Almost without fail, when I eat chicken meat, it tends to 'lodge' in
my throat and I need water to clear it. It causes me to choke and then
hurts as it travels downward once I drink the water.  I believe I chew
it well (25-30 chews before swallowing). The doctors have no
explanation and obviously say 'don't eat chicken.'  I had an MRI scan,
did the GI 'thing' and no problem was found.  I want to understand the
'why.'

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Feb 2006 07:44 PST

Does it also happen with chicken soup?  If so, it would seem to be a
reaction to some chemical in the chicken.

How about really, really soft forms of chicken meat, like McDonald's
chicken tenders, or the super-thin chicken strips in some Chinese
dishes.  Do you react to these as well?

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Clarification of Question by cruela77-ga on 04 Feb 2006 09:05 PST

It does not happen with chicken soup.  Generally, it is broiled,
baked, or rarely, yet fried at times.  The size of chicken bites I cut
would be smaller than the nuggets (which I have never eaten)and I will
need to try the strips like in some type of stir fry.

It might help to have a cine esophogram with speech pathology to look
dynamically at your swallowing.