Feeling of food stuck in your throat after eating?

In daily life, many people may have had this experience: after eating, they always feel like there is food stuck in the throat, which is very uncomfortable. Generally, this situation is likely to be caused by esophagitis. In this case, we need to pay special attention to diet. It is not suitable to eat too much. The diet must be very light. It is best not to eat before going to bed at night, and keep your head slightly higher when sleeping.

What are the early symptoms of esophagitis?

The main symptoms are heartburn, pain and difficulty in swallowing, and pain behind the sternum. When esophagitis is severe, it can cause esophageal spasm and esophageal stenosis, a "choking" feeling when swallowing food, and even vomiting. Generally, bleeding from esophagitis is mild, but it may also cause vomiting of blood or black or tarry stools. Esophagitis caused by different causes may be accompanied by corresponding clinical manifestations. 1. The main symptoms of esophagitis are pain and difficulty in swallowing, burning sensation in the heart and pain behind the sternum. When esophagitis is severe, it can cause esophageal spasm and esophageal stenosis. When inflammation at the lower end of the esophagus causes mucosal degeneration and gastric columnar epithelial cells to grow, it is called Barot's esophagus. This is the precursor of esophageal cancer and its changes must be tracked over a long period of time. Generally, bleeding from esophagitis is mild, but it may also cause vomiting blood or asphalt stools.

2. Under normal circumstances, gastric acid does not reflux into the esophagus. The high-pressure area and acid reflux disorder in the lower half of the esophagus. If the cardia becomes loose for some reason, the pressure in the high-pressure area will decrease or even disappear, and gastric acid and bile will reflux into the esophagus, causing severe irritation to the esophageal mucosa and causing esophagitis. Lying down after a meal, overeating, or eating too much sweets or greasy food can cause stomach contents to reflux into the esophagus. 3. When you feel "heartburn" or "heart pain", or have obvious pain behind the sternum when drinking hot water or eating spicy food, these are symptoms of esophagitis. There is also a feeling of choking when swallowing food, which is caused by esophageal edema, narrowing of the esophagus, or spasmodic contraction of the esophageal wall due to inflammatory stimulation. Esophagitis can be treated with either traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, but the most important thing is that the patient himself must change his previous bad habits. Otherwise, after being cured, he will get the disease again due to lack of attention in daily life, which is not good for the body. Therefore, experts recommend that you strengthen your immunity through exercise in your daily life, develop good eating and resting habits, be kind to your esophagus, and seek medical attention promptly if any symptoms occur.

Causes and classification of esophagitis

1. Radiation esophagitis 2. Acute corrosive esophagitis Corrosive esophagitis often occurs as an accident and is prone to occur in children, especially since various household cleaners have entered many households and are easily ingested by children. These products contain sodium hydroxide (potassium), sodium carbonate (potassium), potassium permanganate, etc. Corrosive esophagitis in adults is often caused by swallowing strong acids or alkalis as a means of suicide. It is not uncommon for strong acids and alkalis to be accidentally ingested by people when they are stored in containers used for beverages or alcohol. Drug-induced esophagitis has received clinical attention in recent years. It is now recognized that patients of all ages, in all settings, and taking all therapeutic doses of medications have the potential to injure the esophagus. 3. Suppurative esophagitis Suppurative esophagitis is a purulent inflammation caused by bacteria invading the esophageal mucosa when the esophageal mucosa is damaged. Patients may be asymptomatic or have only neck pain or sore throat. Patients with a larger lesion area may also experience symptoms such as dysphagia, pain behind the sternum, chills, and fever in addition to neck pain or odynophagia. Those with higher reactivity often have high fever. A small number of patients may develop sepsis and show corresponding symptoms. 4. Reflux esophagitis

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