Question: My symptoms started with a strange feeling between two of my ribs on the right side, about mid-breast bone (right near the breast bone). It started as a feeling that something was in my lungs like mucus when you're sick, and if you were to cough, it would clear it out. I then noticed a few swollen lymph nodes on the back of my neck. This was in Febuary 2012. The pain would sometimes radiate to my right shoulder and be a sort of an ache. About a month after this, I started to feel a sensation of something on in the right side of my throat. It wasn't constant, but if I pushed a little on the point of pain in my chest, I could recreate the sensation in my throat. Now that it's August, I believe that I have a swollen tonsil on my right side and the throat sensation is a little more pronounced with a burning sensation occasionally. The doctors did a chest xray and chest CT scan, both of which came back normal. They also did blood work that all came back normal as well. I should mention that I take Nexium, so I don't believe it to be acid reflux related. I also smoked cigarettes for about 10 years, recently quit. I am a 29 year old Male.
I also forgot to mention, the lymph nodes under my right arm seem to hurt when the area in my chest is acting up. This is the rarer of all symptoms, but it does happen.