Soreness, squeezing and the sensation of a foreign object in the airways are often associated with the development of endocrine, infectious, mental and gastroenterological disorders.
Before using medications to eliminate unpleasant symptoms, you need to find out the cause of their appearance.
Differential diagnosis by a specialist allows you to accurately determine the location of the lesions, the cause and, accordingly, the optimal ways to eliminate a lump in the throat.
Etiology
Often, patients try to eliminate pathological sensations in the airways on their own with the help of lozenges for resorption, aerosols for extinguishing and solution antiseptics for rinsing the oropharynx. However, it should be borne in mind that the unpleasant feeling of squeezing the pharynx is not always due to septic inflammation of the ENT organs. Typical patient complaints such as scratching, burning, squeezing, and the sensation of a foreign object in the Adam's apple may indicate:
- vertebral disorders;
- functional failures in the digestive tract;
- dysfunction and hypertrophy of the endocrine gland;
- septic inflammation and the development of ENT pathologies;
- malignant and benign tumors;
- mental disorders and neuralgic disorders.
How to treat a lump in your throat? Symptomatic treatment of pathologies does not have a healing effect on the patient's body.
Relief of pain does not prevent the spread of lesions, therefore, self-medication most often harms the patient's health.
It is possible to determine the appropriate therapy regimen only after passing a differential diagnosis with a doctor.
Diagnostic methods
I feel a lump in my throat, what should I do? If the discomfort in the throat does not go away within 3 days, you must make an appointment with a therapist. The diagnosis is based on the patient's complaints, test results and hardware examination. Difficulty swallowing, squeezing of the throat, rawness and sensation of a foreign body may indicate the development of formidable pathologies.
To determine the type of disease and make an accurate diagnosis, a specialist will need the results of such studies:
- bacterial culture of throat swab;
- Ultrasound of the thyroid gland;
- blood and urine tests;
- MRI of the spine in the cervical spine;
- biopsy of tissue taken from the thyroid gland;
- examination of the oropharynx and cervical lymph nodes.
If necessary, the therapist can refer the patient to a specialist of a narrower specialization - a gastroenterologist, neurologist, oncologist, infectious disease specialist, otolaryngologist, vertebrologist, etc.
Treatment of a hysterical lump
How to get rid of the feeling of a lump in your throat? It should be understood that a pathological symptom does not always signal the development of somatic pathologies. The sensation of a solid object in the airways is often associated with mental disorders. Discomfort can be eliminated if the factors provoking psychoemotional overstrain are excluded and psychotherapeutic pharmacological drugs are used.
Stress, panic attacks and hysteria put stress on the nervous system, as a result of which the innervation of the pharyngeal muscles is disrupted. Spasm of smooth muscles leads to a narrowing of the respiratory passage, which leads to the appearance of an unpleasant feeling. You can cure the so-called "hysterical lump" by taking medications such as:
- antipsychotics - "Teralen", "Aminazin", "Mazheplit";
- antidepressants - "Tryptisol", "Moclobemide", "Ludiomil";
- nootropics - "Ionol", "Nootropil", "Pyritinol";
- psychostimulants - "Salbutamol", "Ritalin", "Sydnocarb".
To relieve nervous overstrain and normalize the work of the autonomic nervous system, collecting herbs that have a sedative effect (motherwort, valerian, St. John's wort) allow.
The maximum psychotherapeutic effect can be achieved only after completing the full course of treatment, which can be several months. In this case, it is important to observe the dosage of medications recommended by a specialist.
Elimination of vertebral syndrome
In some cases, the appearance of a lump in the throat is due to the development of cervical osteochondrosis. Dystrophic changes in the intervertebral discs and bone tissues lead to deformation of the vertebrae, as a result of which there is an infringement of the nerve roots that innervate the respiratory organs - the trachea, larynx, pharynx, etc. This leads to the appearance of soreness in the Adam's apple, radiating to the neck and head.
How to eliminate discomfort if a lump in the throat has arisen due to the development of vertebral syndrome? Drug therapy involves the use of medications that prevent the development of inflammatory reactions in damaged tissues. Anesthetics can help relieve pain and foreign body sensation in the airway and neck. Comprehensive treatment of osteochondrosis involves the use of the following methods of therapy:
- physiotherapy;
- manual therapy;
- acupuncture;
- pharmacotherapy;
- massotherapy.
If necessary, the attending physician can prescribe a drug treatment regimen that will halt the progression of the disease and eliminate concomitant clinical manifestations. Most often, the following are used to eliminate discomfort in the throat:
- chondroprotectors - Alflutop, Dona, Artra;
- anticoagulants - "Angiox", "Viatrombus", "Kleksan";
- anti-inflammatory gels - "Finalgel", "Voltaren", "Dikloberl";
- ointments that improve blood circulation - "Finalgon", "Alvipsal", "Kapsikam";
- vitamin and mineral complexes - "Vitrum", "Unicap", "Aevit".
To eliminate the coma syndrome in the pharynx, decongestants can help prevent the creation of excessive tissue pressure on the nerve roots.
Treatment of septic inflammation
How to treat airway discomfort caused by septic inflammation? Most often, the feeling of squeezing the pharynx appears against the background of the development of respiratory diseases, accompanied by inflammation of the larynx, pharynx, bronchi and trachea. Often, the ballroom complains of a lump in the throat with angina, tracheitis, laryngitis, oropharyngeal candidiasis, pharyngitis, etc.
When lesions appear in the respiratory organs, hypertrophy of the ciliated epithelium and tissue edema are observed. Untimely elimination of pathological reactions can lead to pharyngeal stenosis and asphyxia. To stop the general and local symptoms of the development of a cold, you can:
- antibiotics - "Augmentin", "Pancef", "Amoxiclav";
- immunostimulants - "Timalin", "Arpeflu", "Cycloferon";
- antihistamines - "Zodak", "Tavegil", "Tsetrin";
- antiviral drugs - Kagocel, Ingavirin, Tiloron;
- analgesics - "Nalfon", "Apranax", "Asinak".
The passage of UHF and UHF-therapy accelerates the regression of inflammatory reactions, which helps to eliminate discomfort in the airways.
You can destroy disease-causing agents in the oropharynx with inhalation and rinsing. For the procedure, solution antiseptics are used, which have a wound-healing effect.
Restoration of tissue integrity allows you to eliminate hyperemia, swelling, inflammation and the sensation of a foreign body in the larynx.
Endocrine Disease Treatment
Disorders in the functioning of the thyroid gland entail an increase in the mass and volume of glandular tissues. Hypertrophy of the organ leads to a burning sensation, a feeling of squeezing of the pharynx and painful swallowing of saliva. If there is discomfort in the throat, how to eliminate it? The principles of therapy are determined by the type of pathology. To eliminate the clinical manifestations of endocrine disorders in the body, you can use the following medications:
- with hypothyroidism - "Thyroxin", "Thyrocomb Plus", "Triiodothyronine";
- with hyperthyroidism - "Diiodotyrosine", "Tyrozol", "Alostin";
- with thyroiditis - "L-thyroxine", "Iodine Vitrum", "Amoxiclav".
Do not exceed the recommended dosages of hormone-containing drugs for the early elimination of discomfort, as this can cause an allergic reaction and tissue edema.
Treatment of a coma in the throat involves carrying out physiotherapeutic measures aimed at eliminating nodular and tumor formations on the endocrine gland - laser therapy, magnetotherapy, etc. Homeopathic medicines, which include components that increase tissue reactivity, can prevent relapses of pathology.
Cancer treatment
How to get rid of a lump in the throat? In about 10% of cases, discomfort when swallowing is associated with the formation of benign and malignant tumors in the airways. The greatest danger to the patient is cancer of the larynx, the treatment of which involves the surgical removal of neoplasms and the subsequent passage of chemotherapy.
Which method is more expedient to remove the tumor can only be determined by the oncologist surgeon. Depending on the place of localization of neoplasms, the following methods of surgical treatment are used:
- chordectomy - partial or complete excision of the vocal cords;
partial laryngectomy - removal of part of the vocal apparatus;- complete laryngectomy - complete excision of the entire voice-forming apparatus.
partial laryngectomy - removal of part of the vocal apparatus;For the final destruction of cancer cells, the patient must undergo radiation therapy, which, if necessary, can be supplemented with chemotherapy. Comprehensive treatment of oncological pathologies reduces the risk of re-development of tumors, however, most of the drugs used worsen the patient's well-being and, in some cases, lead to death.
Treatment of gastroenterological diseases
How to remove a lump in the throat? Very often, squeezing in the Adam's apple region occurs when the gastrointestinal tract functions are impaired. Before prescribing treatment, the gastroenterologist must make a complete examination of the patient and determine which disorders (anatomical, functional) have caused the pathological symptoms.
During the examination, the patient undergoes retroscopy, laparoscopy, esophagoscopy, etc., which make it possible to establish the cause of disorders of the digestive system and plan further treatment of the pathology. As a rule, the following types of drugs are used to eliminate pathological processes in the gastrointestinal tract:
- antacids - "Gastal", "Maalox", "Rennie";
- antiulcer drugs - Pepsid AS, Zantak 75, Lanzoprazole;
- protinetics - "Cerucal", "Passages", "Itomed";
- choleretic drugs - "Ursosan", "Tsinariks", "Gepabene";
- adsorbents - "Karbopect", "Polifan", "Diosmectite".
Surgical intervention is one of the alternatives to drug treatment. The operation is prescribed for patients with typical manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux. Many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are accompanied by the throwing of aggressive stomach acids into the airways, which inevitably leads to edema of the mucous membranes and the appearance of coma syndrome in the pharynx. Timely treatment of gastroenterological pathologies allows you to stop heartburn, vomiting, a burning sensation in the throat and a feeling of a coma in the Adam's apple.
