Question:
And just when you thought you were alone with your problem.
Last Thursday night, I yawned und boom there it was. The worst pain in my throat. I knew I had a cramp, but unlike cramps in my legs, I had no clue how to get rid of this one. I could not talk nor could I swallow, and I was scared to death. I woke up my husband, who I think was even more scared than I was, cause he thought I had a stroke.
He took me to the hospital. I took a full 2 hours for this cramp to ease up and my voice to return.It was very scary, that's for sure. It is now Monday and I am still hurting a lot in my throught especially when I swallow, but what really has me buffaloed, ever since this happended my blood pressure is sky high, and nobody seems to know why.
So I am getting an appointment today, to get some blood work done.
Oh by-the-way, in the hospital they told me that this is most likely from dehydration. So now I'm drinking lots of water every day.
Answer:
Oh, thank goodness... other people with this problem!
My story is that a few weeks ago, I was at Starbucks with my husband sipping on a peppermint mocha. We had a nice time, and came out to the car. I put my seatbelt on, zipped up my coat, yawned and tried to say something to him... and BAM. The feeling was akin to a vise grip around the throat, or, more accurately, a charlie horse wrapping around the underside of my chin and throat. It was the scariest feeling I've ever felt. I could barely breath and every movement of my body made it feel like the muscles in my throat were going to tear. I grabbed my husband's arm and whispered "stop the car". My whole face tensed up (I know I was making a weird face but I couldn't control it). Tears started streaming out of my eyes -- I'm not sure if that was part of it or if I was just so scared that I was crying-- and I could NOT speak out load. I just sat there in terror clenching his arm for what seemed like forEVER... but really was probably about a minute and a half. He asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital and I said no (no insurance). We waited in the car for ten minutes until the pain died down enough to let me breathe and speak. It took a long time for me to be able to stretch my neck/chin up and down. I tried to keep stretching so it wouldn't cramp up again. For the next three days, I had a terribly sore throat... I've had strep a few times and it felt exactly like that, except no mucus or fever.
It's been a few weeks, and the right side of my throat, sort of on the "adam's apple" area, is still very sore. Every so often I'll move my head a certain way and I feel it pop. When I press on it pretty hard I can feel a lump-- not sure if that's my gland, a tense muscle or what.
Now normally I'd be at the doctor in a heartbeat but I have no insurance and no money to pay for testing or anything.
I'm really worried.
Those of you who've gone to the doctor or had blood work... PLEASE follow up here and tell us what you found out... I'd like to have a vague idea of what to expect.
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Something similar happens to me. The first time was about 5 years ago, and was triggered by yawning with my head in a funny position. The cramp always just to the right of my asophogus in the front.
No one I know has ever heard of this happening. I went to the Instacare and they just gave me a shot of painkillers and a couple of muscle relaxers. Really the only thing that helped was the passage of time. Every time i swallowed it felt like i was getting stabbed in the throat. It lasted for approximately 6 hours. It has happened to that extent about 5 times since then. Each time lasting several hours. Eventually if i hold absolutely still and remain calm for long enough it will just switch off, exactly like a cramp in your leg, and is only a bit sore afterwards.
Unfortunately lately i have been experiencing something related. Every few nights when i lay down to go to sleep i can't relax my throat and each time i get close to falling asleep, i feel it tense up, and a shock wave of fear goes through my body and jerks me back to consciousness. I have tried drinking large amounts of water, stretching, rubbing, different pillows, different sleeping positions, hot presses, and nothing helps. It goes on for hours like this, being jolted every time i am near to sleep. I don't have insurance right now so i can't get any kind of prescription, and mostly the doctors don't seem to know what causes this...
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How to get rid of throat cramps:
Fill a 16 oz/500ml water bottle with room temperature water. Tilt your head up as far as you comfortably can. Drink the water in good sized swallows (not too small, not too big, just normal sized swallows) without stopping until you feel the "cramp" subside. It should take about 5 to 7 swallows. Repeat every time you get the cramp. If you have some type of cold, flu, or sore throat it could cause your throat to "cramp" up more often. Or it could just be that you opened your mouth when you were cold, drank something very cold, swallowed too much food or drink, or even just stretched the muscles in that area at the wrong time. For the most part it is not dangerous and it is quite common.
Hope this helped.
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Hi,
I was searching for someone that had this issue also. I've called it muscle spasm and have noted it feels like a cramp. My pain occurs at various parts of my throat and has occurred for the last 2 months (off and on). Today, I've noticed it has lingered on the left side for 2 days. I took my blood pressure in Target Tuesday and it said I was prehypertension. Also, I don't know how this happened. I am scared but want to understand what is wrong before I visit a doctor who I believe may tell me they can't find anything.
For the person getting a blood test, please share your results.