The most common cases of lumps at the root of the tongue are chronic pharyngitis, neoplastic tongue root, and possibly normal conditions. Benign neoplasms are more common like polyps, papillomas, etc. The most common symptom of this condition is a foreign body sensation in the throat without pain, which usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, especially those who smoke and drink for a long time. Malignant masses, on the surface, may look like crater-like infiltrative growth, and may generally have pain, foreign body sensation, fever and other uncomfortable symptoms, requiring a biopsy for a clear diagnosis before radical surgical excision. Chronic pharyngitis is an inflammation of the throat, often with a foreign body feeling in the throat, feeling something blocked in the throat, in the examination of the body can be found in the root of the tongue is lymphatic follicle hyperplasia, so the patient looks and feels like a lump, in fact, there is no big problem. In normal circumstances, the back of the tongue is composed of many bumps, it is not flat, we call it the tongue papillae, there are many taste buds on top of the tongue papillae, the sense of taste is achieved by the papillae. To sum up, don’t worry about the bumps at the root of the tongue, you need to go to the local regular hospital ENT department and let the doctor look at the situation of your throat to clarify what causes it, so as to provide targeted treatment.