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What Causes Feelings Of Throat Closing With Difficulty Breathing?

I am 34 years old. I've been diagnosed with WPW which is basically an extra electrical path in my heart. Anyway, sometimes I feel like my maybe throat is closing and have a little difficulty breathing. Especially after eating. I've had stress test and EKGs done and other than the WPW my heart seems to be okay. What could this be? I am 5'6" and weigh 165.
Fri, 25 Nov 2016
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Hello sir,
There may be cardiac or non cardiac reason for your symptoms.
1) Non cardiac reason - this is the most likely scenario. As you are stating that the symptoms appear after eating, it could be due to regururgutaion. Avoid binge eating, spicy foods and you can be prescribed a proton pump inhibitor like pantoprazole along with a prokinetic agent like domperidone if required.
2) There is a chance that a regular ECG isn't picking up some abnormalities, so if you want to be double sure, you can ask for hotter monitoring that basically tracks your ECG over 24 hours.
You can discuss the above options with your physician. Hope this helps you. Thanks for writing into healthcaremagic.
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What Causes Feelings Of Throat Closing With Difficulty Breathing?

Hello sir, There may be cardiac or non cardiac reason for your symptoms. 1) Non cardiac reason - this is the most likely scenario. As you are stating that the symptoms appear after eating, it could be due to regururgutaion. Avoid binge eating, spicy foods and you can be prescribed a proton pump inhibitor like pantoprazole along with a prokinetic agent like domperidone if required. 2) There is a chance that a regular ECG isn t picking up some abnormalities, so if you want to be double sure, you can ask for hotter monitoring that basically tracks your ECG over 24 hours. You can discuss the above options with your physician. Hope this helps you. Thanks for writing into healthcaremagic.