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Could I possibly get throat cancer?
I've been having acid reflux since October 2013, the symptom was constantly clearing my throat. Yes the doctor said I had GERD. I've been on medication for about six months I wasn't on medication before. I still constantly clear my throat but I don't get those kind of stuff where people like throw up and get bad heart burn. It's now mostly just my voice changing and constantly clearing my throat . Could this be throat cancer? Could my acid reflux cause throat cancer? I'm 18 6"1 300im trying to lose weight noW
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- Anonymous5 years ago
I'm not really having too many more symptoms other than what I mentioned earlier. My glands seem slightly tender on that side, but I don't think that they're swollen. I don't have a fever or anything, and I'm pretty sure that I don't really have any symptoms related to thyroid issues. That's why I'm so concerned since I don't really have any symptoms besides the throat pain, and the white spot with redness around it. I thought maybe that I scratched it, but it's not really getting all that much better or less swollen on that side.
- cantilena91Lv 76 years ago
Most likely NOT a cancer, but the acidic stomach contents do cause an awful lot of burning and irritation on the very delicate mucous membranes of your larynx, causing the lump-in-a-throat feeling and urgency to clear the throat all the time.
You need to get your GERD under control and well medicated, also, a collaboration between your GERD doctor and an ear-nose-throat specialist is VERY important.
Source(s): a student of speech-language-voice therapy