Itchy throat at night, violent coughing unable to sleep is often associated with acute tracheobronchitis, reflux pharyngolaryngitis, cough variant asthma and other diseases, according to the cause of the disease and the characteristics of the disease to choose the cause of treatment and symptomatic treatment.
1. Acute tracheobronchitis: mostly caused by viral infection, causing acute respiratory tract inflammation with cough as the main symptom. When the night inhalation of cold air, often stimulated by this phenomenon of itchy throat and violent cough can not sleep. The main use of aminoglutethimide and other cough expectorants, severe dry cough patients can be appropriate application of cough suppressants, such as dextromethorphan, codeine, etc..
2. Reflux laryngitis: after the stomach contents reflux to the throat at night, it can corrode and stimulate the mucous membrane of the larynx, and even the trachea to produce an itchy throat and violent coughing unable to sleep. Oral mosapride and other gastrointestinal stimulants, omeprazole and other acid-suppressing drugs to actively treat the primary disease. At the same time, avoid spicy and stimulating food intake, avoid eating and drinking at night within 3 hours before bedtime and other comprehensive treatment.
3. Cough variant asthma: this disease is mostly related to heredity, allergy, mental and psychological factors and adverse physical and chemical factors stimulation. In acute attacks, can be manifested in the night throat itching violent cough can not sleep. On the basis of actively avoiding triggering stimuli, beclomethasone propionate dry powder, budesonide suspension, salmeterol aerosol and other inhalation therapy can be used.
If the performance of the night throat itchy violent cough can not sleep, need to actively seek medical system check, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized diagnosis and treatment.