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Food Stuck Between Epiglottis And Tongue

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Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

I have a tiny moveable bump center of base if tongue, rubs on epiglottis when swallowing, it is moveable, just below,epiglottis ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta MD

is it normal for me to see my 3 year old son's epiglottis when he sticks his tongue out really far and goes "ahhh"? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ivan Romic MD

Age : 35 Gender : Male Medical History : None I have sore on the flap of the tongue (at back). I found its called epiglottis . Is it a serious situation? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivan Romic ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Indu Kumar MD

FDG avid subtle centimetric soft tissue nodular thickening involving base of tongue on left side, left paraphyngeal wall and adjacent epiglottis (left half) and bilateral cervical node in view of above ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh MD

I am concerned about a bump the size of a pea on my epiglottis cartilage that is flesh colored behind tongue facing out. Also a white flat patch with red in it underneath tonsil . Both are painless ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh ( ENT Specialist)

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Dr. Satvinder Bakshi MD

hi,im 20 yrs old female,i just wanna know why my epiglottis shown when i extend my tongue its bother me a lot,,before im not experiencing this when i look in the mirror and look my tongue i didnt see ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Satvinder Bakshi ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

When I open my mouth wide, and stick my tongue out somewhat far, I see a weird flap in the back I assume to be my epiglottis. Frequently, I get an odd feeling in my throat which makes me gag, feel ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Dipti Singh MD

Do I have Halitosis? I feel my epiglottis collecting food sediment and growing them snowballing until big (3mm) and then releasing bits of light beige matter that I can put on my tongue or swallow and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dipti Singh ( Dentist)
Dr. Digant Sharma MD

Hi, i found something behind my tongue, m not sure whether it is a circumvallate papillae or something else. i can feel it behind the tongue near epiglottis. I feel that something is there. is it ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Digant Sharma ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

I am a 29yr old male and I my epiglottis is so long it gets irritated when I cough, swallow, or eat. I then manouvered it around to see it and it is al long as my tongue is in my mouth. It was not ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)