Dense lumps in the throat may be caused by chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis, herpes pharyngitis, chronic reflux pharyngitis and other diseases.
1. Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis: If acute pharyngitis is not treated in time, it may turn into chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis. This disease is also related to sinusitis, deviated nasal septum, chronic tonsillitis and other diseases. Clinical symptoms to the pharyngeal mucosa, submucosa and lymphatic tissue hyperplasia as the main characteristics, so the presence of dense lumps in the throat.
2. Herpes pharyngitis: the disease is mainly caused by viral infections, such as coxsackie virus, enterovirus and so on. Patients will have fever, sore throat, cough, herpes in the pharyngeal isthmus and other symptoms, which can be manifested as dense bumps in the throat.
3. Chronic reflux pharyngitis: there is no recognized standard for the etiology of this disease, which may be related to gastrointestinal diseases such as reflux gastroesophagitis and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as factors such as obesity, high-fat diet, smoking and alcoholism. Due to the damage caused by gastric acid to the pharyngeal mucosa, long-term inflammatory stimulation causes lymphoid follicle hyperplasia, so the patient’s throat exists in a dense lump.
It is recommended that patients with dense bumps in the throat go to the hospital to improve the relevant examination to clarify the specific causes of the disease.