had a feeling of pressure on my adams apple and glands. As a result of these feelings (particularly when I initially felt something was stuck), I have often been coughing and aggresively clearing my throat, trying to cough up whatever it is that is stuck in my throat (which is probably nothing). The last couple of days, the feeling of something stuck in my throat has returned. Is it possible that I have damaged my epiglottis with all this coughing and that this is now what I am feeling. Is it possible for the epiglottis to not open again after swallowing (therfore blocking the airway itself)? Thank you for your time

The past three weeks i have a dry mouth and throat and feeling like food keeps getting stuck now it feels like i just have something stuck at the back of my throat. I went to the dr on thursday and she remarked my throat looked red and sent me for...

I have a couple questions all based on the description below of my current state of health and the symptoms I'm seeing: General Health: I am a white male, a month shy of 48, 5'10.5" tall, and weigh around 275lbs. I am a software engineer and spend...

I have a couple questions all based on the description below of my current state of health and the symptoms I'm seeing: General Health: I am a white male, a month shy of 48, 5'10.5" tall, and weigh around 275lbs. I am a software engineer and spend...