If you can’t cough up phlegm in your throat, it may be related to chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis and chronic atrophic pharyngitis, etc. According to the cause of the disease and the extent of the disease, you should choose the general treatment, medication and surgical treatment.
1. Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis: chronic simple pharyngitis evolves to the back wall of the pharynx with lymphoid follicle hyperplasia, mucous membrane thickening and glandular blockage, resulting in thick mucus in the pharynx, which stays in the pharyngeal wall and is not easy to cough out. Quit smoking and alcohol, improve the working and living environment. Iodine throat tablets can be taken, compound borax gargle solution can be gargled, and compound iodine glycerin can be applied to the posterior wall of the pharynx for treatment; laser and low-temperature plasma treatment can also be used.
2. Reflux pharyngitis: stomach contents reflux to the throat cavity, stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat edema, increased secretion, easy to cause the feeling of phlegm in the throat can not cough out. Eat less and more frequent meals, prohibit spicy and stimulating food. Oral omeprazole sodium bicarbonate can be taken to inhibit acid and neutralize gastric acid, oral mosapride to promote gastrointestinal motility. If the effect of conservative treatment is unsatisfactory, various types of gastric fundoplication can be chosen.
3. Chronic atrophic pharyngitis: chronic inflammation of the pharynx leads to mucosal and glandular atrophy, resulting in mucus viscous and difficult to cough up, you can choose iodine throat tablets, compound borax gargle gargle, as well as compound iodine glycerine coated with the posterior wall of the pharynx treatment, but also need to be supplemented with appropriate amount of multivitamins.
When you feel that there is phlegm in the throat can not be coughed up, you can actively consult a doctor, after a clear diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.