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What Causes Heaviness And Choking In The Throat After Smoking?

why does my throat always feel heavy, its been a year and it feels like someone is choking my throat on the levt side only the right is fine and everytime i smoke or after i smoke or think about smoking and sometimes not even smoking it just feels heavy?
Mon, 15 Jun 2015
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern.


Thanks for your query . The most probable reason for your symptoms is acidic reflux disease (GERD ) or gastrointestinal reflux disease. Smoking you mention in query may aggravate the condition but may not causing these entire symptoms.

This condition occur due to regurgitation of acidic content of stomach back into esophagus , Which produce symptoms like irritation in throat , nausea and dry cough.

I would suggest you to not to take heavy and spicy meals, eat atleast 1 hour before going to sleep, take small meals and avoid smoking .

I condition still persist then consult gastroenterologist for proper examination . Doctor may perorm endoscopy and prescribe antacid like gelusil , H2 blockers (ranitidin)and and proton pump inhibitor to reduce acid content .

Also consult pulmonologist to rule out respiratory problems .


Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Msheshwari
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What Causes Heaviness And Choking In The Throat After Smoking?

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. Thanks for your query . The most probable reason for your symptoms is acidic reflux disease (GERD ) or gastrointestinal reflux disease. Smoking you mention in query may aggravate the condition but may not causing these entire symptoms. This condition occur due to regurgitation of acidic content of stomach back into esophagus , Which produce symptoms like irritation in throat , nausea and dry cough. I would suggest you to not to take heavy and spicy meals, eat atleast 1 hour before going to sleep, take small meals and avoid smoking . I condition still persist then consult gastroenterologist for proper examination . Doctor may perorm endoscopy and prescribe antacid like gelusil , H2 blockers (ranitidin)and and proton pump inhibitor to reduce acid content . Also consult pulmonologist to rule out respiratory problems . Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Msheshwari