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A member asked:

Is it natural to have a sort of split down your adams apple, or is there something wrong with me?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Normal: This is perfectly normal and no need for any concern.

Answered 11/12/2020

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Thyroid notch: Everybody has one. Shapes and sizes vary considerably. If yours is a little bigger than the next person's, lucky you!

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/16/2020

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I felt pressure in my throat and pressed down on it slightly with my fingers. I heard a crackling sound and my adams apple moved.. What happened?

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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 have a small hard round lump in front of neck. Could it just be my adams apple? I am a female. Also it moves up and down when i swallow

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Have redness up both sides of my neck,in front, on the out side. But still regular skin tone down the middle where adams apple and down pipe is.The redness does not itch at all, but I feel tightning in my lower throut where my thyroid would be?

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Hello, I've had a swollen feeling in my throat down below my adams apple but actually in my throat, I have to clear my throat way more than normal, i?

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