Foreign Body Sensation In Throat

Dr. Karuna ChawlaBHMSHomeopath

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In reflux you can feel foreign body in throat not in vit deficiency. So it seems you r suffering from acid reflux. Do this 1. Don't take tea empty stomach. Eat something like a banana (if you are not diabetic) or any seasonal fruit or soaked almonds and a glass of water first thing in the morning (within 10 mins of waking up). No only biscuits or rusk will not do. 2. Don't overeat 3. Take your breakfast every day. Don't skip it. U can eat whatever your mother or grandparent eat in bfast. I mean to say whatever is your traditional food. If punjabi eat paratha, if belongs to south then take idli/ dosa etc. 4. Have light meals every 2 hours (in addition to your breakfast, lunch n dinner) e.g. Nariyal paani, chaach, a handful of dry fruits, a handful of peanuts, any fresh n seasonal fruit (eat whole fruit not juice), a cup of curd/milk etc 5. Finish your dinner at least 2 hours before going to sleep. Take simple food like rice n dal in dinner. 6. Maintain active life style7. Avoid fast foods, spicy n fried foods, carbonated beverages 8. Take a lot of green vegetables n fruit. It contains a lot of fiber which will help reduce tendency for constipation 9. Drink lot of water. 10. Everyday preferably sleep on same time 11. Take half cup of cold milk when you feel acidity, it will help. Curd is good for u. 12. If its very severe then elevate your bed raising the head of your bed six to eight inches can help gravity keep gastric acid down in your stomach. This is for long term results but for now to bring your digestive system back on track you need to take medicines. For that I need more details, you can consult me. 

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Smoking is a risk factor for throat cancer. But it does not mean that you suffer from it. Unless you have difficulty in swallowing, change in voice, throat foreign body sensation would be a presenting symptom of it. You need to stop smoking after good smoking cessation clinic. Be assured after ruling out the cause of it. 

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Dr. Venkatraman VMBBS, MS ENTENT Specialist

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Yes it is a common cause for foreign body sensation in the throat. It is called a tonsillolith. It is usually harmless and is due to collection of food particles in the tonsillar crypts (burrows). A good oral hygiene is essential with throat gargling. If the condition is too troublesome please consult your nearest ENT surgeon. 

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Dr. Shailendra InamdarMS - ENTENT Specialist

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It is sensation of something stuck up in throat or sense of lump or foreign body in throat. It may occur due to sticky secretions coming in throat from nose. Only sensation itself is not harmful. One should get nose and throat examination done to confirm that it is only a sensation and not real foreign body. 

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Dr. P.N.ChandranBHMS, MD - Alternate MedicineHomeopath

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Hello lybrate-user Your body is sensitive to cold /cold climate/Dust. Etc. Usually allergic reaction comes in tangible to these conditions. One may get itching in either or one of the areas neck above regions viz.- Throat, Ear, Nose, or Eyes. Minding the aggravating factors one should take precautions too apart from medication. That management helps to control the intensity as well as recurrence of episodes. Those Fine Foreign body irritant particles gets inflammation to the mucous membranes which causes mucous secretions, in wind pipe it causes narrowing of tracheal lumen due to inflammation, and causes obstruction to the free flow of air passages. One may even get asthmatic breathing, whistling ronchi sound while sleeping in bed, where the breathing will be involuntary. Mild to moderate fever (Allergic Hay fever) may also gets with it. Precautions to be taken.- 1. Use long towel/kerchief to protect dust exposure before going dusty areas. 2. Never take cold foods & fruits like grapes, banana, etc. In night, when gets cold/sneezing 3.Take steam inhalation befor going to bed (Eucalyptus oil is good for inhalation) 4. Avoid head bath during cold conditions. 5.Prefer good environment in living. 6. Take simple easily digestible veg. Foods (less oil ,spice) 7. Use head-protective measures while going outside in cold climate 8. Take blood Routine Examination initially, to rule out allergies. 9. Take proper medication when in need. I.e.- A simple cold will exhaust without any medicine in 3-4 days. But if the mucous aspirant gets infected, medicine should take to prevent infection. 10. In Homoeopathic treatment, lot of medicines comes for cold. One should consult a Homoeopathic physician for longstanding complaints. Constitutional medicine will cure the condition well. 

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Dr. Vishesh SareenMD(EH)/AM/AccupressureHomeopath

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Dear Lybrate user, If you are suffering with acidity problem let me know the details. Meanwhile you can chew ginger small PC. Two three times a day and call back after two days. 

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Dr. Santosh DebbarmaMS - ENTENT Specialist

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Most of the time acid reflux disease causes foreign body sensation in throat but of course it can cause severe pain in throat and heart burn too. There may be some sort of throat infection too. I will advice you to have some medication to control acidity and also to take some medicated gurgles. Hope that helps. 

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Dr. Mukul RoyMBBS, DNB ( Radiation Oncology)Oncologist

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Hello Mr. Lybrate-user unfortunately or fortunately there is a strong relationship between smoking and throat cancer. So smoking is definitely preventive in throat cancer and many other cancers as well like lung cancer, etc. Symptoms can be a gradual change in voice if it is in the vocal cord. If it is above or below the vocal cords, there may be difficulty in swallowing food, there may be associated pain often, there may be a foreign body sensation in throat, as if something is stuck in the throat. I hope that helps you. 

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Dr. Sourav ChakrabortyMS - ENTENT Specialist

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What you are feeling is foreign body sensation. It can occur due to allergy/ gerd/ smoking. To get a proper diagnosis and rule out cancer we need to do a laryngeal endoscopy. 

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Dr. Vijay ChourdiaMS - ENTENT Specialist

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It could be due to inflammation of pharynx or throat which could be due to infection or due to reflux of gastric contents into laryngopharynx or up or sometime due to foreign body itself etc. Antiseptic gargle, antibacterials, ppi, cosome expectorant and soothing solutions like hippocid or turmpure lozengezs etc will help. 

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