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A member asked:

Why does it feel like my adams apple is swollen?

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Dr. Alexander Gorup answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Hard to say: You should see a doctor, but sounds like a possible thyroid issue. Less likely something involving the cartilage in that area. Get this checked out.

Dr Pack and 4 doctors agreed

Answered 7/4/2018

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I have a visible swollen adams apple, and the throat feels like its moved to the right side. When I eat after sometime the food comes back up and if feels like the water goes to the left side of the stomach. keep on burping. Small pain?

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My throat is very sore. Its lower down so I think in my trachea... Feels like there is a spiked metal ball in there. My tonsils are not swollen. Just above where the adams apple is, more to the left side. (Im a female, 27 years old.)?

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I have a pea sized bump that moves above my adams apple about an inch away from the center of my adams apple. I thought it maybe a swollen lymph node?

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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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Woke up with issue swollen throat around adams apple. Visible from mirror. Golf ball size. No pain. Slight abnorm feeling in throat. Hosp? Y/n?

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