Elderly people can’t cough up phlegm in their throats usually due to pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, reflux laryngitis, etc. Firstly, the cause of the disease should be clarified, and anti-infection, expectoration and nebulization treatments should be given.
1. Pneumonia: The causative agent of pneumonia is bacterial infection, which needs to be treated with antibiotics under doctor’s guidance. If there is obvious sputum, bacterial culture can be performed to clarify the bacterial species and adjust antibiotics. If the sputum is not easy to cough out, expectorant drugs and nebulization can be used to treat the symptoms.
2. Chronic bronchitis: the treatment of chronic bronchitis is mainly to control infection, antispasmodic, asthma, cough treatment, it is recommended that according to their own situation to use roxithromycin, amoxicillin, levofloxacin drugs. If the sputum can not cough out, can be added with aminobromine and other drugs to dilute sputum to promote sputum discharge.
3. Reflux pharyngitis: Patients with reflux pharyngitis may also experience symptoms of phlegm in the throat. Due to the stimulation of the pharynx by stomach acid, the mucous membrane of the pharynx increases its secretion, resulting in the above symptoms. Treatment with drugs that inhibit stomach acid such as omeprazole is needed.
If the elderly can not cough up phlegm in the throat, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause of targeted treatment. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.