I decided to go have a nice steak for my birthday last year. After the first bite it was stuck. Unfortunately I didn’t know this at the moment and tried fighting the pain, uncomfort,lack of being able to eat or drink and the constant dry-heaving for 6 hours before I decided it was time for a ER trip. Once I arrived the doctor immediately asked me to drink some ginger ale. I took a big sip and this was the scariest moment of the night. It wouldn’t go down and I ended up feeling like I was choking and couldn’t breathe until I finally gagged it up. Finally an order was put in for me to get an endoscopy and the giant piece of steak was finally removed after 12 hours of pain.
We had a male fitness freak in NZ die of steaks and meats getting stuck when attending a barbecue. I’m 67 now and I’ve experienced things getting partially stuck. I’ve got to eat more slowly now and chew more than I use to. Can be a little scary. Normally I find milk helps to dislodge, water not as much. Cheers.
I have this problem. Steak and bread and pasta are triggers. It scares me so much. One time while on vacation in Mexico I was in the bathroom alone and thought I was going to die I had to force myself to throw up. Drinking fluids doesn't help. It's blocked so liquid won't go down. I have been dealing with this for almost 20 years.
My Dad had a piece of chicken stuck in his throat. He went to pizza ranch for lunch yesterday. He waited until 1 AM to go in. He couldnt even get a single drop of water down. He had to have surgery to remove it. The piece was rather large and located in the lower third of the esophagus. I swear this man has 9 lives.
Thank you for making these videos i was recently diagnosed with EOE and it was very frightening and caused a lot of anxiety. You're videos have helped me understand it and how to manage it as well as know what to bring up at my doctor visit
@@MarkCooperMD I had 3 food impactions in the past where I had to force the food out by making myself vomit it out since I was not able to drink water to wash it down. I just had an endoscopy done yesterday so just waiting on biopsy results. I'm glad I found your channel very informative
Thank you deep from my heart for this information. I live in Quebec, Canada, where health system is managed 100% by the government. Since december I have been trying to be checked and diagnosed for food getting stuck in my throat. Impossible to see a ENT in 3 full months and NOBODY has taken this 7 minutes of explaination to say that probably is not cancer and when it is the time to go to the ER.
To belch deliberately, you can manipulate your diaphragm to suck air into your stomach then ‘belch’ it out. If a clump of food is stuck in your esophagus, try to belch. When you do this, the first ‘sucking’ part of belching will feel blocked. Maintain that firm, steady ‘belch’ suction and the pressure from it should ‘pull down’ the food into your stomach.
Thank you so much you actually just saved my life I thought I was about to die from a watermelon price Gos Bless You(my heart is beating like crazy and my hands are shaking lol
Happens to me all the time, I chug water and it’s like a plugged toilet, but if I force enough in it painfully goes down. Sometimes though the water backs up to where I can’t breathe.
When I had dried chicken left over from my takeaway that I had last night it got stuck in my throat I tried everything coughing tapping my chest drinking water and nothing actually helped so I continued to choke until the food actually went down
You can also try belching. You know the first part where you suck air into your stomach for the belch? If you keep up that diaphragm suction gently and steadily, you’ll feel the food give way and it’ll go right down.
Thank you. I have been struggling with an impaction for nearly 2 hours. I could not drink, could not throw up past the pathway towards my lungs, I could not force water down, nor could I gulp down air into mg stomach. A little cola soda and it broke loose and went down. ❤
Thanks. That will work sometimes. If your symptoms were severe enough to get this far then you're likely to have recurrence of the problem. So better to see a GI doc and get scoped as a planned procedure than to wind up in the ER.
I had a piece of steak get stuck last night even with chewing it well. It took about 3 hours of retching and drinking coke to get it up. It can’t eat anything the next day because of severe pain in my throat and stomach even though I’m just trying to get some soft food and cereal. Feel like swelling with some cramps. I’m guessing it’s going to take some time for the irritation and inflammation to go down. My stomach is sore even when I’m not eating. Can’t get into see a GI for 2 months. Already lost 25 pounds. I’m just going to eat soup.
@@frankhunt5018 I had my esophagus dilated 2 months ago and the swallowing improved. There was still erosions even after the hiatal hernia repair. They put me on Prilosec. I’m starting to have spasms and tightness again although nothing has gotten stuck. Just pain and spasms. Unfortunately I’m having lower abdominal pain and diarrhea for last 6 weeks. I had c diff after the surgery and it might be back. They never tested me for it just gave me Flaygl. I could not finish it because it upset my stomach. Just had some stool tests and am scheduled for a CT scan after Christmas. I am allergic to the iodine dye so I am not looking forward to it. Seeing a new GI specialist. I able to eat but 10 minutes into eating the lower abdominal pain starts and lasts for about a hour. I hope they find a solution to this I’m a pretty frustrated.
I had a dilation done six months ago and unfortunately my symptoms have all returned. I have an appointment in a few weeks with a GI doctor. It looks like I will continue to need this done every few months for the rest of my life. The scar tissue will not stay open for long. Should I be getting steroid injections with it so I can be symptoms free longer? I seem to behaving pain in my upper throat and in the area just before it empties into the stomach. I’m worried all these dilatations will perforate my throat or my tiny stomach since I had to have most of it removed from severe gastroparesis and calcified food causing necrosis in my stomach wall 8 years ago. I’ve had diltations done for 30years because of scarring from acid reflux prior the surgery. I seem to need this done more frequently as I get older and I did have a hiatal hernia reoccur and had another repair almost a year ago. I had a very difficult time healing after a dilitation done about two years ago where the doctor was overly aggressive and caused quite a bit of bleeding. I had a very sore chest and painful swallowing for a month after and had to go to the ER after to see if it was perforated. It wasn’t but I was in a lot of pain. I get very anxious now because of that. I’ve changed GI doctors a few times now. Hopefully this one will be more careful.
This happens whenever I eat thick meat food. I try eating smaller bites, but still happens. I usually try to keep emergency water on hand ahead of the food and to follow the food after I eat it.
Try dry swallow a Zantac and waiting. For me, I literally felt the food drop from where it got stuck. Couldn’t even swallow spit without it building up at the blockage to the point where I’d have to force myself to vomit it up to relieve the pressure. It’s brutal.
So if i can drink water and eat food there isn't anything stuck? I swallowed a half of a cherry tomato last night and it has felt irritated ever since. I am also 8 months pregnant and have felt this sensation in the past. Just slightly irritated behind the breastbone
I'm not sure whether this is what I have, but it happens regularly, usually with corn chips and I don't usually take it to the ER. It usually occurs with the same types of food, mostly corn chips, tortillas, and strawberries for some reason. I usually get rid of it by just trying to throw a little up, then try to attempt a burping action until it clears up (hard to explain). I went to the doctor once for it (few years ago) and they just gave me some capsules/pills which I can't recall were effective. I still have no clue what it was, and it still happens but I handle it as I described. Hopefully it isn't cancer, and hopefully I don't get any tears or similar problems beyond the typical food blockage. If anyone can give me a word of advice, please do.
Currently have a piece of chicken stuck in my throat right now, got stuck about 6 hours ago from this comment, been drinking warm water and laying down, something similar happened to me about 1 year ago, and it lasted for a full day before it went down when I woke up that morning, I fear that this situation would last even longer, I’m not sure, anyone got tips, I can sip small bits of water, at a time, but if I chug it down the water just builds up and I gotta vomit it out should I do something different? Like possibly drinking soda or something, im not sure currently, cause I also fear it will just build up, but then as well I can just take sips of it, anyone have any recommendations to what I should do???
I have been having trouble breathing after eating for a long while. There is a wheeze and it feels similar to asthma. My doctor has said he believes it’s anxiety. B Now, I am having trouble swallowing food also.
Had a massive chunk of steak stuck in the lower part I believe. Thought I was having acid reflux at first but the pain was unbearable after a few hours of waiting for it to pass naturally I swallowed a table spoon of butter and let it sit ontop for about 10 min until I had to vomit it up then chugged a carbonated lemonade and imagined me swallowing something big and it went through YAYY ( I had no trouble breathing whilst it was stuck)
That’s good. Please see a GI doc and consider an egd with them. While it passed this time the fact something was stuck even temporarily suggests there’s something amiss in the esophagus. A good half the time or better we will find something that we can stretch open. It’s better to get it done in a controlled and scheduled procedure than to have to go to the ER at night should it not pass in the future. For now careful chewing and small bites should keep you out of trouble. Taking a PPI can also calm inflammation.
i would have died before going to the emergency if my brother hadn't got that piece of food out of me . i couldn't breath nor drink anything . (is that food impaction ?)
I ate a piece a small chocolate cake and it feels like the chocolate stuck in my throat wall and I try water warm water gargle it still feels weird every time I swallow I feel like chocolate is stuck on the wall of my esophagus .. i’ll try to eat a banana and see. If not I’ll go to the ER. Thank you for this video is very informative…
Today I had a turkey and cheese sandwich with lettuce,tomatoes and maynosine and honey mustard ; all of sudden i had a sensation that my food was stuck, i drank a rootbeer soda, it helped a little bit, but a lot of the sandwich came up. Was this food impaction?
@@vernonholliday8632As I’m getting older I’m finding chewing more slowly and thoroughly with smaller doses certainly 7:38 helps. Yes I’ve also had 1 or 2 scares, lol. Especially steaks, apples, peanuts and few other foods.
I've been dealing with this for 25 years now. I've been 3 times to the er to get the food out. Normally I just keep trying to swallow until it goes down. Sometimes it takes 12 hours to go down
If you have food stuck, then you drink some water, and it doesn't push the food down, and the water comes back up, can you choke/drown on the water? Or will your body just naturally cough out the water and you'll be okay?
Thanks for the reply. Is it safer to vomit the food up, or try and push it down? I feel like vomiting the food up will be less anxiety provoking, as I had a ‘drowning’ experience where I took a huge gulp of water to push it down, but it wouldn’t go down.
@@benjamesv if symptoms are this severe you would benefit from endoscopy and dilatation. It’s important to know why it’s happening and the endoscopy can be therapeutic too!
I need help, I have food stuck in my throat and I tried the coke method and it doesn’t work I tried getting a big gulp of water and swallowing it but it didn’t go down what do I do now?
@@sn1xq285 try a little bit of butter/oil. Also taking deep breaths/meditating and relaxing the whole body and not panicking helps, as when you panic it tenses up the body even more, a hot shower can help relax you. Waiting it out can help. If it’s suck for longer than 12 hours I would go to the emergency room so they can remove it as if it is stuck in there for a long time it can damage your food pipe.
hello i want to ask a question i have something stuck in my throught i vomited at nothing came up i dont understand what it is and its stuck in the left side of my throut i feel it everytime i eat or anything help
This is often a globus sensation. You irritated your throat and it becomes an itch you can’t scratch. Quite likely nothing is actually wrong. Depending on your age and other factors its worth a look to exclude the uncommon and provide reassurance.
Please 😢 answer I have feeling of something in my right side of throat aka feeding tube part but it gets worse if I eat maybe mentally based?@@MarkCooperMD
I took a pill the other day and it's been stuck in my throat ever since. At first it was in my throat area but now I feel it near my chest. I had really severe acid reflux and heart burn after eating last night (and today). I'm not even 100% sure it's the pill. It might be a tonsil stone that I accidentally swallowed a month ago. I feel like it's been stuck ever since I just didn't realize and now it's really bad
Things don’t really stay in the esophagus this long. So I doubt you have a tonsil stone from a month ago. A pill will dissolve. I’ve seen fibrous food sit around a week, but not a pill.
@@MarkCooperMD Appreciate your response!! well thankfully I didn't have any acid reflux or heartburn after eating last night so maybe it's dissolving! I still feel it there though
I decided to go have a nice steak for my birthday last year. After the first bite it was stuck. Unfortunately I didn’t know this at the moment and tried fighting the pain, uncomfort,lack of being able to eat or drink and the constant dry-heaving for 6 hours before I decided it was time for a ER trip. Once I arrived the doctor immediately asked me to drink some ginger ale. I took a big sip and this was the scariest moment of the night. It wouldn’t go down and I ended up feeling like I was choking and couldn’t breathe until I finally gagged it up. Finally an order was put in for me to get an endoscopy and the giant piece of steak was finally removed after 12 hours of pain.
We had a male fitness freak in NZ die of steaks and meats getting stuck when attending a barbecue. I’m 67 now and I’ve experienced things getting partially stuck. I’ve got to eat more slowly now and chew more than I use to. Can be a little scary. Normally I find milk helps to dislodge, water not as much.
Cheers.
Has it happened again to you. Can be scary I know.
Steak is the biggest trigger. Drinking anything when it's stuck feels like your drowning.
How did the ginger ale bring the food up?
I have this problem. Steak and bread and pasta are triggers. It scares me so much. One time while on vacation in Mexico I was in the bathroom alone and thought I was going to die I had to force myself to throw up. Drinking fluids doesn't help. It's blocked so liquid won't go down. I have been dealing with this for almost 20 years.
My Dad had a piece of chicken stuck in his throat. He went to pizza ranch for lunch yesterday. He waited until 1 AM to go in. He couldnt even get a single drop of water down. He had to have surgery to remove it. The piece was rather large and located in the lower third of the esophagus. I swear this man has 9 lives.
jesusss and im freaking out abt a pill that will dissolve 💀 im glad he's better
Thank you for making these videos i was recently diagnosed with EOE and it was very frightening and caused a lot of anxiety. You're videos have helped me understand it and how to manage it as well as know what to bring up at my doctor visit
Thanks I’m glad it has helped you prepare for your visits.
what did ur eoe feel like at the beginning and how did it evolve if u don't mind sharing
@@MarkCooperMD I had 3 food impactions in the past where I had to force the food out by making myself vomit it out since I was not able to drink water to wash it down.
I just had an endoscopy done yesterday so just waiting on biopsy results.
I'm glad I found your channel very informative
Thank you deep from my heart for this information. I live in Quebec, Canada, where health system is managed 100% by the government. Since december I have been trying to be checked and diagnosed for food getting stuck in my throat. Impossible to see a ENT in 3 full months and NOBODY has taken this 7 minutes of explaination to say that probably is not cancer and when it is the time to go to the ER.
If you’re getting food stuck you probably don’t need an ENT you need a GI. It’s important to get checked.
Thanks doctor. This has now happened to me twice. One ER visit to remove.
My hubby just had an episode of food impaction, thanks for sharing, he’s ok now after I listened to this video👍🏾
Excellent video. The best Ive seen on this topic
To belch deliberately, you can manipulate your diaphragm to suck air into your stomach then ‘belch’ it out. If a clump of food is stuck in your esophagus, try to belch. When you do this, the first ‘sucking’ part of belching will feel blocked. Maintain that firm, steady ‘belch’ suction and the pressure from it should ‘pull down’ the food into your stomach.
Did it work for you?
Thank you so much you actually just saved my life I thought I was about to die from a watermelon price Gos Bless You(my heart is beating like crazy and my hands are shaking lol
Peice not price
Happens to me all the time, I chug water and it’s like a plugged toilet, but if I force enough in it painfully goes down. Sometimes though the water backs up to where I can’t breathe.
When I had dried chicken left over from my takeaway that I had last night it got stuck in my throat I tried everything coughing tapping my chest drinking water and nothing actually helped so I continued to choke until the food actually went down
You can also try belching. You know the first part where you suck air into your stomach for the belch? If you keep up that diaphragm suction gently and steadily, you’ll feel the food give way and it’ll go right down.
Thank you so much for this video, it helped me relax and not be so afraid.
I'm so glad!
Thank you. I have been struggling with an impaction for nearly 2 hours. I could not drink, could not throw up past the pathway towards my lungs, I could not force water down, nor could I gulp down air into mg stomach. A little cola soda and it broke loose and went down. ❤
Thanks. That will work sometimes. If your symptoms were severe enough to get this far then you're likely to have recurrence of the problem. So better to see a GI doc and get scoped as a planned procedure than to wind up in the ER.
I had a piece of steak get stuck last night even with chewing it well. It took about 3 hours of retching and drinking coke to get it up. It can’t eat anything the next day because of severe pain in my throat and stomach even though I’m just trying to get some soft food and cereal. Feel like swelling with some cramps. I’m guessing it’s going to take some time for the irritation and inflammation to go down. My stomach is sore even when I’m not eating. Can’t get into see a GI for 2 months. Already lost 25 pounds. I’m just going to eat soup.
Can you please give us an update on your condition?
@@frankhunt5018 I had my esophagus dilated 2 months ago and the swallowing improved. There was still erosions even after the hiatal hernia repair. They put me on Prilosec. I’m starting to have spasms and tightness again although nothing has gotten stuck. Just pain and spasms. Unfortunately I’m having lower abdominal pain and diarrhea for last 6 weeks. I had c diff after the surgery and it might be back. They never tested me for it just gave me Flaygl. I could not finish it because it upset my stomach. Just had some stool tests and am scheduled for a CT scan after Christmas. I am allergic to the iodine dye so I am not looking forward to it. Seeing a new GI specialist. I able to eat but 10 minutes into eating the lower abdominal pain starts and lasts for about a hour. I hope they find a solution to this I’m a pretty frustrated.
😢❤Oh, dear 😢How are you doing now? Are you feeling better?
I had to have another dilatation done. I also had some erosions. I can swallow better now.
I had a dilation done six months ago and unfortunately my symptoms have all returned. I have an appointment in a few weeks with a GI doctor. It looks like I will continue to need this done every few months for the rest of my life. The scar tissue will not stay open for long. Should I be getting steroid injections with it so I can be symptoms free longer? I seem to behaving pain in my upper throat and in the area just before it empties into the stomach. I’m worried all these dilatations will perforate my throat or my tiny stomach since I had to have most of it removed from severe gastroparesis and calcified food causing necrosis in my stomach wall 8 years ago. I’ve had diltations done for 30years because of scarring from acid reflux prior the surgery. I seem to need this done more frequently as I get older and I did have a hiatal hernia reoccur and had another repair almost a year ago. I had a very difficult time healing after a dilitation done about two years ago where the doctor was overly aggressive and caused quite a bit of bleeding. I had a very sore chest and painful swallowing for a month after and had to go to the ER after to see if it was perforated. It wasn’t but I was in a lot of pain. I get very anxious now because of that. I’ve changed GI doctors a few times now. Hopefully this one will be more careful.
Thanks. Not wanting to go for help. But guess I have to. 50 hours into this.
Fizzy drink helped me. Got dam steak and alkohol.
This happens whenever I eat thick meat food. I try eating smaller bites, but still happens. I usually try to keep emergency water on hand ahead of the food and to follow the food after I eat it.
Try dry swallow a Zantac and waiting. For me, I literally felt the food drop from where it got stuck. Couldn’t even swallow spit without it building up at the blockage to the point where I’d have to force myself to vomit it up to relieve the pressure. It’s brutal.
So if i can drink water and eat food there isn't anything stuck? I swallowed a half of a cherry tomato last night and it has felt irritated ever since. I am also 8 months pregnant and have felt this sensation in the past. Just slightly irritated behind the breastbone
I'm not sure whether this is what I have, but it happens regularly, usually with corn chips and I don't usually take it to the ER. It usually occurs with the same types of food, mostly corn chips, tortillas, and strawberries for some reason. I usually get rid of it by just trying to throw a little up, then try to attempt a burping action until it clears up (hard to explain). I went to the doctor once for it (few years ago) and they just gave me some capsules/pills which I can't recall were effective. I still have no clue what it was, and it still happens but I handle it as I described. Hopefully it isn't cancer, and hopefully I don't get any tears or similar problems beyond the typical food blockage. If anyone can give me a word of advice, please do.
Can you have a dialation when you have a esophageal motilty disorder with a nissen fundleplacation?
Currently have a piece of chicken stuck in my throat right now, got stuck about 6 hours ago from this comment, been drinking warm water and laying down, something similar happened to me about 1 year ago, and it lasted for a full day before it went down when I woke up that morning, I fear that this situation would last even longer, I’m not sure, anyone got tips, I can sip small bits of water, at a time, but if I chug it down the water just builds up and I gotta vomit it out should I do something different? Like possibly drinking soda or something, im not sure currently, cause I also fear it will just build up, but then as well I can just take sips of it, anyone have any recommendations to what I should do???
Thank you.
I have a gum boil. So I couldn't chew my food properly so i think thats what caused my food to get stuck 7:51 7:51
I have been having trouble breathing after eating for a long while. There is a wheeze and it feels similar to asthma.
My doctor has said he believes it’s anxiety. B
Now, I am having trouble swallowing food also.
How Are You Are You Ok Now
@@Thesafespaceofficial it is still happening every now and then. They believe it could be MCAS related
@@Mrs.Milkins23 Don't Worry You Will Be Fine Soon Best Wishes!!
No it's most likely oesophagus problems
Had a massive chunk of steak stuck in the lower part I believe. Thought I was having acid reflux at first but the pain was unbearable after a few hours of waiting for it to pass naturally I swallowed a table spoon of butter and let it sit ontop for about 10 min until I had to vomit it up then chugged a carbonated lemonade and imagined me swallowing something big and it went through YAYY ( I had no trouble breathing whilst it was stuck)
That’s good. Please see a GI doc and consider an egd with them. While it passed this time the fact something was stuck even temporarily suggests there’s something amiss in the esophagus. A good half the time or better we will find something that we can stretch open. It’s better to get it done in a controlled and scheduled procedure than to have to go to the ER at night should it not pass in the future. For now careful chewing and small bites should keep you out of trouble. Taking a PPI can also calm inflammation.
i would have died before going to the emergency if my brother hadn't got that piece of food out of me .
i couldn't breath nor drink anything . (is that food impaction ?)
I know what is is and why. Just need to know why.
I ate a piece a small chocolate cake and it feels like the chocolate stuck in my throat wall and I try water warm water gargle it still feels weird every time I swallow I feel like chocolate is stuck on the wall of my esophagus .. i’ll try to eat a banana and see. If not I’ll go to the ER. Thank you for this video is very informative…
This happens to me sometimes. If you drink a carbonated drink, usually it works.
I’ve got to be careful with apples and steaks. Got to chew more carefully and in smaller cuts.
Yes
Today I had a turkey and cheese sandwich with lettuce,tomatoes and maynosine and honey mustard ; all of sudden i had a sensation that my food was stuck, i drank a rootbeer soda, it helped a little bit, but a lot of the sandwich came up. Was this food impaction?
Sounds like it was darn close.
@@MarkCooperMD is it whole food or food not properly chewed? Can induce vomiting help with this?
@@vernonholliday8632As I’m getting older I’m finding chewing more slowly and thoroughly with smaller doses certainly 7:38 helps. Yes I’ve also had 1 or 2 scares, lol. Especially steaks, apples, peanuts and few other foods.
I've been dealing with this for 25 years now. I've been 3 times to the er to get the food out. Normally I just keep trying to swallow until it goes down. Sometimes it takes 12 hours to go down
its been 3 hours i dont wanna goto the er dont have insurance
please go to the ER
it sounds terrifying
It is
If you have food stuck, then you drink some water, and it doesn't push the food down, and the water comes back up, can you choke/drown on the water? Or will your body just naturally cough out the water and you'll be okay?
You will usually protect your airway as long as you’re awake. So while very unpleasant feeling you would not drown but spit the water out.
Thanks for the reply. Is it safer to vomit the food up, or try and push it down? I feel like vomiting the food up will be less anxiety provoking, as I had a ‘drowning’ experience where I took a huge gulp of water to push it down, but it wouldn’t go down.
@@benjamesv if symptoms are this severe you would benefit from endoscopy and dilatation. It’s important to know why it’s happening and the endoscopy can be therapeutic too!
I need help, I have food stuck in my throat and I tried the coke method and it doesn’t work I tried getting a big gulp of water and swallowing it but it didn’t go down what do I do now?
@@sn1xq285 try a little bit of butter/oil. Also taking deep breaths/meditating and relaxing the whole body and not panicking helps, as when you panic it tenses up the body even more, a hot shower can help relax you. Waiting it out can help. If it’s suck for longer than 12 hours I would go to the emergency room so they can remove it as if it is stuck in there for a long time it can damage your food pipe.
Happened at school and my mouth filled with saliva, and I tried to hold it in, and all I'll say is I failed
hello i want to ask a question i have something stuck in my throught i vomited at nothing came up i dont understand what it is and its stuck in the left side of my throut i feel it everytime i eat or anything help
This is often a globus sensation. You irritated your throat and it becomes an itch you can’t scratch. Quite likely nothing is actually wrong. Depending on your age and other factors its worth a look to exclude the uncommon and provide reassurance.
How long does it take for this to go away? I swallowed a large piece of garlic
Please 😢 answer I have feeling of something in my right side of throat aka feeding tube part but it gets worse if I eat maybe mentally based?@@MarkCooperMD
Food bolus Im-pac-pac
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I took a pill the other day and it's been stuck in my throat ever since. At first it was in my throat area but now I feel it near my chest. I had really severe acid reflux and heart burn after eating last night (and today).
I'm not even 100% sure it's the pill. It might be a tonsil stone that I accidentally swallowed a month ago. I feel like it's been stuck ever since I just didn't realize and now it's really bad
Things don’t really stay in the esophagus this long. So I doubt you have a tonsil stone from a month ago. A pill will dissolve. I’ve seen fibrous food sit around a week, but not a pill.
@@MarkCooperMD
Appreciate your response!!
well thankfully I didn't have any acid reflux or heartburn after eating last night so maybe it's dissolving! I still feel it there though