Why does your throat itch when you go to sleep?

As soon as you go to sleep your throat itches may be caused by dry throat, chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, reflux pharyngitis and other factors.
1. Dry throat: sleeping in an environment with low humidity and low water intake can lead to a dry throat and itchy throat at night.
2. Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis: this disease can have nasal blockage leading to open-mouth breathing or nasal secretion backflow to the throat, which causes discomfort in the throat, appearing after sleep, foreign body sensation in the throat, itchy and other symptoms.
3. Reflux laryngitis: stomach contents reflux to the throat after sleep, irritation, corrosion of the mucous membrane of the throat, the discomfort of itchy throat.
There are many factors that lead to itchy throat when you fall asleep, and it is recommended that patients seek medical attention in time to find out the cause of the disease and treat it.