Whether the cough is pharyngitis or bronchitis needs to be judged according to the clinical symptoms. Pharyngitis is mainly due to the discomfort around the pharynx, bronchitis may cause dyspnea, and the chest may also be accompanied by discomfort. 1. Pharyngitis: pharyngitis cough, mainly due to the pharynx is dry, itchy and other reasons caused by the pharynx may appear around the pharynx, pain, burning sensation and other symptoms; swallowing action, there may be a sense of obstruction or a sense of foreign body, some patients will also appear nausea, dry vomiting and other discomforts, prolonged talking or overworked, the symptom will be more obvious. 2. bronchitis: with bronchitis cough will be repeated persistent, usually accompanied by coughing up sputum, patients may appear shortness of breath, chest tightness and other undesirable symptoms, early in the morning or at night coughing will be more serious, cold will exacerbate the disease, some patients will have fever. Cough is pharyngitis or bronchitis, can be based on the symptoms of the initial judgment, the specific circumstances need to go to the hospital for relevant examinations, according to the doctor’s advice, choose the appropriate treatment.