Small bumps on the back of the tongue near the throat may be tongue papillae or enlarged tongue tonsils, which need to be confirmed in the hospital according to clinical manifestations and symptoms. 1. Tongue papilla: the small bump at the root of the tongue at the back of the tongue near the throat area may be a contour papilla, which contains taste buds and is large in size, without swelling and pain, which is generally a normal physiological manifestation. When the diet is too spicy and greasy, there may be inflammation of the tongue papillae, the papillae are enlarged and raised, red, clear outline, this time you need to use chlorhexidine gargle anti-inflammatory or eat less stimulating food stimulation. 2. Hypertrophy of tongue tonsils: when the upper respiratory tract infection or denture bad stimulation, may lead to the back of the tongue root to the pharyngeal part of the nodular bulge, for lymphatic follicular hyperplasia, the symptoms are not obvious without special treatment, there are secondary infections can be used lysomycetin tablets. Small bumps on the back of the tongue near the throat are recommended to go to the hospital in time for examination and timely treatment of the problem. Drugs should be used as prescribed by the doctor.