咽喉异常感症(以下简称本症)包括咽喉部有异物、闭塞、压迫、不适、干燥、狭窄、灼热等异常感觉。由于近年来发病率增高,治疗又较困难,因而,逐渐成为临床上一个较为重要的问题。目前,对于本症的定义仍然比较混乱。一般认为,本症相当于咽部神经症、“癔球”等病名,即仅指由于精神因素所致的非器质性疾患。但是,事实上,从发病因素及客观检查来考虑,很难完全排除局部轻度炎症等病变的存在。有人对多例本症患者进行分析后,发现纯粹的精神病及神经症患者极少。Malcomson对307例“癔球”患者进行常规临床及X线检查,发现79％有器质性病变。因而认为“癔球”乃一不恰当的病名,主张改用“咽球”一词作为症状诊断用语, Throat abnormalities (hereinafter referred to as the disease) include foreign body throat, occlusion, oppression, discomfort, dryness, stenosis, burning and other abnormal sensations. Due to the increased incidence in recent years, treatment is more difficult, and therefore, has gradually become a more clinically important issue. At present, the definition of the disease is still more confusion. Is generally believed that the disease is equivalent to pharyngeal neurosis, “shuttlecock” and other disease names, which refers only to non-organic disorders due to mental factors. However, in fact, from the onset of factors and objective examination to consider, it is difficult to completely rule out the existence of local mild inflammation and other diseases. After analysis of many cases of patients with this disease, it was found that there were very few patients with pure psychosis and neurosis. Malcomson routine clinical and X-ray examination of 307 cases of “ball” patients found 79% organic disease. So that “shuttlecock” is an inappropriate name of the disease, advocating the use of “pharyngeal ball” as a symptom diagnosis term,