What causes a foreign body sensation in the throat?

I believe that many of my friends have experienced the feeling that there is a foreign object in the throat in their lives, and even the action of swallowing saliva will stimulate pain. Generally speaking, such symptoms may be pharyngitis or other throat diseases. You may want to take a look at the explanation below.

The foreign body sensation in the throat refers to the feeling that there is something in the throat, such as rice grains, melon seed shells, wool, hair, ants crawling, or some spherical object blocking the throat, which cannot be spit out or swallowed, making people irritable. This symptom is called plum pit qi in traditional Chinese medicine, which comes from the description in a medical book of the Ming Dynasty: "Plum pit qi is a blockage between the throat that cannot be coughed out or swallowed, and it has the shape of a pit." It is very vivid. The patients described this feeling very vividly, saying that the foreign body was in the throat, either fixed or moving up and down, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing, usually in the midline of the throat, sometimes biased to one side, or they could not clearly describe what it felt like or identify the exact location.

1. Diagnosis of foreign body sensation in the throat: The main thing is to find the cause. First, you should inquire about the medical history in detail, and then do a comprehensive and careful examination, and analyze the main pathogenic factors in detail from the mechanism aspect. The diagnosis of "pharyngeal paresthesia" should not be considered first, nor should the diagnosis of "chronic pharyngitis" be easily made without repeated and careful examination and observation.

2. Exclude organic lesions: After excluding obvious organic lesions, treatment and observation can be carried out according to the foreign body sensation in the throat caused by functional diseases. If treatment is ineffective, further investigation of the cause should be conducted.

3. Local and systemic examination:

1. Ear, nose and throat examination.

2. Psychiatric and neurological examination.

3. Internal medicine examination: including routine examination of blood pressure, blood, urine and stool, determination of basal metabolic rate, upper gastrointestinal tract radiography, AP and lateral neck X-rays, fiber nasal endoscopy, pharyngeal and esophageal endoscopy, gastric juice analysis, etc.

It is impossible to carry out the above-mentioned examinations one by one in actual clinical work. It is mainly based on medical history and general examination, and necessary examinations are carried out in certain aspects according to specific circumstances.

Treatment and care

1. Clinically, chronic pharyngitis is the main symptom, accompanied by a foreign body sensation in the throat. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Zhibai Dihuang Pills, Jinsang Liyan Pills, Qingyan Runhou Pills, etc.

2. If the condition is often triggered by emotional tension, you can take Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills together.

3. If the clinical symptoms are obvious and difficult to relieve, taking Chinese herbal decoctions is more effective.

In addition to relevant clinical treatments, patients should pay more attention to their lives, such as trying to prevent colds, living a regular life, eating spicy food in moderation, and also paying attention to relaxing tension and not overwork.