Long-term tickling cough need to be based on the cause of the medication to treat cough, the more common are upper respiratory tract infection, chronic pharyngitis, reflux esophagitis and other diseases caused by cough.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection: pathogens invade the upper respiratory tract, resulting in respiratory mucosal congestion, edema, increased secretions, stimulating the bronchial tubes to cause coughing. Pathogens are commonly viruses, a small number of bacteria or late combined bacterial infections, viral infections routinely do not need antiviral treatment, symptomatic treatment is mainly itchy cough can be used to cough syrup, loquat cough capsules; bacterial infections in the symptomatic treatment on the basis of the need for antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, levofloxacin, and so on.
2. Chronic pharyngitis: such patients due to long-term chronic inflammatory stimulation of the throat, the mucous membrane of the throat itchy, can also cause cough symptoms. Generally, it can be treated with medicines such as Su Huang Cough Capsules.
3. Reflux esophagitis: gastric acid reflux to the esophagus, at the same time, burn the pharynx caused by acute pharyngitis, which can cause irritating cough. Cough tablets and other drugs can be used to treat the symptoms, at the same time need to actively treat the primary disease.
Prolonged itchy throat, cough should be timely medical care, improve the relevant laboratory tests to determine the cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, do not self-medication, in order to avoid the emergence of serious adverse reactions.