Foreign body sensation in the esophagus when eating and inability to swallow food may be related to esophageal foreign body, esophagitis, esophageal cancer and other diseases, which need to go to the hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and then use endoscopic removal of the foreign body, medication, and surgical treatment.
1. Esophageal foreign bodies: Foreign bodies such as fish bones, small toys, etc. temporarily retained in the lower part of the throat or the narrowing of the esophageal inlet may cause discomfort such as difficulty in swallowing and foreign body sensation in the esophagus, and the symptoms can be improved after the doctor removes the foreign body through esophagoscopy.
2. Esophagitis: patients with esophagitis often have the symptom of dysphagia, patients can take oral omeprazole, rabeprazole and other proton pump inhibitors, ranitidine and other H2 receptor inhibitors, mosapride and other gastrointestinal dynamics and other drugs as prescribed by doctors.
3. Esophageal cancer: the typical symptom of esophageal cancer patients is progressive aggravation of dysphagia, and esophageal cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other therapeutic means according to doctor’s instructions.
If patients feel foreign body sensation in the esophagus when eating, or even cannot swallow food, they should go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instruction for corresponding examination and treatment.