Holding in the throat with a foreign body sensation may be associated with diseases such as epiglottis cysts, acute epiglottitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. General treatment, medication and surgery should be chosen according to the cause and extent of the disease.
1. Epiglottis cyst: often occurs in the epiglottis valley and the epiglottis tongue surface of the mucous gland duct blockage, glandular capsule formation of retention cysts, with the gradual increase in the size of the cysts, can occur in the voice of a foreign body sensation of stuffiness symptoms. Mainly take laryngoscopic mass excision or uncovering surgical treatment.
2. Acute epiglottitis: Infection, allergy and trauma can lead to rapid swelling of epiglottis, which often results in foreign body sensation and stuffiness in the throat. It is mainly treated with intravenous antibiotics such as penicillin and cephalosporin, glucocorticoids such as hydrocortisone and dexamethasone. Some patients need to be treated with abscess incision and drainage or tracheotomy.
3. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): after the reflux of gastric contents into the throat and trachea, the mucous membrane can be corroded and damaged, and edema of the mucous membrane of the pharynx, esophageal inlet and trachea occurs, which causes a sense of foreign body in the throat and a sense of stuffiness, and it is necessary to take acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole orally, and gastroenteric dynamics-promoting drugs such as mosapride. If the effect of conservative treatment is unsatisfactory, various types of fundoplication can be selected for treatment.
There may be other reasons for the throat to have a foreign body sensation and suffocation, you need to actively consult a doctor for a systematic examination, a clear diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.