Globus - foreign body in throat

[Tilly2019]

Hello all

I wondered if any of you have been diagnosed with globus. If so, :

-Do any of you experience it as a sharp, pricking foreign body sensation and NOT a lump (like you're going to cry)?

-Get throat pain and burning sensations as well as the pricking/stabbing?

-Feel like something is moving around your throat/oesophagus which moves when you eat and drink

I ask because I swallowed a fishbone a few months ago and have been really ill ever since (temperature, not feeling right, chest pain etc) and feel as though it's been stuck in my throat and oesophagus. They've done all the tests and diagnosed it as globus however everything I've read says globus is a lump in the throat, not a pricking sensation.

This experience combined with my anxiety means I feel like I am being slowly tortured and I cannot concentrate on anything. I feel like the doctors have missed something as I don't understand how I can be having a temperature, burning neck and oesophagus, pain when swallowing and a pricking sensation when there is nothing there.

All of this has had a terrible affect on my (already poor) mental health and I am a walking wreck. I started sertraline this morning. Thank you for your help x

[Tilly2019]

Anyone? I'm going out of my mind

[Hidden in reply to Tilly2019]

Tilly...if the doctors have checked you out, you have to let yourself believe what they say. Don’t forget that our mind is a very strong thing and it can make you feel things that aren’t there. The lump for example...there isn’t actually anything in your throat, just a feeling put there by your overly anxious mind. I know how hard it can be because I live with health anxiety. You’ve taken the first step by getting checked out and starting medication. You’re on the right track!!

[Tilly2019 in reply to Hidden]

I just can’t convince myself it’s not really there. Before Christmas I had air under my ribs and cracking when I was breathing. I wheeze when it falls down my oesophagus. When I make myself sick it seems to get stuck on something at the top of my oesophagus and makes a barking noise when I cough. I still have a temperature. With all these things I just really struggle to convince myself that the doctors are right 😞☹️have seen them make too many mistakes with loved ones too.

I think that’s why I asked about whether anyone has had a sharp Globus sensation like a fish bone, so that I can start to try n convince myself. I feel like I’ve gone mad xx

[pl728 in reply to Tilly2019]

I have, quite literally, the SAME EXACT SITUATION as you right now. Please tell me you found a solution 😞

[Tilly2019]

Thank you for your support x

[Hidden in reply to Tilly2019]

You’re welcome. I know how hard it can be. I’ve really struggled with health anxiety. I can tell you (as I’m sure you know) that seeking reassurance just prolongs the cycle of anxiety. I hope you find some relief. If you aren’t in therapy I would say that talking with someone helps me tremendously!! Hang in there.

[summerimissyou]

Hi tily,

I cannot believe how much our stories look alike. On August 2019 I went to greece to see my family and sat with my family and ate fish. a fishbone was stuck in my throat for days but I did not go to the doctor thinking that it went away. Since then I have the same symptoms with you. I feel a sharp sensation after almost a year all the time. The doctors did x-ray, ct scan, esophagoscopy, bronchoscopy, barium swallow exam and nothing. The doctor's diagnosis was that I have globus sensation but I never believed them I was convinced that the fishbone has penetrated my throat tissue. I still do not believe them. The moment I am writing you I feel the fishbone like sensation in my throat. The only hting I have found it helps me is to concentrate to other things and when I do I forget about it. I will also try massaging my neck as there are some swallowing excercises for the globus sensation that could help. Nothing has worked so far for me better than convinsing myself that it is my imagination and nothing is there. Even when I think like that I still feel the sensation sometimes which I could live with as it is not something I would die of but sometimes it drives me crazy. This is a late post I would love to hear how you are doing and let you know that by doing some research there are many people that have this diagnosis but I resonate with you of all of them as we have the exact same story.

[pl728 in reply to summerimissyou]

Did you manage to fix it? Im going through the same exact thing right now. =(