Hello everyone. I am sorry you all have found a reason to be on this forum. I am quite worried myself. I have had blood in the back of my throat for 24 days now. I had a CT scan (IV contrast) of my chest and neck and it said:

The parapharyngeal soft tissues have a symmetric appearance. The supraglottic and subglottic airways are unremarkable. There may be a narrowing at the vocal chord level, but this is most likely related to swallowing or phonation. This should be correlated with direct visualization.

There are a few nonspecific lymph nodes along the jugular chain measuring up to 8mm and are felt to represent reactive lymph nodes. There is no evidence for an abscess.

The parotid and submandibular glands are unremarkable. There is a calcified nodule in the left lobe of the thyroid gland which should be correlated with dedicated thyroid ultrasound (I had that done and it was stated to be likely benign) Nothing appeared remarkable on the chest scan either.

I pull up the blood from the back of my throat in the morning and then there is no blood all day. I had a sinus CT and nothing shows. If I blow my nose it is completely clear.

I went to an ENT who put a scope as far as my vocal chords and saw nothing except a bit of mucus on the chords and a bit of redness there. I have not been to a gastroenterologist.

Are CT scans always reliable? Does anyone have any ideas or personal experience that is similar that might give me a clue?

I thank you for any help you might offer me.

By the way, I am 53 and do have a long time previous history of smoking (I quit four years ago) and drinking (now only limited).