咽部检查是全面体格检查不可缺少的部分,加之上呼吸道感染的发病率极高,许多疾病都可由上呼吸道感染引起,故内科和儿科医师对每个病人均需做咽部检查。通常的检查方法是用压舌板压患者的舌根部,使舌根下移,才能看清楚咽部和腭扁桃体。这种方法常使患者感到不适,轻者有异物感,重者可引起恶心呕吐,压舌板不洁还可造成污染,患者咳嗽、呕吐又可污染检查者。由于这些原因,我们在做咽部检查时不用压舌板,而是让病人张大口作深吸气,並维持在 Pharyngeal examination is an integral part of a comprehensive physical examination, combined with the high incidence of upper respiratory tract infection, many diseases can be caused by the upper respiratory tract infection, so medical and pediatricians need to do for each patient pharyngoscopy. The usual method is to use the tongue depressor to depress the patient’s tongue root and make the tongue base move down to see the pharynx and the palate tonsil. This method often make the patient feel uncomfortable, light foreign body sensation, severe cases can cause nausea and vomiting, tongue depressor can also cause pollution, cough, vomiting and can pollute the examiner. For these reasons, we do not need to depress the tongue while doing pharyngeal examination. Instead, we let the patient take a deep breath and maintain