What is up with my throat?

Im 13?! What's wrong with my throat/neck?!!?

• Okay well this is how the story goes, im going to the doctor more often than usual these couple of months like every month starting january! ive beem getting sick more often and im freaking out!! the recent appointment with my doc which was for my complaining of me burping, nausea, regurtation. she said i had a a bit of acid reflux and anxiety. she saw a rash then did a strep test which came back as positive incidentally?!? which is weird because i didnt even come for a sore throat. Anyways i took my antibiotics and bla bla. so i took blood tests and urinalysis and im pretty healthy in blood wise but came back with a uti BLLLAA. okay a couple of days having strep, HERES WERE MY THROAT/NECK STORY BEGINS, i started gettiing this pain located around the center of the neck. it really is bothering me and as been happening for about 2 weeks! when i push and put pressure on the area it relates to the pain a little. now im having weird breathing problems ( not all the time) like my nose and throat feels pressure! also, when i burp, yawn, sometimes swallow it makes the breathing more pressured,Like right at this moment when i breathe my throat feels weird. but i JUST WANT THE POSSIBILITIES ON WHATS HAPPENING! sometimes when i try seeing if its do to mucus my throat burns like crazy. ITS LIKE WHEN I BREATHE THE end of the tube is infected,its more pressure to breathe, BUT i do know my anxiety is making it worsed. BUT I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.WHAT IS I HAVE epiglottis , OR MENINGITIS, OR INFECTION OF TUBE ? :( i know im soon making an appointment to see the doc. so no need for the comments! when i breathe my nose and throat feels weird like theres something stuck in my throat and presuring my nose. HELP ME. im going to go crazy if i dont find out. i want your opinions. my anxiety is seriously taking over me:( im online all day searching my symptoms, and im only a 13 year old girl. Its like ive changed. when i was little i was never this worried about everything. whatever is happening to me is affecting my social life, i dont go out as often. its goes from headache one week, then neck pain, then fever. I dont want to live my teenage year like this:( but i do know theres something wrong with my neck throat and nose for sure! can you guys help me out and give me some possibilities on what it could be? Thank you guys for reading this long story. I appreciate you taking your time ! (:

• Answer:

  Usually, I would have ignored this post until four days had gone by, and if there were a couple of answers, I would have gone on to another. But since I just recently answered a similar one, I'll go ahead and respond to yours as well because you seem so anxious. Well, even though you've said quite a bit, there is this distance issue, and so I'll just have to guess, but the first thing that comes to mind, as a massage therapist, is Sternocleidomastoid Syndrome. The Sternocleidomastoid Muscle goes from behind the ear down to the collarbone and sternum, and can cause problems in multiple locations. First site shows its location, and a small number of symptom sites. Notice the yellow markers in the side view, at the throat. But pay attention to all the other symptoms it can cause, even dizziness and vertigo, and that site shows the "short list" But ignore the instructions for doing a stretch, they are incomplete. Second site gives more details, and essentially shows you why I think you should be aware of this condition, with its wide range of symptoms. Read it well, look up anything you don't recognize. I'd like to think I've given you better direction in your Google searches. Especially with this site information including the reminder "The throat referral is a commonly overlooked cause of sore throat, often mistaken for pharyngitis. The patient will often feel a fullness in the throat, especially upon swallowing, which feels like a partial obstruction." The third site, the "wisegeek" site, says that, among other things "pain often occurs in other areas of the neck as well as causing headaches or pain in the throat and even in the eyes and ears. " Obviously, since you mention headaches and neck pain, this could be your problem, even the breathing issues, but a fever would not likely be associated with this. Certainly, your body's immune system is trying to deal with something, and that is different from a neck muscle spasm. And a warning to you. Don't go reading all the conditions mentioned in the second site and letting your anxiety get the better of you. Just smile and be glad you don't have them all. Okay? Not to say this is the problem, but not all medical people think about a neck muscle in spasm when the presenting complaint is a difficulty with swallowing or erratic breathing. And by the way, this muscle is better not massaged, because besides the Carotid Artery and Jugular Vein tracking across, the Vagus Nerve, if firmly massaged, can slow or stop the heart, in a transient fashion. Better to stretch it. Fourth and fifth sites show you about how to do the special stretch for the SCM, including a video in the fifth one. Most important thing here is that if it hasn't been diagnosed yet, doing the stretch should help to determine if this is the issue. If the stretch is not easily done, it's likely because one or both of the SCM's are tight, and the stretch needs to be done gently and carefully, sometimes perhaps helping it with steady hand pressure into the different directions as had been shown in the fourth site. Oh, and speaking of possibilities, I'd like to introduce you to one totally unrelated to anything you've said. Just count it as an Easter Egg you found, at the last site.