Feeling that rice can’t go down in the throat may be really rice stored in the throat, or it may be pharyngeal foreign body sensation, which may be related to acute pharyngolaryngitis, acute epiglottitis, epiglottis cysts, gastroesophageal reflux disease and so on. 1. Acute pharyngolaryngitis: the disease is related to viral infection, bacterial infection, excessive use of voice, foreign body stimulation and so on. The main manifestations of the patients are throat pain, hoarseness, cough, sputum, etc., and some patients may have a foreign body sensation due to local mucosal edema. 2. Acute epiglottitis: acute epiglottitis is related to infection and allergic reaction. Because of the disease caused by epiglottis edema, so the patient will have severe throat pain, throat obstruction, dysphagia, dyspnea and other symptoms, which is manifested as a feeling of rice in the throat phenomenon. 3. Epiglottis cysts: epiglottis cysts are related to chronic inflammatory stimulation, congenital developmental deformities, etc., and some patients will have a sense of pharyngeal foreign body. Some patients with epiglottis cysts may experience symptoms such as stridor and dyspnea, while those with milder conditions may have no obvious symptoms. 4. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): This disease can also cause some patients to feel a foreign body sensation, but also easy to be accompanied by burning pain in the upper abdomen, belching, bloating and other symptoms. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is mainly related to the decrease of esophageal clearance and the decrease of esophageal mucosal resistance. Feeling that the rice can not go down in the throat may also be caused by esophageal diverticulum, diphtheria, laryngeal cancer, and mental and psychological factors. It is recommended that patients seek medical examination as soon as possible to clarify the disease and then follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.