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Home » Blog » Feels Like a Hair in My Throat – Why it Happens?
Ever experienced the nagging feeling of a hair-like object stuck in your throat ?
Tried swallowing and coughing and it still won’t go away? You’re not alone.
Many people complain on a regular basis about a feeling of something stuck in their throat.( 1 )
If the feeling of hair in your throat won’t go away, the sensation might result from one of the following causes.
It could be the case that you have actually swallowed something.
This could have been something you ate or any number of airborne particles, including the hair from your cat or dog. While the irritant won’t necessarily cause any structural damage to your throat, there are a number of steps you can take to help relieve the irritation.
While the object may become naturally dislodged over time, a number of home remedies might ease the hair or other particles out.( 2 )
Eating a number of bananas (at least two or three) can often smoothly cleanse your throat of stuck particles. Swallowing a mouthful of french fries, too, can help you dislodge a hair from your throat.
Other options include drinking a warm liquid, gargling with warm water, or brushing your tongue.( 3 )
Once dislodged, your stomach acids should make short work of the pesky intruder, sending it out with the rest of the waste the next morning.
If the object remains in your throat, seek medical attention. Consult an ENT surgeon, who may be able to discover the exact etiology of this feeling of irritation.
Sometimes the sensation of feeling hair in your throat can be caused when you don’t chew something all the way and something sharp brushes up against the wall of your throat.
If this occurs, the wound should naturally heal on its own. If the unusual sensation persists, investigate other possible causes.
Sometimes you might have this feeling in your throat because you have caught a cold, developed an upper-respiratory infection, caught the flu, or have developed some other type of infection in your throat.
According to WebMd , common viral infections include : ( 4 )
Another cause could be a bacterial infection, such as:
» Infection of tissue near the tonsils
» A sexually transmitted disease (STD) such as gonorrhea or chlamydia.
Acid reflux disease, also known as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ( GERD ), happens when the contents of your stomach leak upwards into your esophagus.
This can produce a number of weird feelings in your throat, including heartburn or the feeling of hair.
Normally, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) prevents food from returning back up from the stomach into the esophagus, but sometimes this doesn’t close all the way, causing symptoms like heartburn, a feeling that food is stuck, or nausea after eating.
You can treat acid reflux disease yourself by a number of different strategies : ( 5 )
» Avoid caffeine, including coffee, soda, and tea
» Avoid high-acid foods, like lemons, limes, and pineapples.
» Stop smoking. If you have trouble quitting, talk to your doctor.
A number of over the counter treatments exist to reduce the amount of acid in your stomach. These can be taken after meals, but have a short term effect.
The side effects of such medicine (diarrhea or constipation) may not be worth the slight amount of comfort.
You might also try some of the following tips:
» Drinking plenty of water when taking medicine.
Besides these things that you can do yourself, if your problem continues, talk to your pharmacist, doctor, or nurse about pursuing other options.
Your feeling might also be caused by the opposite problem, something dripping into your esophagus.
Post-nasal drip, also known as post nasal drip syndrome ( PNDS ) or upper airway cough syndrome (UACS), involves mucus from your nose dripping down into your throat. If you have allergies, this might be the cause of the uncanny sensation of hair in the back of your throat.
For Postnasal drip syndrome, doctors recommend taking an antihistamine.( 6 ) Antihistamines are commonly used to treat allergies and can often reduce these symptoms. If your allergies continue, you might consider seeing an allergy specialist.
Allergies are best handled by controlling your environment, making sure that you don’t come into contact with the offensive allergen.
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology , some common sources of allergies can be:( 7 )
» Dust Mites: If you keep your mattresses and pillows covered with zippered “allergy-impermeable” covers and sheets (available at your local linens retailer), you can significantly reduce the amount of dust mites in your linens. You should also clean your bedding regularly using hot water and keep your home at half humidity. Keeping carpets and upholstery clean can also keep the dust mites away.
» Pets and other animals: If your pets shed during the summer, keep your house clean of fur by regularly dusting and cleaning.
» Tobacco smoke: smoking greatly increases the effect of allergies. Talk to your doctor if you are having trouble quitting.
If your allergies persist, talk to an allergist or immunologist to find the precise cause of your allergies.
The unusual sensation in your throat might also be caused by food allergies.
Some common food allergies include:( 8 )
» Shellfish (shrimp, lobster, crab, etc.)
If you find this uncanny feeling in your throat after eating nuts or seafood, you might be experiencing a minor food allergy. Avoid such foods in the future.
This persistent scratching of hair in your throat might be annoying, but there are plenty of steps you can take for pain relief.
Given the variety of possible causes, keep experimenting with different methods to see if it’s something unusual in your throat, a scratch to the lining of your throat, acid reflux, allergies, or post-nasal drip. Pay attention to the circumstances of this scratchy feeling.
Is the feeling constant, or does it only occur during certain parts of the day?
If constant, there might be something in your throat causing the sensation, either a lodged object or a scratch to the lining.
Does it occur alongside other allergy symptoms?
Do you experience it around furry animals?
Do your experience it after eating nuts or other common allergy imposing food items?
If so, you might simply be having allergies. On the other hand, if you feel it after eating high-acid foods or drinking coffee, you might have acid reflux disease.
Most of the time, you won’t need to consult a doctor when feeling discomfort in the back of your throat.( 9 )
You should, however, seek medical attention in the following circumstances:
» If the feeling lasts longer than a week.
» If you develop a fever of over 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 degrees Celsius).
» If you experience difficulty taking breaths.
» If you detect a rash on your body.
» If you discover a lump in your throat.
» If you experience a hoarseness or loss of voice that lasts longer than two weeks.
Another thing to do would be to try to visually inspect your throat. If you find any lumps or discoloration, consult your doctor immediately.
Still have that feeling of a hair in your throat?
We have looked at some of the major causes for this commonly described itchy feeling. As we have seen, this can be caused by something in your throat, a scratch on the lining of your throat, acid reflux disease, post nasal drip, or allergies.
If you experience this unusual feeling, take these steps:
» Try to remove the object from your throat
» Wait to see if the feeling persists or develops into an infection, such as a cold.
» If infrequent, pay attention to the relevant environmental and dietary factors to determine if acid reflux or post-nasal drip.
» If symptoms persist, please consult your primary care provider immediately.
(1)http://ehealthforum.com/health/topic97283.html
(2)http://www.simple-remedies.com/home-remedies/hair-stuck-in-throat-how-to-remove.html
(3)https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-remove-hair-from-your-throat
(4)http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/tc/sore-throat-topic-overview
(5)https://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v108/n3/full/ajg2012444a.html
(6)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3345522/
(7)https://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/library/at-a-glance/prevention-of-allergies-and-asthma-in-children
(8)http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/food-allergy/symptoms-causes/dxc-20317255
(9)http://www.healthline.com/health/sore-throat#causes3

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By melanie123 | 88 posts, last post over a year ago

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Hair In The Mouth

I feel like im always feeling hair in the back of my throat? What the heck is this?

Yeah, me too. It makes me want to cough. I'm wondering if it is related to dust or mold. Too bad no one is replying to you.

i got that feeling of a hair on the back of my tongue also and i feel i little bump on the base of my tongue at the back it doesnt hurt its just annoying , and i have a feeling in my throat no pain as well what is it ?

Do you have a cat...? It might be a hairball, my husband used to get them.

do you smoke??? When I used to smoke menthyl cigarettes I would get that same feeling.

Hi, I'm having such nagging nebulous feeling too. I worsens when I get stressed and feels somewhat better when I wake up from a long sleep. I'm not sick but it feels like a burnish feeling at the back of my tongue...and down into my through. It's really disturbing and any medical suggection will help. Howbeit, the last time I visited the Doctor on this, he said there's nothing...but it's really worrisome and hampers my academic productivity. I opted not to see the Doctor any longer cos I continually get charged for the consultation.....even though I wasn't provided with solution....Its just crazy!!!

Interesting. I was around a couple cats over the weekend and I'm not usually around cats because they make me sneeze. I wonder if that's what is causing this for me.

Seriously? Never heard of a human getting a hair ball.

me neither . But my friend has the same problem :(

Isn't it interesting that people have described this feeling as a 'hair' at the back of the throat. I am a nurse and I had the same feeling for 2 weeks. I gargled I coughed I ate rough food and drank thickened fluids, but I still had this feeling. What is a recurrent suggestion is osesophageal reflux (heart burn, acid sitting on the chest) and I am someone who never normally suffers from it but I actually had one bout of it after a particularly stressful time and then I suddenly got this feeling in my throat. I had a dry barking cough but it started to get a little sore. THEN one morning I turned over in bed and suddenly felt something drop into my mouth from the back, so instead of swallowing I went directly to the bathroom and coughed and out came a small lump which looked a bit like a small lump of porridge!! It was clearly lodged behind the arch at the back of my throat where the uvula is (small dangly skin at the back of the throat). I don't think it was a 'stone' because there is no signs of changes in the surface of my mouth. Therefore, it can simply be something which has lodged in a place you cannot see or something has scratched the surface of your throat through the acid reflux. I'd suggest mouth washes, ant acids, gargling, anaesthetic mouth spray to numb the sore area and coughing to remove the particle (if one) and if it doesnt go within 2 weeks you need to be referred to an ENT specialist.

I found out of my doctor that I am illergic to the antibiotic that I was taking. So check with doc cause if on any sort of tablet it can be that.

me to get it all the time and feel like i cant breath x

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