Itchy dry cough in the throat may be related to chronic simple pharyngitis, chronic allergic pharyngitis and reflux pharyngitis, etc. Depending on the cause of the disease and the degree of the condition, general treatment, medication and surgical treatment should be chosen. There is no fastest way to stop cough for all diseases.
1. Chronic simple pharyngitis: mostly caused by repeated episodes of acute simple pharyngitis, stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors, as well as the spread of chronic upper respiratory tract diseases, easy to trigger the symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough. Need to actively treat upper respiratory tract diseases, light diet, avoid exertion. Dry cough can be treated with cough suppressants such as dextromethorphan. You can take iodine throat tablets and gargle with borax gargle solution.
2. Chronic allergic pharyngitis: allergic reactions can occur in allergic patients due to contact with allergens, resulting in symptoms such as itchy throat and dry cough. On the basis of the above treatment, effectively avoid contact with allergens, oral loratadine and other antihistamines and prednisone and other glucocorticoids, can also use budesonide powder spray throat treatment.
3. Reflux pharyngolaryngitis: stomach contents reflux to the throat, stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat, throat itching and dry cough symptoms. In addition to the above treatment, acid-suppressing drugs such as lansoprazole and gastrointestinal stimulants such as mosapride can be used. If conservative treatment is not effective, various types of fundoplication are often available.
When symptoms of itchy throat and dry cough occur, it is necessary to actively seek medical advice to clarify the diagnosis and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.