How can one get over the lump type of feel in throat?-Dr. Satish Babu K

The causes are mainly emotional stress or acid reflux. So if you control these two effectively, then definitely this lump or symptoms of lump in the throat will disappear quickly. Controlling the emotional stresses are in our hands whereas if there is significant acidity, then we can definitely take the help of medicine. Some simple medicine like omeprazole or pantaprazole can be used regularly for upto 4 to 6 weeks we give. Along with reducing the spice content, the masala content in your food and making sure that your food habits are regular. Consuming a lot of liquids in general will again help. Curd is one of our prime antiacidic measures where it is the best naturally occurring neutralizer for the acid in the stomach. So if you are able to consume a lot of curd, in any form, then it is definitely beneficial. Making sure that you eat on time so that the acid that is produced during three the bulk meal times is effectively neutralized and it doesn’t come into the chest causing the lump sensation in the throat and not thinking about it and not looking for the symptom. Not thinking about it or not looking for the symptom like generally when we have a lump sensation in the throat, we tend to swallow our own saliva regularly to see if that sensation is still persisting. That actually worsens the situation. Along with that when you are swallowing empty, just the saliva, you are going to take in a lot of air along with it which will bloat the stomach eventually resulting in acidity and when the gas that you have swallowed comes out, like in the form of burp, it tends to carry a bit of acid with it again causing the acid into the food pipe, again worsening the symptom. So please do not look for the symptom, just ignore it. Try to swallow without any food material in the mouth, then these symptoms can be reduced effectively.