Causes and management of foreign body sensation in throat - Dr. Sriram Nathan

Описание: Now foreign body sensation, foreign body sensation generally mean that you have something in the throat. You are eating properly, you are speaking properly, but when you swallow you feel that there’s something stuck in this throat. Although you can eat properly, you still feel that there’s something in the throat and this can because of lot of problems and conditions. Most of them are harmless, or nothing to worry about. In any case when you are having food, make sure that you don’t take frequent sips of water, of course you have to take warm water only, don’t have anything cold, balance your diet, don’t have anything spicy, don’t have anything sour. That also causes irritation of the throat and then you have the normal conditions which can cause throat irritation or foreign body sensation which are very common nowadays because of the increased stress levels. It can be an infection within the throat or have tonsillitis or you have reflux or acidity it is more commonly seen or you can have an elongated uvula. Elongated uvula can be caused by so many other problems. In any case you are taking home remedies, you are taking warm water. You are not taking any spicy food and then this feeling of persistence of lump is persisting, then it is better you do an endoscopy and that can be done by an ENT surgeon who is expert in doing a videoscopy or a videolaryngoscopy. Once he has a look inside your throat, he sees that the uvula is fine. Then you will be rest assured that there won’t be any problem. In any case, you have a persistence of lump within the throat, it is imperative that you see an ENT doctor as soon as possible so that he can give you a better treatment for your lump.