Yellow bumps under the throat may be food residues, tonsil pus plugs or foreign body cysts.
1. Food residue retention: food residue in the root of the tongue or tonsil fossa caused by eating, long time leading to decay, deterioration and formation of yellow particles. You should brush your teeth and rinse your mouth in time after meals and pay attention to hygiene.
Often there will be food residues in the base of the tongue or tonsil fossa, a long time these foods are easy to rot, deterioration, the formation of small yellow particles and odor, sometimes coughing will cough out the small particles.
2. Tonsil pus embolus: there are about 6-20 crypts in the tonsils, when the tonsils are inflamed, it will lead to the formation of pus embolus, which can be seen as a yellow bump when examined. The treatment can be discharged by swallowing action or crypt lavage treatment.
3. Foreign body cysts: usually cysts in the epiglottis and pharynx, presenting with secretions that can be yellow in color. Treatment should be cystectomy.
If the above symptoms occur, do not rule out other possibilities, should promptly go to the otorhinolaryngology department, and under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.