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Anyone know anything about noses?

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ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 27/06/2013 17:34

I think I might need to go on embarrassing bodies! Grin

When I eat pieces of food get stuck up my nose.

I eat normally through my mouth and chew as normal and maybe two or three times a week a piece of food somehow manages to shoot up the back of my nose from inside my throat, iykwim. Sometimes it's a pea or a piece of sweetcorn or a piece of mince.

It really hurts, my eyes water, I cough and splutter and have to spend about ten minutes trying different combinations of snorts and coughs to try and remove it.

What is wrong with me?

I mentioned it to the GP about 8-10 years ago and he laughed, looked in my throat with a torch and said it all looked normal.

Should I go back?

It's really embarrassing if it happens when we're eating out and it really does cause me some discomfort. Does this happen to anyone else?

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AndIFeedEmGunpowder · 27/06/2013 21:55

This happened to me once with spaghetti. Luckily no one witnessed it except DSis, she was like your GP and laughed callously.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 27/06/2013 22:26

i don't mind if it's spaghetti, that's smooth but when it's small things it really hurts Sad Blush

rice is the worst culprit.

have a got some weird floppy throat thing?

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BoreOfWhabylon · 27/06/2013 22:32

Since it's a recurring problem I think it would be worth going back to your GP and asking for an ENT referral. They will be able to have a good look at the back of your throat (where it joins with the back of the nose) to see what is going on.

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