The tickling cough caused by secondhand smoke is mostly related to the existence of chronic pharyngitis, allergic rhinitis and reflux pharyngitis, etc. According to the cause of the disease and the extent of the disease, general treatment and medication should be chosen.
1. Chronic pharyngitis: this disease is often in the second-hand smoke and other adverse physical and chemical factors stimulation, the symptoms of tickling cough throat. Can take iodized throat tablets, gargle compound borax gargle solution, available compound iodized glycerin, 5% silver nitrate solution or 10% weak protein silver solution coated pharynx, have astringent and anti-inflammatory effect. Ultrasonic nebulization also helps to reduce symptoms.
2. Allergic rhinitis: Because the upper airway mucosa has a common reactivity, patients with allergic rhinitis can cause symptoms of itchy throat and cough when they inhale second-hand smoke stimulation. Need to avoid allergen contact. Nasal spray budesonide and other glucocorticoids, oral loratadine and other antihistamines, montelukast and other leukotriene receptor antagonists.
3. Reflux pharyngitis: after the mucous membrane of the throat is damaged by the reflux of gastric contents, the mucous membrane of the throat can be hypersensitive, and under the stimulation of second-hand smoke, the phenomenon of tickling and coughing in the throat can be observed. Oral omeprazole, mosapride and other acid-suppressing and gastrointestinal dynamics drugs.
If you have a tickling cough caused by second-hand smoke, you should first avoid second-hand smoke, and then actively consult a doctor for a clear diagnosis, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.