I have a health concern.

Akasha

For the past year, I always had phlegm in my throat despite that I do not have any colds. I also feel it firmly lodged in the back of my throat. Sometimes, I feel a rumbling in my chest. I worry that it's a heart problem but I do not feel breathless and neither does my heart palpitate after the spasm has subsided. The feeling is that I have a large amount of phlegm or something else lodged in my bronchial area. This causes that spasms I have mentioned in my chest area, leading to my throat. I'm worried about this and I do not know what this could mean. I can't get the phlegm out no matter how hard I hack it out. Please enlighten me about it.

batang uliran

I've seen some patients with this particular problem and to be honest, it could mean many things. It is difficult to assess something like this online but Ic an give you a few tips. Obviously, the remedy will depend on the cause.

If it is phlegm or mucus, then you will need a decongestant (eg. Neozep or sinutab or sudafed) and depending on other features, a nasal steroid spray (if nasal congestion is a problem as well) or an antihistaminic if you have multiple allergies.

The other things it could be range from a spine from a fish at the back of your throat (treated of course by removal), some other foregn body that may have been lodged there - eg. peanuts, small plastic toy, rosary bead (I'm trying to be creative here), or an infection or a tumor (I threw this in for completion's sake but if you are a young, healthy person, it's probably not this).

My suggestion is to try the measures I listed above and assume this is phlegm. If things don't get better in 1 to 2 weeks then I suggest seeing an ENT to take a look down there to make sure nothing more serious is going on.