Mucus in throat

Introduction Mucus is a viscous liquid secreted from the body. There may be inflammation in the throat and mucus, which may be chronic.

Cause

Chronic pharyngitis is a common disease, a diffuse pharyngeal lesion caused by chronic infection, mainly inflammation of the pharynx mucosa. Mostly in adults, the main causes are acute pharyngitis, long-term dust or harmful gas stimulation, excessive alcohol or alcohol or other bad habits, sinusitis secretion stimulation, allergies or reduced body resistance. Chronic pharyngitis can also be a local manifestation of certain systemic diseases such as anemia, diabetes, cirrhosis and chronic nephritis.

an examination

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Chronic pharyngeal mucosal chronic inflammation. With pharyngeal discomfort, dryness, foreign body sensation or mild pain, dry cough, nausea, pharyngeal congestion is dark red, lymphatic follicles on the posterior pharyngeal wall are the main clinical manifestations. Chronic pharyngitis patients, due to increased pharyngeal secretions, they often have noise-clearing action, spit white mucus.

Differential diagnosis

1. There is a phlegm in the throat: sputum in the throat is a clinical manifestation of chronic pharyngitis. The main symptoms of patients with chronic laryngitis are hoarseness, dry throat, sore throat when speaking, and often sputum adhesion due to increased secretion from the throat.

2, pharyngeal mucosa diffuse congestion: acute pharyngitis (acute pharyngitis) is the pharyngeal mucosa, and affects the acute inflammation of the submucosal and lymphoid tissue, often secondary to acute rhinitis or acute tonsils or as part of the upper respiratory tract infection. It is also often a local manifestation of a systemic disease or a pre-existing symptom of an acute infectious disease.

3, laryngeal occlusion: can be seen in laryngeal mucus cysts, laryngeal mucus cysts caused by inflammatory stimulation caused by submucosal mucous gland obstruction, or a few sleepy development of mucous gland obstruction after glandular dilatation, mucus retention. Clinically, the small ones are asymptomatic. Even in laryngoscopy, a few cases may have foreign body sensation. The big one can have a throat blockage. There is a sore throat when the infection is secondary. If the glottis is involved, there is hoarseness or cough, and even breathing difficulties, especially congenital cysts in newborns or infants, can often cause symptoms of laryngeal obstruction. The most common site of laryngeal mucinous cysts is the disgusting tongue. Laryngoscopy showed a hemispherical shape with a smooth surface, yellowish or reddish, which can absorb milky white or brown liquid.

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