Why do you cough when your throat is irritated?

Coughing as soon as the throat is irritated may be caused by chronic rhinitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, upper airway cough syndrome and other diseases, which can be treated by dietary adjustment, nebulization and symptomatic treatment. 1. Symptomatic treatment: avoid spicy and irritating food, prohibit smoking and alcohol, and stay away from polluted environments. If it is caused by allergy, you can take measures such as wearing a mask. 2. Cough caused by chronic rhinitis is due to sinus inflammation secretion backflow through the nasal cavity to the pharynx, stimulating the pharyngeal nerve, thus causing cough. Glucocorticoids such as budesonide can be used to relieve the congestion of the nasal mucosa and promote self-repair of the epithelium. If the cough is caused by bacterial infection, antibiotics such as amoxicillin can be used. 3. Acute and chronic pharyngitis can also cause coughing, acute phase can be treated with cephalosporin antibiotics, such as oral cephradine capsules, but also can be used to stop coughing with cotrimoxazole capsules, with viral infections need antiviral treatment, such as ribavirin and so on. 4. In addition, cough-based diseases, including upper airway cough syndrome, cough variant asthma, etc., need to clarify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment. The throat is irritated by the cough recommended timely medical examination, clear causes of coughing, receive formal treatment. The above drugs need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.