​I feel like there is something blocking my neck

The neck is the part that connects the head and torso and is an important organ of the body. The most common neck diseases are generally cervical spondylosis. Modern people often lower their heads, which leads to bad cervical spondylosis. There is a lymphatic system in the neck. The lymphatic system is the guardian of the human body. The lymphatic system will swallow bacteria and viruses to protect the human body. What I want to talk about today is, what is the situation when you feel there is a foreign object blocking your neck?

Causes

1. It is caused by the accumulation of bacteria and secretions in the tonsillar fossa. The pathogenic bacteria are mainly streptococci or staphylococci.

2. Secondary to certain acute infectious diseases such as scarlet fever, diphtheria, influenza, measles, etc.

1. General treatment

(1) Keep your mouth clean. Brush your teeth before going to bed and rinse your mouth after meals to reduce the chance of bacterial infection in the oral cavity.

(2) For the gargling method, you can choose iodine tablets, 1 to 2 tablets each time, 3 to 4 times a day. Gargling with light salt water is simple and convenient. You can take a cup of warm water after meals and before going to bed, add a little salt until it tastes salty, and gargle repeatedly for about 5 minutes each time.

(3) Drug treatment: Use drugs that enhance immunity. If it is a streptococcal infection, long-acting penicillin can be used for treatment. Strengthen physical exercise to enhance physical fitness and disease resistance. When conservative treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment should be used.

2. Principles of surgical treatment

(1) Those whose tonsils are too enlarged, which hinders breathing and swallowing.

(2) Recurrent acute attacks, more than 4 to 5 times per year, with a history of peritonsillar abscess.

(3) Patients with long-term low-grade fever and no other lesions except tonsillitis during systemic examination.

(4) Diseases such as nephritis and rheumatism caused by tonsillitis should be treated with elective surgery under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Those who are not suitable for surgery

(1) Acute inflammatory period and periods of acute illness, upper respiratory tract infection and epidemics.

(2) Patients with hematopoietic system diseases, hypocoagulopathy, hypertension, heart disease, tuberculosis, etc. are not suitable for surgery.

(3) Women should not undergo surgery during their menstrual period or 3 to 5 days before their menstrual period, otherwise the symptoms of pharyngitis will worsen after surgery.

(4) Patients with chronic pharyngitis do not need surgery unless it is absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the symptoms of pharyngitis will worsen after surgery. As for when it is appropriate for patients with chronic tonsillitis to undergo surgery, it is best to ask a doctor to help decide.