Feeling tightness in the neck and pressure in the throat when bowing down may be related to diseases such as thyroglossal cysts, goiter and epiglottis cysts. General treatment, medication and surgery should be chosen according to the cause and characteristics of the disease.
1. Thyroglossal cyst: Inflammatory reaction of lymphoid tissue along the thyroglossal canal stimulates the proliferation of residual epithelium and develops into a cyst. The above symptoms can be produced when the head is lowered and the mass is compressed. Surgical removal of the mass is the mainstay of treatment.
2 Thyroid diseases: thyroid cysts, thyroid nodules, goiter and other diseases will appear when head down and feel tight neck and throat pressure. Need to improve the thyroid ultrasound and thyroid function test, if necessary, needle aspiration biopsy, clear diagnosis. Drug treatment or surgery to remove the cyst and swelling.
3. Epiglottis cyst: it is a mucous cystic lesion that occurs after the mucous gland ducts at the epiglottis tongue surface, epiglottis valley and the root of the tongue are blocked. When the swelling continues to increase, it can produce extrusion symptoms in the pharyngeal cavity cavity after bowing down the head, and it feels like the neck is taut and there is a feeling of compression in the throat. After surgical removal of the mass, this symptom can disappear.
When the head down feeling neck tight throat pressure, can actively seek medical attention, systematic examination and diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.