Why do you feel stuck in your throat when you eat betel nut?

The following are the main clinical reasons for feeling stuck in the throat after eating betel nut: first, betel nut contains a large amount of betel nut alkaloids, which can easily induce parasympathetic excitation after eating, and if betel nut alkaloids are applied in large doses and for a long time, it may lead to local muscle and central nervous system side reactions, thus manifesting as a feeling of throat blockage. Second, betel nut is also a stimulating food, eating betel nut may easily induce allergic reactions in the throat, such as the appearance of local edema and other related symptoms. The third, some patients eat betel nut accidentally stuck in the throat, betel nut belongs to coarse fiber food, once stuck in the throat mucosa is very difficult to go down, will lead to foreign body feeling in the throat. All in all, if the patient after eating betel nut appears stuck in the throat feeling, it is best to go to the ENT department to do electronic laryngoscopy and other examinations to see what is the cause of the clinical treatment to give symptomatic.