Dry and itchy throat may be caused by chronic pharyngitis, reflux pharyngitis, cough variant asthma and other diseases, which need to be selected according to the cause and symptomatic features of the general treatment, drug treatment and surgical treatment.
1. Chronic pharyngitis: related to repeated episodes of acute pharyngitis and the stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors, can show the symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough. Need reasonable exercise to improve immunity, eat a light diet, avoid spicy and stimulating food intake, pay attention to rest, avoid exertion. The use of compound borax gargle solution gargle, dolmifene tablets to improve the symptoms, oral pharyngitis tablets, clear the throat and pharyngeal granules and other proprietary Chinese medicines.
2. Reflux pharyngitis: the main reason for the stomach content reflux to the throat, corrosion of the mucous membrane of the throat, stimulation of the local nerves to produce the symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough. Available omeprazole and other acid inhibitors, mosapride and other gastrointestinal dynamics of the drug orally. Conservative treatment after stopping the drug recurrence of authors, feasible various types of gastric fundoplication treatment.
3. Cough variant asthma: chronic cough as the main symptom, there is airway hyperresponsiveness of an atypical asthma. Itchy throat, cough is mostly irritating dry cough. Avoid contact with allergens and excessive exercise. β2 agonists, such as salbutamol; anticholinergic drugs, such as ipratropium bromide; glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisone, etc. can be applied.
If the symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough occur, it is necessary to actively seek medical treatment, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.