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My 6 year old daughter has an extreme gag reflex when she smells strong aromas like coffee, yogurt or milk, sometimes causing her to vomit. She does not eat yogurt or drink cow's milk...she has never tolerated cow's milk from infancy when she drank soy milk after being weaned. At her last dental appointment I was told that she has some acid erosion on her molers. Her gagging seems to increase when in a stressful situation, like when we are eating outside of our home, at home we let her eat in another room (usually at breakfast). Her condition seems to be escalating and I'm very worried about how to handle this, as she has already vomited at school while eating in the cafeteria, they do allow her to change seats if something someone is eating is effecting her. Her dentist seems to think she should just be sure to rinse her mouth out when she gets a "bad taste" in her mouth and that we should not think about medication for the reflux at this time, but I'm getting worried about how this will effect her psychologically as well. I'm planning to discuss this with her pediatrician shortly, but I'm trying to get as much info as I can before discussing it with him. Can you offer some advice?
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I was recently dignosed with GERD. My only symptom I had going to see a ENT Doctor was that I felt something stuck in my throat. After a quick look through the microscopic camera placed into my nose it was determined by my Doctor that nothing was in my throat appeared abnormally and no foreign bodies present. I still feel the sensation of an object in my throat. I have taken the throat problem extremely serious, I quit smoking cigarettes a week ago when this began ( 1-2 packs a day for 14 years). I have cut soft drinks out of my daily routine. I usually drank 12-15 cans of soda per day. My issue is that I still feel something caught in my throat. What to do?
Is your GERD being treated? I know that some people can have spasms in their esophagus from GERD and some say that it makes it feel as if there is food caught.
These article might explain it better:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/esophageal-spasms/DS00763/DSECTION=symptoms
http://www.peacehealth.org/KBASE/topic/special/ut1638spec/sec1.htm
You may want to speak with a GI about the problem. There are treatments available and I am sure the "stuck in the throat" feeling is less then comfortable to say the least!
Hope this helps!
I experienced the same sensation when I was pregnant. It felt awful! My mom researched it online and I think she said it was called "plum pit throat" or something like that. Basically the article said it was usually caused by stress or too much dairy. I was having a VERY stressful pregnancy and there wasn't much i could do about that. But I did cut way back on dairy and it went away. So you could try that as well. But I defenitely recommend (as an RN) that you stick with your smoking cessation plan and kick the soda habit. There is so much phosphorus in soda and it actually pulls calcium out of your bones. Drinking that much soda a day has probably really put you at risk for osteoporosis...so if I were you I'd start taking a calcium replacement STAT!
Hope you feel better soon!