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Suggest Treatment For Hollow Feeling In Chest And Lump In The Throat

I have a strange hollow sensation in my chest. It comes and goes with no other real significant symptoms. My mother has GERD and I think I might, too. I run a lot, don t smoke, drink coffee, am stressed and anxious quite often. I think if it were a heart attack, I d be dead by now, because this hollow sensation has come and gone for years in varying intensities. Sometimes I feel like I ve got a lump in my throat.
posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2014
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Hi! thanks for writing to us and for giving us another opportunity to discuss upon ' hollow feeling in chest and lump in the throat!'

Well, this is a very common feeling that we see in the following patients:

1. globus : there is nothing in the throat; the patient needs psychiatric assessment

2. GERD as associated with gastric acidity, smoking, stress, drinks and over-eating etc

3. infections in the esophagus like candidiasis etc

4. tumor in the region only in 1% cases

Therefore, you need to see a gastroenterologist for an assessment and if necessary endoscopy and then see a psychiatrist if everything is normal and symptoms are not relieving after taking antacids/anti-ulcer drugs and prokinetics...

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Suggest Treatment For Hollow Feeling In Chest And Lump In The Throat

Hi! thanks for writing to us and for giving us another opportunity to discuss upon hollow feeling in chest and lump in the throat! Well, this is a very common feeling that we see in the following patients: 1. globus : there is nothing in the throat; the patient needs psychiatric assessment 2. GERD as associated with gastric acidity, smoking, stress, drinks and over-eating etc 3. infections in the esophagus like candidiasis etc 4. tumor in the region only in 1% cases Therefore, you need to see a gastroenterologist for an assessment and if necessary endoscopy and then see a psychiatrist if everything is normal and symptoms are not relieving after taking antacids/anti-ulcer drugs and prokinetics... regards!