Smoking with a foreign body sensation in the throat may be related to chronic pharyngitis, laryngeal cancer, allergic pharyngitis and other diseases.
1. Chronic pharyngitis: the chemical substances contained in the smoke of burning tobacco can stimulate the mucous membrane of pharynx, triggering inflammatory reaction, mucous membrane edema, hyperplasia and increased secretion of glands, leading to the occurrence of foreign body sensation in throat.
2. Laryngeal cancer: Smoking can cause respiratory tract tumors. Benzo(a)pyrene in tobacco tar produced by tobacco burning has carcinogenic effect, and tobacco can make mucous membrane congestion, edema, epithelial hyperplasia and squamous metaplasia, and cilia movement stops or slows down, so it becomes the basis of carcinogenicity. Among them, supraglottic laryngeal cancer often shows early symptoms such as itchy throat, foreign body sensation and discomfort in swallowing.
3. Allergic pharyngitis: after contacting allergens, allergic patients can cause allergic reaction in the throat, which leads to increased sensitivity of laryngeal nerves, increased mucus secretion, mucous membrane edema and hyperplasia. After smoking can stimulate similar allergic reaction performance, such as coughing, coughing up phlegm, throat foreign body sensation.
When smoking feels like a foreign body sensation in the throat, you need to actively seek medical attention, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis and cause of the disease, and active treatment.