Itchy throat and cough may be a kind of stress reaction, may also be the symptom performance of some diseases, such as acute pharyngitis, chronic pharyngitis, allergic pharyngitis, etc., should consult the doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease. 1. Stress response: patients in the consumption of spicy and stimulating food, or by some physical and chemical stimuli, such as open-mouth breathing and inhalation of cold air, there can be pharyngeal itching, coughing, belonging to the human body’s normal stress response, generally without special treatment. 2. Pathologic factors: (1) Acute pharyngitis: mostly caused by viral infection, in addition to pharyngeal itching, coughing, patients may also appear sneezing, nasal congestion, sore throat, fever, chills and other symptoms. (2) Chronic pharyngitis: its causes are mostly related to long-term smoking, drinking, inhalation of harmful gases and nasopharyngeal diseases, and patients may have symptoms such as dry and itchy throat, cough, foreign body sensation in the throat, and frequent irritating cough in the morning. (3) allergic pharyngitis: allergic diseases occurring in the throat, patients due to disease or contact with certain allergens, can be manifested as pharyngeal itching, irritating dry cough, can also be accompanied by nasal itching, sneezing and other nasal metamorphic symptoms, can lead to hoarseness in severe cases, and even cause laryngeal edema, and cause respiratory difficulties. Patients with symptoms of pharyngeal itching and coughing should go to the ENT department of the hospital in a timely manner, after the doctor clarifies the cause of the disease, to develop appropriate treatment programs.