What to eat if you have a cough and a dry, scratchy throat

Coughing and dry and itchy throat are commonly seen in acute pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis, allergic pharyngitis and other diseases, which need to be treated according to the cause of the disease and the characteristics of the disease, drug treatment and symptomatic treatment, with oral medication as the mainstay.
1. Acute pharyngitis: viral and bacterial infections and stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors can cause this disease, coughing, dry and itchy throat and other discomforts. Often use compound borax solution gargle and other gargles, including taking Dumiphene tablets to improve the symptoms. According to the type of pathogenic microorganisms, choose amoxicillin, ribavirin and other anti-infective treatment.
2. Reflux pharyngitis: caused by the abnormal reflux of gastric contents into the pharynx and local mucosal damage, common medications include acid-suppressing drugs (e.g., omeprazole, ranitidine, etc.), gastrointestinal tract dynamics drugs (e.g., domperidone, mosapride, etc.), and Chinese medicines, such as sweet tangerine and bing-mei tablets.
3. Allergic pharyngitis: dry throat and cough caused by contact with allergens can be treated with oral loratadine, cetirizine and other drugs.
Coughing throat dry itchy patients should follow the doctor’s instructions in full, full course of medication, not blindly self-medication, if the discomfort actively seek medical attention.

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