Effects of the Local and Environmental Stresses on Abnormal Sensation in the Throat.

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We examined the differences of the autonomic pharyngeal responses to two kinds of stimuli between the patients with abnormal sensation in the throat (AST) and the control group.<BR>The total number of AST patients were 38 (15 males and 23 females, mean age; 51.9 years old). The control subjects consisted of 24 (19 males and 5 females, mean age; 25.4 years old).<BR>In the first experiment, 0.001% adrenalin was sprayed to the subject's pharyngeal wall. In the second experiment, the subjects were brought into the cold room (5°C) for 10 min. Before and after the giving the stresses, we measured Index Hemoglobin (IHb) as an indicator of the blood flow in the posterior oropharyngeal wall by a tissue spectrum analizer (TS-200, Sumitomo Elec.).<BR>As a result, both stress experiments revealed that decreasing rates of pharyngeal blood flow (IHb) of the AST group were significantly smaller than those of the control group. The interpretation of the change in IHb is discussed.
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