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A member asked:
I'm curious what could happen if you push on your adams apple too hard?
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Probably nothing but: Truly excessive force on the larynx (Adam's apple) can result in bruising or fracture of the laryngeal cartilage. This is usually from blunt force trauma. In severe cases, swelling or bleeding in the airway can result for which one should seek emergency treatment. With severe trauma laryngotracheal separation may occur where the voicebox disconnects from the windpipe resulting in asphyxiation.
Answered 6/3/2015
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Throat hurts (not sore throat). slightly push the Adams apple area (but I'm female) I get pain in the back of my neck. Presure when holding head down?
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I have a very small (It's not visible, you have to push down a bit to feel it) lump on the left side of my windpipe below my adams apple. Causes?
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I see the lumps of my Adams apple getting closer to each other. Sometimes hard to breath and hard to sollow plus when i breath i hear veezy + pain
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