A foreign body in the throat is formed when you can’t cough up or swallow something. Need to actively seek medical treatment, according to the type of foreign body, retention in the throat location, as well as the relationship with the surrounding tissue will be removed, and symptomatic treatment.
1. Foreign bodies visible in the oropharynx, such as fish spines, pepper shells, etc., can be removed with forceps after expanding the oropharynx with a tongue depressor. Foreign bodies in the root of tongue, epiglottis, pyriform fossa, etc. can be taken out with foreign body forceps under indirect laryngoscope or fiberoptic laryngoscope.
2. For those who have secondary infection, apply antibiotics to control inflammation and remove the foreign body.
3. For patients with foreign body piercing under the tissue of pharyngeal wall and complicating retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscess, transoral or cervical incision can be chosen to drain the pus and remove the foreign body at the same time, as well as the use of sensitive antibiotics for anti-infection treatment.
When there is something in the throat that can not be coughed up and swallowed, it is necessary to consult a doctor in time, and it is not recommended to consult a doctor on one’s own, so as to avoid delaying the time of treatment and causing undue damage to the organism.