Waking up with a dry and sore throat may be associated with deviated nasal septum, acute pharyngitis and reflux pharyngitis. General treatment, medication and surgery should be taken according to the causes and characteristics of the disease.
1. Deviated nasal septum: the nasal bone and cartilage are deviated due to trauma, heredity and developmental deformity, etc. At night, due to the relative reduction of breathing force, it is easy to turn to open-mouth breathing, which results in a dry and sore throat after waking up. You can choose submucosal resection of nasal septum and nasal septum correction to correct the abnormalities of nasal structure and restore the ventilation of nasal cavity, and the above symptoms will be improved.
2. Acute pharyngitis: After getting cold during sleep, the body’s resistance will drop, and then viral and bacterial infections will occur, resulting in a dry and sore throat after waking up. You can use antiviral drugs such as ribavirin and antibiotics such as amoxicillin for the whole body, and take Chinese medicines such as Liushenwan orally. Use compound borax solution gargle, can also be used 2% iodine glycerin coated with the posterior wall of the throat, iodine throat tablets and other tablets to take.
3. Reflux pharyngitis: stomach contents reflux to the throat when sleeping, corrosion damage to the mucous membrane and glands of the throat, there can be a wake-up phenomenon of a dry and sore throat. Need to eat small meals, light diet, 3 hours before bedtime to avoid eating and drinking treatment, oral pantoprazole and other acid suppression drugs and mosapride and other gastrointestinal dynamics drugs. If conservative treatment is not effective, various types of fundoplication are available.
When the patient woke up with a dry and painful throat, you can actively seek medical attention, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.