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Burning sensation in the throat – should it be named caloripharyngeus?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

K. B. Bhargava ,
P. K. Uppal ,
S. K. Bhargava ,
S. A. Nanivadekar  and
G. N. Shirali
K. B. Bhargava*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Bombay – 400 022, India.
P. K. Uppal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Bombay – 400 022, India.
S. K. Bhargava*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Bombay – 400 022, India.
S. A. Nanivadekar
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Bombay – 400 022, India.
G. N. Shirali
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Bombay – 400 022, India.
*
Dr K. B. Bhargava, Gopal Bhuvan, Tagore Road, Santacruz (West), Bombay – 400 054, India.
Dr K. B. Bhargava, Gopal Bhuvan, Tagore Road, Santacruz (West), Bombay – 400 054, India.
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Abstract

A burning sensation in the throat is often complained of by patients, but this symptom has been neglected in the literature. To emphasize its importance, should we give the name ‘caloripharyngeus’ to the symptom of burning in the throat? A preliminary study of 30 patients with the sensation of burning in the throat is presented in this study. Of the patients studied 73.33 per cent had hyperacidity detected for the first time. Reflux was presented in only one patient; four patients showed oesophagitis in the lower one-third of the oeosphagus; 90 per cent of the patients responded to antacids. We suggest that one of the causes of burning in the throat is a referred sensation due to hyperacidity.

Keywords

PharynxGastro-oesophageal reflux
Type
Short Communications
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , March 1994 , pp. 235 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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Footnotes

Presented at the XlVth World Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Madrid, 13 September 1989.

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