Foreign body sensation in the throat may be related to chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis, allergic pharyngitis and other diseases. General treatment, drug treatment and surgical treatment should be chosen to solve the problem according to the cause and characteristics of the disease.
1. Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis: under the progress of chronic simple pharyngitis and the stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors, it can cause the proliferation of mucous membrane and lymphoid follicles at the posterior wall of the pharynx and trigger the feeling of foreign body in the throat. In the light diet, avoid contact with dirty environment at the same time, can contain iodine throat tablets and other tablets, with compound borax gargle gargle. Some patients can choose laser or low temperature plasma knife to ablate the hypertrophic tissue of the posterior pharyngeal wall.
2. Reflux pharyngitis: when the stomach contents reflux to the throat, it can stimulate the swelling of the mucous membrane of the throat and increase the secretion of the glands, and a foreign body sensation occurs in the throat. On the basis of the above conservative treatment, avoid overeating, try to eat less and more meals. Take acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole and gastrointestinal stimulants such as cisapride orally. If the effect of conservative treatment is unsatisfactory, all types of gastric fundoplication are feasible.
3. Allergic pharyngitis: After contact with or inhalation of allergens, allergic patients may experience allergic symptoms such as coughing, itchy pharynx and foreign body sensation in the throat. It is necessary to effectively avoid contact with allergens and take antihistamines such as loratadine and glucocorticoids such as prednisone orally. It can be treated with nebulized inhalation of budesonide suspension.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, when there is a foreign body sensation in the throat, there are other possibilities, such as tumors, neural anisotropy, etc., you can actively seek medical attention, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis, and then standardize the treatment in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.