What should I do if I eat something that feels like it’s stuck in my throat and I can’t get it down?

Eating feels blocked in the throat as if you can’t get down, may be caused by chronic pharyngitis, epiglottis cysts, chronic tonsillitis and other diseases, you can take medication, surgical treatment. 1. Chronic pharyngitis: 1. Chronic pharyngitis: patients with chronic pharyngitis are mainly characterized by dry throat, sore throat, foreign body sensation in the throat, etc., which leads to the symptom of eating something that feels blocked in the throat as if it can’t go down. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use Chinese medicines, drugs to inhibit gastric acid, bacterial lysis products, oral tablets and other medications. 2. Epiglottis cysts: the main symptoms of patients with epiglottis cysts include pharyngeal pain, foreign body sensation, etc., which leads to the symptom that the patient has the feeling of blocking the throat as if he can’t get down from the throat. When an epiglottis cyst causes obvious foreign body sensation, surgical removal of the cyst is the mainstay. 3. Chronic tonsillitis: patients with chronic tonsillitis have symptoms such as foreign body sensation in the pharynx and difficulty in swallowing, which leads to the symptom of eating something that feels blocked in the throat as if it can’t go down. Patients usually do not heal themselves, and are often treated with tonsillectomy. When patients experience the symptom of feeling blocked in the throat, they should consult a doctor to find out the cause of the problem and get treatment under the doctor’s guidance.