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What To Do If A Sliver Get Stuck In Throat?
I ate almonds yesterday and feel that a sliver is stuck where my tonsils used to be. Today my throat is very soar and when I swallow I feel a sharp pain on my right side. Near where my tonsils used to be. I often get food stuck there and have to drink a lot or cough it out, but never had a sliver stuck.
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
Try eating few bananas first so if a sliver is there it would go into your stomach. Plus sometimes the sliver could have already home down but it might have made an ulcer there and that's why you still feel that its stuck on your tonsils. You'll feel better within 3 to 4 days as it would heal by itself. I would recomend you a Lignocaine mouthwash and lidocam tablets for pain. And also you should go for an endoscopy to keep yourself at the safer side.
- Dr Gunjan
- Dr Gunjan
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