Psychological background of patients with abnormal sensation in the throat.

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Psychologic tests were used to evaluate the status and the background of patients with abnormal sensation in the throat. A comparative study was carried on on the backgrounds of these patients and of those with tinnitus.1) MAS tests showed that in the patients with abnormal sensation in the throat the rate of anxiety and high anxiety was 30%, whereas of those with tinnitus 19%, 0% and 81% had high anxiety, anxiety and normal scores.2) CMI tests showed that neurotic tendency was significantly higher in both diseases than in normal subjects.3) There was no specificity in either disease in the Y-G test.4) A positive correlation was obtained between the MAS score and CMI distribution.In conclusion this study indicates that abnormal sensation in the throat is due mainly to psychological factors with background of social stress and anxiety about cancer in males, and in females there are systemic factors, such as menopausal symptoms. Psychologic tests should be utilized as persuasion therapy for abnormal sensation in the throat.
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