Scratched Throat?

[Scarlett]

Each time I eat chips it feels like one is stuck in my throat. When I swallow, I get a sharp sensation in my throat, but it's only painful when I swallow. Could it be that a sharp chip (I eat them around once a fortnight) is scratching my throat in the same place each time, or could it be something else?

[bednobs]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Question1196067.html
perhaps you should stop eating chips?

[Scarlett]

Ha- sorry Bednobs, I didn't realise I had already posted about that the last time I had chips (DECEMBER!).

[bednobs]

i didn't mean you shouldn't post again - it's obv still a problem. I just remembered seeing it before :)

[AlwaysConfused]

Sounds uncomfortable. Maybe you are eating them whilst they are too hot?

[Scarlett]

I wonder if it might be linked to my hiatus hernia/acid reflux. chips were fairly cold! But may have had sharp edges!

[Sqad]

Not enough information.......
Any earache or voice change?
For how long has "chips" caused this "scratching?"

\\\ Could it be that a sharp chip (I eat them around once a fortnight) is scratching my throat in the same place each time, or could it be something else?\\

Unlikely....but it "could be something else."

See your GP.

[Scarlett]

Sqad- no earache. Voice has got gravelly, but that is I think to do with the hiatus hernia which I have had for several years. I am on 40mg Omeprazole a day but I wonder if the potato causes more acid problems than other foods? I noticed scratching only after eating either chips or crisps, about 4 times over the past year. After eating some, perhaps 2/3rds of the way through, it feels like something is stuck in my throat- hurts only on swallowing. Sometimes more severe than others. Seems to be a sharp crisp or chip and takes a couple of days to go back to normal. Last night I also had hiatus hernia type symptoms- gravelly throat, tense jaw that I cannot relax, "tired" voice and grinding teeth. That's why I thought it may be acid linked rather than just a scratchy chip!

[Sqad]

No....I don't like the acid regurgitation theory............as yet.

See you GP and get referred to someone who can "look down" your throat.....not just at the back of it.

[Scarlett]

Frozen gal- I have chips very rarely! About once a month if that. But yes I will be avoiding them now, and thanks Sqad I will see my GP too.