Pills stuck in the throat can be solved by gargling and coughing, if the effect is not good, you should go to the hospital in time to take out the pills.
1. Gargle: Because pills or capsules are generally soluble substances, if the pills are small, you can use the gargle method to let the water stay in the area where the pills are located first, to try to dissolve the stuck drugs.
2. Coughing: If the tablet or capsule is stuck in the throat in a shallow position, you can cough short and forcefully, using the vibration of the mucous membrane of the throat to discharge the stuck tablets, in order to relieve the symptoms.
3. Tools to remove: If after the above treatment is not effective, the tablets are still stuck in the throat, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, the professional physician will choose the appropriate tools according to the patient’s condition, in the fiberscope or indirect laryngoscopy and other appliances under the guidance of the biopsy forceps or foreign body forceps and the use of pincers will be taken out of the tablets.
It is recommended that patients should not blindly use tweezers and other tools to remove the tablets themselves, but should go to a regular hospital to remove the foreign body to avoid unnecessary damage.