What to do if you have a scratchy throat and cough after surgery

Postoperative throat tickling, cough, mainly depends on whether it is general anesthesia surgery or local anesthesia surgery. Itchy throat and cough after general anesthesia surgery is mostly seen in general anesthesia when tracheal intubation on the pharynx stimulation, but also includes the impact of thoracic surgery on the vagus nerve, the laryngeal reentry nerve, which will cause bronchoconstriction, vagal excitation resulting in itchy throat and cough. At this time the cough should be given local nebulized inhalation, inhaled glucocorticoids, such as the use of budesonide anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, cough. Chinese medicine can also be given to identify the symptoms of the cough, Chinese medicine will be given according to wind-cold, wind-heat cough treatment. Dietary treatment with simmered and boiled soups, including lotus root, yam, radish, pear and other boiled water can be effective in relieving the symptoms of scratchy throat. Oral anti-allergy medications such as montelukast sodium, ebastine, and loratadine can also be effective in improving postoperative cough with scratchy throat.