A member asked:

Hello, doctor. i was eating sunflower about a week ago. i think it stuck there, i've been feeling something there while swallowing, it still continues?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Seek help: If that sensation persists through continued eating and drinking, you should seek an evaluation. You may have damaged some of the tissue in the back of your throat/food pipe or have some sunflower seeds stuck or even a diverticulum(pouch) around the top of your food pipe(esophagus). If you start having problems swallowing particularly your secretions, you should seek help more urgently.

Answered 8/13/2014

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Go to doctor: I would go to a gastroenterologist. They can visualize the site where the seed is stuck and can extract it and or give you medications to relieve the symptoms

Answered 9/28/2016

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