Always feeling a foreign body sensation in the throat is clinically considered as pharyngeal eosinophilia. The causes of pharyngeal irritability are many, which may be related to local lesions in the throat, diseases of neighboring organs, systemic diseases and other factors, and different treatments should be taken according to different causes.
1. Local lesions of pharynx: enlarged tonsils, overgrowth of uvula, epiglottis cysts, tonsil stones, pharyngeal keratosis, varicose veins at the root of the tongue, tongue thyroid, cancer of the root of the tongue, and malignant tumors of pharynx and so on. Due to the stimulation of pharyngeal swelling, it will cause foreign body sensation in the throat.
2. Diseases of neighboring organs: the more common is acid reflux and chronic sinusitis nasal secretion stimulation caused by foreign body sensation in the throat, due to the stimulation of gastric acid or nasal secretion, caused by edema of the mucous membrane of the throat, lymphoid follicle hyperplasia, resulting in foreign body sensation.
3. Systemic diseases: including excessive smoking and alcohol, menopause, myasthenia gravis, early tetanus, severe anemia can cause foreign body sensation in the throat. Even including the patient’s mental factors, depression, paranoia, etc. can feel the throat foreign body sensation.
So the symptoms of foreign body sensation in the throat, exclude physiological factors, it is recommended that the hospital consultation, diagnosis and clear targeted treatment.