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Is It Normal To Feel Wheezing When I Put Pressure On Trachea?
Question: I have had a feeling of something stuck in my throat for a few months now. The feeling is low down in the hollow of my throat just above my collar bone. I feel like it is just to the right of centre. I had a consult with an ENT who looked down my throat with a scope. He said there was nothing there and this may Globus Hystericus. No other symptoms and the ENT said CT not required because the scope would be the best identifier of anything causing this sentation. What I have noticed (and this might be normal and I have never noticed before) is that when I push on the trachea at this point just right of centre(hollow just above collar bone) I can feel wheezing like it is constricting the airway by pushing. Is this normal for everyone when they push hard on this spot?
Brief Answer:
Wheeze is ok
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Anytime the airway is reduced the air has less space to pass through.
It's like a air passing through the tube.
This causes the whistling kind of sound which in human body is recognised as wheeze.
So it's normal because when you pressential trachea you are effectively reducin the space.
however if you have wheeze normally on lungs it may be asthma and that causes similar throat compression like feeling. Meet a pulmonologist to conform the wheeze.
Best of luck. Dr Mittal
Wheeze is ok
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Anytime the airway is reduced the air has less space to pass through.
It's like a air passing through the tube.
This causes the whistling kind of sound which in human body is recognised as wheeze.
So it's normal because when you pressential trachea you are effectively reducin the space.
however if you have wheeze normally on lungs it may be asthma and that causes similar throat compression like feeling. Meet a pulmonologist to conform the wheeze.
Best of luck. Dr Mittal
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