Foreign body sensation in the throat of frequent smokers may be related to chronic pharyngitis, laryngeal cancer and allergic pharyngitis, etc. According to the cause of the disease and the degree of illness, general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and radiation therapy and other comprehensive treatment should be chosen.
1. Chronic pharyngitis: Patients suffering from chronic pharyngitis, the smoke inhaled from frequent smoking will stimulate the inflammatory reaction of the throat, leading to mucosal edema, hyperplasia, and producing a foreign body sensation in swallowing. On the basis of smoking cessation, you can take iodine throat tablets and other tablets to relieve the symptoms, and gargle with mouthwash such as compound borax gargle.
2. Laryngeal cancer: Most of the laryngeal cancer patients have long-term smoking history, and tobacco can make the cilia of respiratory tract slow or stop, and the mucous membrane is congested and edematous. Cough, pain, throat discomfort, foreign body sensation, bloody sputum or hemoptysis are non-specific symptoms of laryngeal cancer. Treatment of laryngeal cancer includes: surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and biological therapy.
3. Allergic pharyngitis: after contacting allergens, allergic patients can experience allergic symptoms in the throat, and the throat nerves are in high reactivity, and under the stimulation of frequent smoking, the mucous membrane edema and secretion will increase, and then they will feel foreign body sensation in the throat.
Frequent smoking and a foreign body sensation in the throat may have other reasons, it is recommended that the patient actively quit smoking and medical examination, a clear diagnosis and standardized treatment in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.