instruction: hello doctor feeling of something stuck in the throat that comes and goes it is mostly there all the time but sometimes it will go away it actually feels more like that flap in my throat is twisted or I am swallowing it or something I had a scope down by a gi last week and they said they only thing they found was a hiatal hernia I just did a barium swallow test today waiting for the results a few weeks ago I had a swallow study done and they could see somewhere food was catching there on my epiglottis I just do not know how much more of this I can take I feel like it is a hairball or something stuck there or like a small flap or skin my question is would not gi doctor have seen it if that little flap in my throat or epiglottis or it was messed up or swollen or something
output: hi the feeling of something stuck in the throat is usually due to gastric acid reflux causing pharyngeal irritation gastroenterologist will definitely see the epiglottis but it is not the pathology the regurgitation of swallow can be seen only on swallow studies that tell functional problems endoscopic examination can tell anatomical causes hiatal hernia is a cause for it even your swallow study is suggestive of this you should take some antacid regularly but the best solution for this is surgical correction this can be done laparoscopically too I hope this helps