Dryness, tingling and foreign body sensation in the throat are the clinical symptoms of acute laryngitis. Acute laryngitis is an acute catarrhal inflammation of the laryngeal mucosa, often secondary to acute rhinitis, sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, as part of the whole upper respiratory tract infection, or can occur alone. Acute laryngitis can also be caused by shouting, excessive use of the voice, and violent coughing. If it occurs in children, the condition is more serious. The main reason for the dry and itchy throat symptoms is that after catching a cold or flu, the resistance of the whole body is lowered, which can induce acute laryngitis. At the beginning of the viral infection, the bacteria will take advantage of the situation (including pneumococcus, influenza bacillus, hemolytic streptococcus, etc.). There are occupational reasons, such as actors, teachers, salesmen and other excessive use of the voice; factory and mining workers inhale too much productive dust or harmful gases (such as chlorine, ammonia, bromine, iodine, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, pesticides, etc.), are the cause of dry and itchy throat. Dry and itchy throat also often occurs in combination with acute infectious diseases such as measles, whooping cough, influenza and scarlet fever. Diagnosis/Differential of Dry Itchy Throat Symptoms Dry itchy throat is easily confused with burning pain in the throat. Burning pain in the pharynx is viral pharyngitis acute type of acute onset, first in the pharynx and oral mucosa, tonsils and corners of the mouth and other places appeared pinpoint herpes, round or oval, isolated or clustered together, soon ruptured to form shallow ulcers, the surface covered with yellowish pseudomembrane, the surrounding mucosa is bright red, accompanied by chills, fever, burning pain in the pharynx. Tingling in the throat is a symptom of material infarction, often material spines and bones. Tingling in the throat may also be a local manifestation of chronic pharyngitis.