Feeling something in your throat when you drink water may be caused by food residue, chronic pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis, and throat tumor. 1. Food residue: It may be caused by a small amount of food residue around the throat instead of swallowing the food completely into the throat when eating. 2. Chronic pharyngolaryngitis: due to chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat as well as the submucosal tissues, you tend to feel a foreign body sensation in the throat, and you feel that there is something in your throat when you drink water. 3. Reflux laryngitis: mostly seen in gastroesophageal reflux disease, mainly because of the reflux of gastric acid to the throat, causing local irritation, resulting in mucosal damage, thus causing symptoms. 4. Tumor in the throat: including benign tumors and malignant tumors, can cause this symptom. If you feel something in your throat when you drink water, and if the symptoms continue to be unrelieved, you should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and then targeted treatment.