70-year-old old man itchy throat, tongue numbness may be associated with diabetes, pharyngitis, glandular secretion reduction, etc., should be timely consultation to identify the cause.
1. diabetes: there may be a relationship with the elderly have diabetes, some of the elderly have diabetes, easy to appear dry mouth, dry throat and other related performance, diabetes is easy to involve some of the peripheral nerves of the patient’s entire body, there can be numbness of the tongue performance.
2. pharyngitis: there may be a relationship with the elderly have pharyngitis and other related diseases, some patients have dry pharyngitis, can induce the 70-year-old old man appeared dry mouth, dry throat, as well as the tongue uncomfortable feeling.
3. Reduced glandular secretion: 70 year olds may have a dry throat caused by pharyngolaryngitis, which may be related to the reduced secretion of glands in the oral cavity of the pharynx. But the numbness of the tongue may not have anything to do with the throat, can not be ruled out due to central brain diseases, such as cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage caused by the tongue innervated by the nerves of the obstruction, thus appearing the performance of the tongue numbness.
If a 70-year-old man has an itchy throat and a numb tongue, it is recommended to go to ENT, stomatology and neurology to complete the relevant examinations.